welcome to hardtalk. thank you. the recent indian election, it was a result which nobody really expected. your party, the congress party, did better than the polls had suggested it would. many in your party expressed contentment, evenjoy. and yet you still lost. isn t that the key point? that is true. but i think the expectation from the ruling dispensation, a lot of the popular mainstream media was that the propaganda will suffice and people will give a bigger majority to the ruling party. what really happened was, this was a vote by the people to check what we thought were excesses by the government, and the congress party and our allies together have done remarkably well, compared to last time. if you look at the numbers, the ruling party has 290 odd mps and we have 240 odd. so it s not that much of a gap. but more than that, it shows the robustness of our democracy, and the way people have voted is that issues that are important to the people is what finally matters. sure
welcome to hardtalk. thank you. the recent indian election, it was a result which nobody really expected. your party, the congress party, did better than the polls had suggested it would. many in your party expressed contentment, evenjoy. and yet you still lost. isn t that the key point? that is true. but i think the expectation from the ruling dispensation, a lot of the popular mainstream media was that the propaganda will suffice and people will give a bigger majority to the ruling party. what really happened was, this was a vote by the people to check what we thought were excesses by the government, and the congress party and our allies together have done remarkably well, compared to last time. if you look at the numbers, the ruling party has 290 odd mps and we have 240 odd. so it s not that much of a gap. but more than that, it shows the robustness of our democracy, and the way people have voted is that issues that are important to the people is what finally matters. sure
followed by a brief meeting in which the state news agency said the pair exchanged what it called their pent up inner most thoughts . the leaders reportedly have a nine hour long schedule today, including a gala concert and a tea ceremony. no doubt on the agenda will be strengthening military ties as russia seeks allies following its full scale invasion of ukraine. before arriving, president putin praised kimjong un for firmly supporting the war. this is the leaders second meeting in less than a year the pentagon raising concerns about the growing ties between the two. the deepening cooperation between russia and the dprk is something that should be of concern especially to anyone thatis concern especially to anyone that is interested in maintaining peace and stability on the korean peninsula. but also supporting the people of ukraine as they continue to fight against russian aggression and so of course you are well aware of the dprk providing ammunition and weapons to r
Lose their bid to trademark the fourfinger bar. And Coming Up In Sportsday later in the hour, on bbc news. England cricket could be back on free to air television, as the ecb offer up a new rights package to broadacsters. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. The liberal democrat Election Manifesto is out today, and at the heart of it is a pledge to offer another referendum on any brexit deal. According to party leader tim farron, it would give voters a chance to say they want to remain in the eu. The lib dems are also offering several new policies aimed at young people, including dropping the voting age to 16 and a rent to own housing scheme. More on that in a moment, but first, heres our Political Correspondent viki young. He says his policies offer young people a brighter future. And tim farron has put brexit at the heart of his campaign. Sun, sun, sun, here it comes. The lib dems hope the promise of a referendum on any brexit deal the government negotiates will persuade
Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. Asian Stock Markets sell off from wall street. Why investors in the us and asia are worried. A big push out of china, how long will it take for alibaba to succeed in the american marketplace . Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Thank you forjoining us hello, world. Thank you forjoining us that this thursday edition. We start off with the markets. As you can see right now, the Nick A Kicking off the first day trading session down by 1. 4 . 270 points, Tracking Falls on wall street overnight on worries about washington. We also have the all Ordinaries Index giving back 1. 2 in early trade. Us shares extending losses following reports of a memo byjames losses following reports of a memo by james comey suggesting that President Trump had tried to interfere with a federal investigation. That has made the us investors depressed. Down by 1. 8 overnight and the nasdaq losing a hefty 2. 6 . That leads to concerns that political tu