are reaching their culmination today as the votes get conted. over 640 million people exercised their franchise in the world s largest democracy where the incumbent prime minister mr narendra modi has sought a third term, and post poll projections show he mayjust get that. financial markets, on their part, are already taking a cue. archana shukla has the details. on monday, indian stock exchanges hit their lifetime highs, shedding the nervousness they had during the entire election period. and the exuberance came from a clutch of post poll projections that predicted prime minister narendra modi s prime minister narendra modi s ruling party, janata party, and its allies on the road to a landslide victory. the post poll projections were released over the weekend, and the markets are hoping that this win would mean the infrastructure led economic drive and market friendly drive and market friendly
to business today. i m steve lai. let s begin in india where its 7 week long elections are reaching their culmination today as the votes get conted. over 640 million people exercised their franchise in the world s largest democracy where the incumbent prime minister mr narendra modi has sought a third term, and post poll projections show he mayjust get that. financial markets, on their part, are already taking a cue. archana shukla has the details. on monday, indian stock exchanges hit their lifetime highs, shedding the nervousness they had during the entire election period. and the exuberance came from a clutch of post poll projections that predicted prime minister narendra modi s prime minister narendra modi s ruling party, janata party, and its allies on the road to a landslide victory. the post poll projections were released over the weekend, and the markets are hoping that this win would mean the infrastructure led economic drive and market friendly drive and market friendly