Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, won 74 seats. The BJP has a very small base in the Kashmir Valley, the heart of the decades-old anti-India insurgency where it got only three seats. Most of the other BJP seats come from four Hindu-majority districts in the Jammu area where it has significant support. Members for the larger District Development Councils are also directly elected but they have no legislative powers and are only responsible for economic development and public welfare. India’s main opposition Congress party won 26 seats.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 23, 2020 04:30 UTC