Global impact | Challenges remain for Narendra Modi despite securing third term as India’s prime minister

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party may have secured a third term this month, but the Bharatiya Janata Party failed to achieve an outright parliamentary majority, forcing it to rely on coalition partners to remain in power.

This prompted analysts to suggest that the outcome represented “a setback to the massive expectations tied to his indomitable popularity on the ground and abroad”.

Relations with Canada continue to be strained, particularly after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a rally in Toronto to support a separatist Sikh movement, aggravating ties that have already been worsened by earlier accusations that Indian intelligence agents were involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen.

While the American ambassador in India affirmed trust in India, Delhi faces potential sanctions from Washington over its deal with Iran to develop the strategically important Chabahar deep water port aimed at boosting trade with Central Asia and countering Chinese influence in the region.