'Sought Mother's Blessing', Tweets Modi as BJP Sweeps Polls

New Delhi/Gandhinagar: As soon as it became clear that he will be India's 15th Prime Minister, Narendra Modi visited his mother, Hiraben, at her house in Gandhinagar.  After he touched his mother's feet, she blessed him by placing her hand on his head. He then tweeted a selfie of him seeking her blessings. (Election Results 2014: Armed with Massive Victory, Narendra Modi Meets His Mother)

Mr Modi, 63, has captained the BJP to the strongest result by a political party since 1984. On the day that he voted, he tweeted a selfie of him with an ink-stained finger that pushed him into a controversy - he was seen flashing the

Election Latest results

Latest Results
Alliance    Leads(Including Results)    Change
BJP+          327                                   +186
Cong+        70                                     -164
Others        145                                       -22
Awaited        1   

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Election Results 2014: Early Counting Puts Narendra Modi on Course for Resounding Win

New Delhi: Early counting of results in India's general election put the BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on course for a resounding victory.

Early returns showed Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies leading in 208 parliamentary seats. The ruling Congress party alliance was ahead in just 70, according to NDTV news.

Mr Modi was ahead in both of the constituencies he contested - in Vadodara in his home state of Gujarat and in the holy city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

If early trends are confirmed the BJP and its allies would win an absolute majority of more than 272 seats in the Lok Sabha, bearing out the findings of exit polls.

Such an outcome would open the way for Mr Modi, 63, to become prime minister and act quickly to form the core of a new government.

Betting on a Modi win, foreign investors have poured more than $16 billion into Indian stocks and bonds in the past six months and now hold over 22 per cent of