'New era' for India after landslide Modi victory India's triumphant Hindu nationalists declared "a new era" in the world's biggest democracy Friday after hardline leader Narendra Modi propelled them to a stunning win, promising to revitalise the sickly economy. Preliminary results at the end of the marathon six-week election showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by prime ministerial candidate Modi on track for the first parliamentary majority by a single party in 30 years. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of BJP press conference