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The outcome of the elections in India will not impact the Indo-US relationship in any “dramatic way”, said Richard Rossow, Chair in US-India Policy Studies at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS ), an eminent US think-tank expert has said. He underlining that Americans are “pleased” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been re-elected for a third term while the Opposition has also been re-energised.
“I don’t think the US-India relationship is going to be impacted in any dramatic way. The area that we’ve actually seen the most progress is the US-India military ties. I don’t suspect under a coalition arrangement, you’re going to see a dramatic change,” Rossow said. “The drivers for India’s cooperation with the United States, particularly some of the dangerous elements of the rise of China, are unchanged,” he added.
“So, on both fronts, many Americans are kind of pleased with the results. Still getting to work with who we like but also seeing the democracy is functioning well and appropriately,” Rossow said days after the results of the Lok Sabha elections were announced a long 7-phase election spanning April to June.
BJP won 234 seats, not able to strike a majority on its own. The opposition in the form of the INDIA Alliance emerged with a surprisingly strong show .
