NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party returned to power in the western state of Maharashtra, but was falling short of a majority in the northern state of Haryana in a mixed set of results for a party that has seemed invincible.
The opposition Congress party, which rolled out a lacklustre campaign and has been struggling to remain politically relevant, managed to win 25 seats in Haryana and was leading in six. The state elections are the first since Mr Modi returned to power in a landslide win in May's general election. The decision to remove special autonomy from Muslim-majority Kashmir was a key campaign theme for the BJP, particularly in Haryana, which has a strong tradition of its young joining the armed forces.
"It's an issue of regional leaders. There are problems in their performance. Modi's popularity is still intact, but transforming popularity into vote is the responsibility of the party organisation in the state and the chief minister," said Mr Badri Narayan Tiwari, an Uttar Pradesh state-based political analyst.
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