Modi won a landslide victory in an election that reflected the Indian public’s disappointment with the policies and performance of the previous government, led by the Indian National Congress. Though India had experienced annual real GDP growth of more than 8% for several years, growth has slowed since 2010, to less than 5% in 2013, owing to a populist shift in policies dictated by Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi.
莫迪在大选中赢得了压倒性胜利，这场选举反映出印度公众对印度当所领导的前任政府的政策和表现的失望之情。尽管印度多年来一直保持了8%以上的年实际GDP增长率，但从2010年以来增长有所放缓，到2013年已下降至不足5%，原因就在于国大党领袖索尼娅·甘地政策的民粹化。