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BJP defeat in Bihar dampens reform prospects

The heavy defeat for Prime Minister Modi and the BJP in the Bihar state assembly election suggests that political goodwill towards the winners of last year’s general election is beginning to run out, and also dampens prospects for economic reform at the national level. 

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