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Narendra Modi: India’s next Prime Minister
MUMBAI: As the dusk sets on the historic day in Indian history, soon-to-be India’s fourteenth Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, thanked the people of Vadodara (Baroda) for giving him a record margin of 5.7 lakh votes.
While the Congress accepted its humiliating defeat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy giving out laddoos to people.
Even though early leads suggested that BJP was way ahead of other parties, by afternoon all doubts were abolished. At the time of filing this report (7:18 pm) while NDA had secured 337 seats, BJP alone had 283 seats, way past the magical figure of 272. On the other hand, UPA managed only 58 seats, while Congress put up a disappointing figure of 45 seats.
The Congress saw a resounding defeat as it barely managed to get a few seats while retaining its main seats of Amethi (Rahul Gandhi) and Rae Bareily (Sonia Gandhi).
It is after 30 years that a party achieved the feat of having a thumping majority to lead the Lok Sabha. BJP saw clean sweeps in the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi and Goa while other states had clear majority. There were a few states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Tripura, Sikkim, Odisha and Manipur,where the party couldn’t cement a strong hold.
The election which saw many firsts has already gone down in the history as the election of the century.
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Business Today MindRush returns to Mumbai, spotlight on India’s edge in a fractured world
Policymakers and corporate heavyweights gather to map supply chains, energy security and markets
MUMBAI: As fault lines widen across global trade and geopolitics, Business Today is doubling down on India’s moment. The 14th edition of Business Today MindRush & Best CEOs Awards lands in Mumbai on March 28, pitching India’s strategic edge at the centre of a fragmenting world.
The day-long summit, presented by PwC, will bring together a tight mix of policymakers, industry leaders and market voices to decode shifting supply chains, maritime strategy, defence priorities, energy security and capital markets—sectors now deeply entangled with geopolitics.
M Nagaraju, secretary, department of financial services, ministry of finance, will headline the event, setting the tone for discussions that aim to track how India is repositioning itself amid disrupted trade routes and volatile energy dynamics.
The speaker slate reads like a cross-section of India Inc’s command centre. Krishna Swaminathan will zero in on sea lanes and supply chains, while Prashant Ruia is set to push the case for self-reliance in oil and gas. Ashish Chauhan will weigh in on capital markets at a pivotal juncture, as a panel featuring Vibha Padalkar, Sanjiv Mehta, Amish Mehta and Sanjeev Krishan debates navigating economic uncertainty.
Leadership under pressure will be another running theme. Madhavkrishna Singhania, Sharvil Patel, Karan Bhagat and Anurag Choudhary will unpack how businesses are steering through disruption. Arun Alagappan will turn the spotlight on fertilisers, Arundhati Bhattacharya will reflect on leadership transitions, while Anish Shah and S Vellayan will outline blueprints for building future-ready conglomerates.
The event will close with Aroon Purie setting the broader editorial lens, before the Best CEOs Awards recognise standout corporate leadership across sectors.
At a time when the global order looks increasingly splintered, MindRush 2026 is positioning itself as more than a conference—it is a signal that India intends not just to navigate the churn, but to shape it.
