President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance’s landslide victory in the Lok Sabha Elections. President Maithripala Sirisena issuing a congratulatory message to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Daily News.

Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Nahyan congratulates Modi on poll victory - Khaleej Times

Bangladeshi newspaper Daily Sun featured Modi's Lok Sabha victory on the front page.

"Narendra Modi promises inclusiveness after scoring a dramatic win." the Mint wrote.

"Party sheds its north-centric tag with a near sweep in Karnataka." The Hindu wrote

"The BJP successfully kept the focus away from jobs and the farm crisis and capitalised on a nationalist fervour that deepened following the outbreak of hostilities with Pakistan over the killing of 40 Indian soldiers in Kashmir in February." Singapore based Straits Times wrote.

"Saffron sweep in state: Cong, JD(S)top guns fall", Deccan Herald wrote

"The PMwho is more like a President", the Times of India read

"The results underlined the futility of the corruption campaign against Modi. The huge mandate is a clear rebuff of the Congress slogan of 'Chowkidaar Chor Hai'. " The New Indian Express said.

The Indian Express titled its lead story as 'Modi 2.024'.

"If it was a cocktail of anti-BJP and anti-CPM politics that stopped the Modi wave from entering Kerala, in Tamil Nadu, it was a mix of Dravidian politics, anti-Modi sentiment and skilful coalition management by DMK chief M.K. Stalin that prevented the BJP from even retaining the one it had last time." The Telegraph wrote

"The results follow a polarizing electionduring which Modi and the BJP portrayed the incumbent less as an economic reformer -- the main message in the 2014 elections that first brought Modi to national office -- and more as a muscular nationalist firmly rooted in the Hindu right-wing movement, a turn that made many liberals and minority Indians nervous." CNN wrote

The BBC had a simplistic approach. A headline without jibes or digs.

Much like The Guardian, the Al Jazeera also branded Modi as a nationalist leader. Maybe a hint at Modi and his party's blatant stand onpatriotism and its use as a politicaltool.

The Guardian took a dig at the win. The headline was full of congratulations, but then there was an addition. It termed Modi as a Hindu nationalist leader, and also took a jibe at his economic reforms, possibly suggesting their failure.

The emphatic victory will be greeted with dismay among some members of religious minority groups, who have voiced fears that a returned BJP government would be further emboldened to prosecute its Hindu nationalist agenda, including controversial citizenship-status checks to root out unauthorized migrantsin border states.

The New York Times referred to the 'Chowkidar' term used by Modi and his supporters. The narrative of 'Chowkidar' protecting the country and the counter-narrative ''Chowkidar Chor hai'' was the most intense verbal duel in the election campaign. The headline surely took a quirky approach.

"Under him, mob lynchings have shot up, Muslim representation in Parliament has dropped to its lowest level in decades, and right-wing Hindus have felt emboldened to push an extreme agenda, including lionizing the man who fatally shot the independence hero Mohandas K. Gandhi." The article read