India’s Narendra Modi told everyone who’d listen he’d win the election in a landslide. 

In a shock result, he’s held on to power, but his party has lost its majority in parliament. 

Today, Avani Dias, who was until recently the ABC’s correspondent in India, discusses the result and how Prime Minister Modi has worked to cement his power. 

She also shares her own ordeal of being hounded and harassed because of her reporting on the ground. 

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Avani Dias, fmr ABC South Asia correspondent