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How Modi's party lost its majority in India

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India PM Narendra Modi arrives at the BJP headquarters to celebrate the party's win in the country's general election on June 4, 2024. [AFP]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remain in office but with a substantially reduced mandate, confounding expectations of a resounding victory forecast by analysts and exit polls.

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