Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Modi’s Hindu Nationalists Conquer a Bastion of India’s Opposition The party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi took control of West Bengal for the first time and made gains around the country. Its defeated opponents accused it of cheating. Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India celebrating at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in New Delhi on Monday after the party’s election victory in the state of West Bengal. Credit... Sajjad Hussain/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images May 4, 2026, 1:46 p.m. ET The Hindu nationalist party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India broke new ground Monday in its decades-long campaign to remake the world’s largest democracy, winning legislative elections in one of the country’s most populous states, where it has never before come close to ruling.…