India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on March 10 that his party’s victory in four state elections demonstrated the people’s support for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “pro-active governance.” The BJP won four of the five states that held elections in February and March, including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which governs the national capital territory of Delhi, swept victory in Punjab’s election. Hindu monk Yogi Adityanath became the first BJP chief minister to have retained office in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, for a second consecutive term. Uttar Pradesh is home to about a fifth of India’s 1.35 billion population and sends the most legislators to Parliament of any state. Modi said that this would be the first time a chief minister has been re-elected after serving a five-year term. “These results are a big seal on the pro-poor, pro-active governance …