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World Service,8 mins

Modi: From tea-boy to the top

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In India, Narendra Modi’s BJP has won the most decisive election victory in India in three decades. It caps a remarkable rise for Mr Modi, who worked as a tea-seller as a boy. So what does this say about social mobility in India? Owen Bennett-Jones has been finding out. (Photo: Narendra Modi arrives seeking blessings from his mother Heeraben at her residence in Gandhinagar in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Credit: REUTERS/Amit Dave)

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