Ghandi dynasty returns to power in shock win
The result reflected anger among millions of India's rural poor over being left out of the economic boom fostered by the current government.
The Hindu nationalist party of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee conceded the vote, leaving Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, to take the helm of the world's largest democracy. Mr Vajpayee resigned yesterday but was to stay on until the new government is formed, the president's secretary said. He was to address the nation later on television.
