NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi, the former teaboy who is set to become India’s prime minister, swept to power promising to jolt the country from the economic doldrums but he still faces a challenge to win over suspicious religious minorities.

The 63-year-old son of low-caste parents from the western state of Gujarat will be sworn in on Monday, becoming India’s 15th prime minister and the first born after independence from Britain in 1947.

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