Wasn't surprised by PM Modi's resounding electoral victory: Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he knew Narendra Modi would be re-elected as India's Prime Minister and was not surprised by his landslide victory in the general election.

Addressing a gathering here on Wednesday, Pompeo said he and his team were following the elections closely and were sure that Prime Minister Modi was a "new kind of leader" for the world's most populous democracy.

"Just a few weeks ago, a truly historic election 600 million Indians voted in the largest exercise of the franchise in history. And they gave Mr Modi a huge mandate," Pompeo said at the 'India Ideas Summit' also attended by Google's Indian-American CEO Sundar Pichai and top corporate executives from India and the US.

"Many observers were surprised by the result, but, frankly, I wasn't. I've been watching closely. My team at the State Department is watching closely. And we knew that the prime minister was a new kind of leader for the world's most populous democracy," he said.

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