In India, opposition parties have joined forces to snatch power from the ruling Bharatiya Janata party, directly challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempt for re-election next year.

A coalition of Congress and a regional group said they will establish a government in Karnataka state next week after Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party failed to prove its majority.

The leader of the Congress party, Rahul Gandhi said his party will rally regional groups into a common front against Modi.