Indian election: Modi readies for victory parade

India's Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi is to take part in a victory parade in Delhi after his opposition BJP party secured the most decisive election victory in three decades, the BBC reported.

Mr Modi will fly to Delhi from his home state of Gujarat.

Current PM Manmohan Singh, whose Congress party was crushed in the poll, is expected to resign.

Mr Modi, a Hindu nationalist and chief minister of Gujarat, campaigned on promises to revive the economy.

Results show the BJP gained a majority in parliament and will be able to govern without coalition partners.

However, many Indians still have profound concerns over Mr Modi because of claims he did little to stop communal riots in Gujarat in 2002.

At least 1,000 people died, most of them Muslims.

Mr Modi has always denied the allegations and was never charged.

With votes still being counted, the BJP has won more than the 272 seats needed for a parliamentary majority.

With its allies, the party could get more than 330 seats.

"India has won, good days are about to come," Mr Modi tweeted on Friday as it became clear that the BJP had triumphed.

He later told his cheering supporters: "In the 60-year history of Indian independence, I have never seen this in the Indian media, what you have done in our country."