NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political troubles deepened with his Bharatiya Janata Party appearing to lose control of the mineral-rich eastern state of Jharkhand in state poll results out on Monday (Dec 23).

The results come as the government struggles to contain growing nationwide protests against a new federal religion-based citizenship law that has seen at least 24 people killed in clashes between police and demonstrators.