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by kumarharsh 2643 days ago
Because that's the norm in India. Even the then PM, Atal Behari Vajpayee, had announced the successful test of Nuclear Bomb in 1998:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokhran-II

And point to be noted is that this one was just after the election. So it seems like elections have not been a major factor in these kinds of announcement in India.