By Archana Venkatesh
The world’s largest election is currently underway in India, with more than 970 million people registered to vote over a period of six weeks. spearheading the campaign for his Bharatiya Janata Party, incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi is spending that time crisscrossing the country, delivering a message he hopes will result in ad landslide victory for the Hindu nationalist party.
He is a popular figure but also a divisive one. Modi’s speeches are drawing heat for their anti-Muslim rhetoric. At a campaign rally in April 21, 2024, he referred to Muslims as ‘infiltrators.’
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