Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi

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Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), bows down in respect at the steps of Parliament House upon his arrival to attend the BJP Parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi, 20 May. Modi fought back tears in an emotional first address to his party in India’s colonnaded Parliament House on Tuesday, after the Hindu nationalist swept to power in an election that has changed the face of politics in the country. Modi will be India’s next prime minister after leading the BJP to a historic victory in a ballot that ended on Friday – Reuters

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