How Hindu nationalism lingered in the lead-up to Narendra Modi's election win | The World

Throughout the Indian election campaign, Narendra Modi's nationalist BJP party relied heavily on exploiting historic Hindu-Muslim tensions. He even went so far as to call Muslims "infiltrators" during an election rally back in April, sparking accusations of hate speech by the opposition. Journalist and editor of Mojo Story, Barkha Dutt, tells The World Modi and his party merged politics around Hinduism and nationalism, but many Indians still saw them as two separate things.

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