Uttar Pradesh State (India)
India Elections: Uttar Pradesh Looks Likely to Stay in B.J.P.’s Hands
LUCKNOW, India — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s national governing party is set to remain in power in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, according to election results released on Thursday, continuing the party’s record of repeated success at the polls despite mounting economic hardship. The victory by Mr. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, or B.J.P., marks […]
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In India, a Bellwether for Narendra Modi as Voters Head to Polls
MEERUT, India — An election now underway in India’s most populous state is being closely watched as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s eight years in office, during which he has often pursued a Hindu-first agenda that observers say has empowered his supporters’ polarizing emphasis on religious identity. Voters in Uttar Pradesh, a largely […]
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As Hindu Extremists Call for Killing of Muslims, India’s Leaders Keep Silent
Hundreds of right-wing Hindu activists and monks rose in unison at a conference this week to take an oath: They would turn India, constitutionally a secular republic, into a Hindu nation, even if doing so required dying and killing. “If 100 of us are ready to kill two million of them, then we will win […]
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