India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi likes to win his elections well before the actual vote. Ten years ago, when he was an opposition politician, just securing his party’s backing for the top job was enough — swirling anti-government sentiment did the rest. In 2019, after a sudden escalation in military tensions with Pakistan, he cruised to victory amid a last-minute surge of chest-thumping nationalism.

This time around, though, Modi’s bid for a third five-year term might have peaked a bit too soon, with the Jan. 22 consecration of a Hindu temple, built at the site where a medieval Muslim mosque was razed by extremist mobs in 1992.

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Modi’s Election Campaign May Have Already Peaked

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14.03.2024

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi likes to win his elections well before the actual vote. Ten years ago, when he was an opposition politician, just securing his........

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