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Indian PM Modi (news)
Topic Started: Feb 3 2015, 10:22 AM (202 Views)
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NOTE: This thread will deal will all updates related to this Indian Prime Minister, whose style of leadership may differ from past Indian leaders.

Hardliners who are more likely to go to war with Pakistan?

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Hardline Indian Hindus become Modi's enemies from within

By Andrew MacAskill and Rupam Jain Nair

RISHIKESH, India (Reuters) - In an ashram near the Ganges river in the Himalayan foothills, Indian priest-turned-politician Sakshi Maharaj mimes rowing a boat to illustrate what will happen if Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government ignores Hindu nationalist demands."Modi will have to be a boatman: one oar must focus on the economy and the other must concentrate on the Hindu agenda," says Maharaj, clad in saffron robes and sitting cross-legged on a bed.

He twirls his bejeweled fingers in the air, explaining that otherwise the boat will spin in circles.The Hindu priest, who has been charged with rioting and inciting communal violence, is the embodiment of hardline religious elements in Modi's party whose strident behavior is dragging on the government's economic reform agenda.In recent months, Maharaj has created uproar by describing Mahatma Gandhi's Hindu nationalist assassin as a patriot, saying Hindu women should give birth to four children to ensure the religion survives and by calling for Hindus who convert to Islam and Christianity to be given the death penalty.For the first time since the election last year, some lawmakers in Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are rebelling against his focus on mending the economy and governance at the expense of promoting Hinduism.

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Edited by MSantor, Apr 4 2015, 06:52 PM.
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A change that might not sit well with Pakistan?

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India's Modi to appoint Kashmiri leader to executive council: sources

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to expand his council of ministers to include a key leader from the restive Kashmir region, sources said, as he looks to win the support of allies to push economic reforms through parliament.

Mehbooba Mufti, daughter of Jammu and Kashmir state's chief minister and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which governs in the region alongside Modi's party, will be inducted into the 65-member council, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.

Modi is expected to announce the changes - his second reshuffle of the executive body since he stormed to power last May - before he departs for an overseas trip on April 8, the sources said.

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