Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi's decade in power

(18 Apr 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

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Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh - 6 April 2024
1. Various of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waving from atop a car as crowds shower rose petals on him ; Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (in saffron) accompanies Modi, as crowds of supporters line the roads

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Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 1 April 2024
2. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Ambalal Koshti, Member, Bharatiya Janata Party:
“We never imagined this but his hard work and diligence, being a truthful person and with the support of god and serving people, he is not only the head of the country but a respected leader in the world today.”

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Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh - 6 April 2024
3. Various of Modi’s supporters carrying flags and posters, shouting slogans
4. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Avdesh Hindu, businessman:
“There are Christian countries, Muslim countries and if we have majority of Hindus here, then why not a Hindu country?”

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Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 4 April 2024
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4. Boys attending a shakha or local unit of Hindu nationalist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS) that inducts boys by combining religious education with self-defense skills and games
5. Various of boys practicing self defence skills
6. Various of boys praying as the flag is lowered to the sound of a bugle

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Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh - 15 April 2024
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, author of Modi biography:
“I would say that barring for economic issues, Mr. Modi is completely an RSS person. His entire politics, his entire programs, which he has pursued as prime minister, they've all been motivated by the RSS thinking and the RSS ideology.”

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Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 4 April 2024
8. Various of a market place, Muslim women in veils walking
9. SOUNDBITE ( Hindi) Mahmood Bhai Khatri, 65, businessman:
“In the coming elections the BJP is going to win, because the entire machinery (for election) is theirs. Whoever you vote for, it is BJP who wins, and Gujarat is their laboratory.”

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Gandhinagar, Gujarat - 3 April 2024
10. Exterior of Gujarat State Assembly building

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Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 2 April 2024
11.Various of people dressed in traditional clothes dancing to the drumbeats in a temple
12. Various of Ahmedabad city

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ARCHIVE: New Delhi - 26 May 2014
13. Various of Modi taking oath of office at the Presidential Palace foregrounds
(UPSOUND Hindi): "I, Narendra Damodardas Modi"
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14. Palace lit up for ceremony
15. Modi greeting Nawaz Sharif, then-Prime Minister of Pakistan

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Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 2 April 2024
16. SOUNDBITE (English) P.K. Laheri, Former senior bureaucrat in Gujarat:
“He does not take risk in that matter (elections)… aggressive, very good communication. He will read up the technology of those morphed images being done and use technology to propagate and propaganda also to the extent of just putting into the head of the people.”

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Gandhinagar, Gujarat -1 April 2024
17. Various of Modi cut-outs, banners, posters outside the Bharatiya Janata Party office

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ARCHIVE: Ayodhya - 21 January 2024
18. Various of temple for Hindu God Ram built, decked in flowers a day before the formal consecration

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New Delhi - 14 April 2024
19. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister:
“BJP removed Article 370 (special provision on Kashmir) and we brought CAA (Citizen Amendment Act).”

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Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh - 6 April 2024

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