India elections: Hindu right-wing politician banned from campaigning for anti-Muslim hate speech

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Narendra Modi, widely tipped to become India's next prime minister, suffered a setback when his closest aide was banned from election rallies and meetings after a series of speeches deemed to have stoked tensions with Muslims.

Modi, 63, a pro-business Hindu nationalist, is the prime-ministerial candidate of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which hopes to oust Rahul Gandhi's ruling Congress party with its promises of jobs and new infrastructure.

The aide, Amit Shah, who faces murder charges dating to his time serving under Modi in the state government of Gujarat, runs Modi's campaign in the state of Uttar Pradesh, which has a population larger than Brazil's and holds the keys to national power.

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Speaking this month in an area of western Uttar Pradesh hit last year by deadly Hindu-Muslim riots, Shah was recorded telling voters to reject parties with Muslim candidates. He said Muslims in the area had raped, killed and humiliated Hindus.

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Shah has spent time in jail fighting charges that he ordered the extrajudicial killing of a man, the man's wife and a witness who were allegedly involved in organised crime.

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The election commission applied the same restrictions on public meetings or road shows to another controversial politician, Azam Khan, who represents the Uttar Pradesh government and has verbally sparred with Shah.

http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1479360/narendra-modis-closest-aide-amit-shah-banned-inciting-muslims

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Religious right wingers suck all over the globe, don't they?