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November 08, 2012

India: Narendra Modi election campaign in Gujarat drapes itself in Vivekananda

From Outlook Magazine,




AFP (From Outlook 12 November 2012)
Jarring The swami on Narendra Modi’s poll mobile
opinion
Arise, Awake, Fight!
The Hindu right’s hijacking of Swami Vivekananda must be challenged











Narendra Modi kicked off a recent  rally with a Swami Vivekananda statue adorning his campaign vehicle. A large number of his supporters sported images of Modi and the great seer on their shirts. This symbolic appropriation ought to have embarrassed Modi.

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