Hindu pride, Muslim fears overshadow key Indian poll


Uttar Pradesh has struggled through India’s recent economic downturn, with widespread unemployment in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. – AFP pic, February 9, 2022.

INDIA’s Hindu worshippers gather each morning to pray in Ayodhya, near where a historic mosque was torn down three decades ago by religious zealots – triggering inter-faith riots that killed thousands.

The centuries-old Babri Masjid’s demolition shook the country’s secular foundations and paved the way for the rise of Hindu nationalism as its dominant political force.


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