PM Modi Begins 2-Day Meditation Retreat as Election Campaign Ends

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PM Modi Begins 2-Day Meditation Retreat as Election Campaign Ends
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As India's election nears its end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to the Vivekananda Rock Memorial for two days of meditation, a move seen as a display of religiosity to bolster Hindu-nationalist sentiment. Modi's campaign has increasingly intertwined religious symbolism with politics, raising concerns about rising Islamophobia and deepening religious divides in the constitutionally secular nation.

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