CNN —Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is increasingly resorting to overtly Islamophobic language during his election campaign, critics and observers say, as he seeks a third straight term governing the world’s most populous nation.
It’s coming directly from the prime minister.
The BJP did not respond to a request for comment on the rhetoric being used by party leaders during this campaign.
The prime minister has set an ambitious target for his alliance to win 400 seats in the country’s Lok Sabha, or lower house of Parliament, in this election.
BJP party spokespeople subsequently said Modi was talking specifically about undocumented migrants.
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