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	Podcast:		News and Views
	Episode:		379: The 1990s Are Back in J&K as PM Modi Returns to His Roots
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:08:45
	Publish Date:		2018-11-27 02:05:45
	Description:		There was a time, starting with his Independence Day speech in 2014, when even Indians who had not voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi imagined that they too could be a part of his growth and development vision for India. This belief was reinforced in March 2015 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed a coalition government with the People's Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir. In those months – despite odd attacks on churches, provocative statements of his party and ministerial colleagues, and a sangh affiliate's controversial Ghar Wapasi campaign – it appeared that Modi was willing to put the divisive past behind him.
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