#INDIA: Opposition Accuses PM Modi Of "Hate Speech" In Election Year

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Indian opposition leaders have criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest remarks, which they say were aimed at Muslims, a minority group in largely Hindu India.

Modi said the main opposition Congress Party wanted to distribute people's wealth to "infiltrators" and "those who have many children." Congress denies the accusation. India is in the middle of a 7-phase nation election.

He didn’t directly say he was talking about minorities, but added that the Congress Party believed Muslims had the first right over the nation's wealth. A former Congress Party PM said something similar to this while telling a Muslim crowd they were also entitled to the nation's wealth, too. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (PJP) leans Right, and is largely Hindu fundamentalist in character. 

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#INDIA: Yoga Guru Says Failure To Do Yoga Cost Opposition Leader Gandhi's Party Election

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A national yoga guru has attributed the Opposition National Congress Party's drubbing in the recent legislative elections to party president Rahul Gandhi failing to practising yoga.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev is preparing to celebrate International Yoga Day on June 21.

Ramdev praised Prime Minister Narenda Modi for his daily yoga practice. But Modi didn't join in the attacks, instead wishing Gandhi a happy birthday in a gracious tweet, that read, "Best wishes to Shri @RahulGandhi on his birthday. May he be blessed with good health and a long life."

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#INDIA: Sonia Gandhi Hands Over Congress Party To Her Son, Rahul

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Rahul Gandhi has taken over as the president of the Congress Party from his mother Sonia Gandhi. He used the occasion of the long-awaited hand-over to launch a frontal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling BJP, calling on Congress Party workers, especially the youth, to stand up to the challenge "the BJP rule is posing to the country and the party."

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#INDIA: BJP Will Remain In Control Of Gujarat State Assembly, Say Exit Polls

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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is projected to win between 99 and 117 seats and the Congress between 64 and 82 in Gujarat state Assembly elections. Exit polls predicted a victory for the BJP, giving it a clear majority. It is the home of BJP Prime Minister Narenda Modi. Soon after voting ended in the second and final phase of the election, an exit poll gave the BJP 115 of the total 182 seats and the Congress 65. Another exit poll gave the ruling dispensation 108 seats and 74 to the opposition Congress.

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#INDIA: Parliament Chooses President Today; Both Candidates From Among Lowest Caste

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Politicians from both houses of India's parliament have cast their ballots to elect the country's next president, with two candidates from the lowest rank of the Hindu caste system - Dalits - vying for the largely ceremonial post. The candidate from the ruling BJP, Ram Nath Kovind, a 71-year-old lawyer turned politician who was until recently governor of the eastern state of Bihar, is predicted to win. Kovind is also backed by several regional parties. His main rival is Meira Kumar, 72, who was India's first female speaker of the parliament and a former federal minister. She is backed by the main opposition Congress party.

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#INDIA: Congress Party Meeting May Discuss VP Rahul Gandhi Taking Over From His Mother, Sonia

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The Indian National Congress Party will hold a meeting of its highest body, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) January 11th, at which the elevation of party Vice Pres. Rahul Gandhi to the party's presidency may be discussed. His mother, Sonia Gandhi, is currently the party's leader. The meeting will also likely discuss how to sharpen attacks on the ruling BJP party's controversial policy of demonetization, in which large bills have been declared invalid.

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