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Modi, BJP play up India’s rising global status to woo voters

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The BJP is banking on Mr Narendra Modi’s popularity to return to power – especially with the lack of a strong opposition.

The BJP is banking on Mr Narendra Modi’s popularity to return to power – especially with the lack of a strong opposition.

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India’s foreign policy achievements continue to be played up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party as they court voters ahead of

a general election

expected to be held in April and May.

On Feb 18, at a meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cadres, he said all countries around the world are seeking to court him, in a sign of India’s global standing.

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