Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign speech over the weekend calling the country’s Muslims “infiltrators” has sparked an outcry ahead of the second phase of the multiphase vote. But while Irfan Nooruddin from Georgetown University concedes it was incendiary, he notes that it comes as no surprise.
The mammoth, multiphase Indian general election is underway with the Phase One of voting over and six more to go. This means more than a month of voting until the June 4 results in constituencies across the country – and campaigning.
