Divisive politics return as India's Modi eyes make-or-break state vote


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  • Saturday, 13 Feb 2016

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) and Amit Shah, the president of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), wave to their supporters during a campaign rally ahead of state assembly elections at Ramlila ground in New Delhi, India, in this January 10, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/Files

MUZAFFARNAGAR, India (Reuters) - At a campaign rally in a north Indian city, a visibly drunk election worker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationalist party climbs unsteadily onto the stage after being called to speak.

Swaying, he unzips his leather jacket, drops a saffron party flag and declares: "I want to teach Muslims a lesson; a lesson that will prove Hindu unity and protect our religion from Islam."

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