Keshav Prasad Maurya (C) is congratulated by his party members after he was named Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief of Uttar Pradesh state at its party office in Lucknow, India, April 11, 2016. Picture taken April 11, 2016. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar
AYODHYA, India (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was flying high in June, jetting from Afghanistan to Mexico in a whirlwind of red carpet diplomacy crowned by a speech to the U.S. Congress extolling democracy and investment opportunities in the subcontinent.
But when Modi returned home, he was reminded of the headwinds those ambitions face, as his hardline Hindu supporters agitate for a greater say in how the country is run.
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