A muslim meat shop owner looks on outside his closed shop in Gurugram, Haryana, India March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A crackdown on unlicensed abattoirs in India's most populous state has spread to other states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, as Hindu hardliners press a political agenda that risks alienating the country's Muslim minority.
The move started after Modi appointed Yogi Adityanath as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state following the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) landslide victory in elections there this month.
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