Insight - Indian PM's camp seeks support from unlikely quarter: Muslim women


  • World
  • Monday, 19 Dec 2016

A muslim woman speaks on her mobile phone as she walks through a market in Delhi, India December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

DEOBAND, India (Reuters) - When Narendra Modi stood before faithful followers in October, on a stage swathed in the saffron colours of his Hindu nationalist movement, the Indian leader made an unexpected overture.

"It is the responsibility of the government and people of the country to give justice to Muslim women," the prime minister declared.

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