Factbox: What does India's ruling Hindu nationalist party want to achieve?


  • World
  • Monday, 11 Nov 2019

A Hindu priest leaves after performing prayers on the banks of Sarayu river after Supreme Court's verdict on a disputed religious site, in Ayodhya, India, November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

(Reuters) - Six months after he was re-elected, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on course to have delivered on two big promises of his agenda: Stripping Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy and moving towards building a temple on a disputed site.

The moves have electrified his supporters but also sown unease among India's roughly 200 million Muslims as well as many liberals.

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