Nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, this woman describes Gandhi’s assassin as a patriot and says she is fighting a holy war.
BJP supporters at a public meeting organized by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in Shyampur village.
Election campaigns thrive on theater and spectacle, but particularly so in India, where campaigns resemble high-octane traveling road shows, replete with loudspeakers, drummers, firecrackers, gawking spectators in party merch, and emotive speeches. Mehboob Khan, 42, whose Muslim family has lived in the city for three decades and according to Khan are staunch supporters of Congress — historically the dominant party in India since independence — said he had planned to vote for the BJP until he heard its candidate was accused of right-wing terror.
But Thakur is always down to collect divine blessings along the way and prays several times a day: before she emerges from her room, in front of a small statue in her car, at a local temple in Riviera Towne, and at any major temples she encounters.
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