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India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows | AP News

India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows | AP News

The political power of India’s 200 million Muslims is declining in the world’s largest democracy. Tensions between Hindus and Muslims in India are not new, but they have gotten worse under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose ruling Bharatiya Janata Party touts a Hindu-nationalist ideology. (AP Video/Rishi Lekhi, Shonal Ganguly, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Mahesh Kumar)

The political power of India’s 200 million Muslims is declining in the world’s largest democracy. Tensions between Hindus and Muslims in India are not new, but they have gotten worse under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose ruling Bharatiya Janata Party touts a Hindu-nationalist ideology. (AP Video/Rishi Lekhi, Shonal Ganguly, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Mahesh Kumar)