Modi‘s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is considered the favourite to form a government after a general election due by May. He is also the chief minister of Gujarat state, where in 2002, Hindu mobs killed at least 1,000 people, most of them Muslims.
Narendra Modi at a BJP rally (Photo credit: Al Jazeera English)
“We can confirm the appointment,” a U.S. embassy spokesman said. “This is part of our concentrated outreach to senior political and business leaders which began in November to highlight the U.S.-India relationship.”
via UPDATE 1-U.S. ambassador to meet India’s Modi, ending isolation | Reuters.
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