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In case some of the community members are not fully aware of the background of the comment about mass murder: Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat when there were religious riots in 2002 [1]. Of course, him being a Hindu nationalist it's pretty obvious that many Muslims were persecuted/killed. Since then he's tried to clean his image internationally while systematically taking the world's largest democracy's democratic values to the brink. The Bush administration had denied him a diplomatic visa in 2005 [2] for his role in the riots. Finally, the UAPA [3] act that was referred to the parent post is a way to imprison activitsts/journalists/political opponents etc. A strategy long developed and honed by all sorts of autocrats.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Gujarat_riots

[2]: https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/sca/rls/rm/2005/43701.htm

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_Activities_(Preventio...

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