A supporter said Mr Modi is "like a God to people of Varanasi".
VARANASI, India - Cheering crowds greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 14 as he submitted his candidacy for a Hindu holy city’s parliamentary seat in a general election his party is strongly favoured to win.
“I swear on God... I will have faith and allegiance to India’s Constitution,” Mr Modi said before handing over the paperwork to an election registrar, flanked by a Hindu mystic dressed in a loincloth. “He is like a God to people of Varanasi. He thinks about the country first, unlike other politicians.”
Tens of thousands of supporters had lined the streets of Varanasi to greet Mr Modi as he arrived in the city on May 13 atop a flatbed truck, waving to the crowd from atop a flatbed truck as loudspeakers blared devotional songs. Since the vote began in April, Mr Modi has made a number of strident comments against India’s 200-million-plus Muslim minority in an apparent effort to galvanise support.and “those who have more children”, prompting condemnation from opposition politicians and complaints to India’s election commission.
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