Modi attempts a new tone towards Muslims

In 2002, during the election campaign that followed the Gujarat violence, Narendra Modi made at least one controversial speech targeting Muslims. On September 9, in Mehsana district, he described the relief camps where riot victims had been given shelter as "children producing centres" where the governing philosophy was "hum paanch, humare pachees". Eleven years later, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate has adopted a different tone.

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