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Modi: tea seller's son who became India's populist hero

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [AFP]

Once shunned and now eagerly courted by the West, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has steered India away from its secular traditions and towards the muscular Hindu-first politics he championed for decades.

Modi's political ascent was marred by allegations of his culpability in India's worst religious riots this century, and his tenure has dovetailed with rising hostility towards Muslims and other minorities.

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