Battling for India's soul, state by state

October 14, 2015 02:05

Reuters reports: An ascendant Hindu nationalist group wants minority Muslims and Christians to accept that India is a nation of Hindus, and is pushing some of them to convert.

An election in the volatile state of West Bengal has become a prime target in its game plan.

The group's strategy: To spread its Hindu-first ideology to all corners of India by propelling the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power in as many states as possible.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh provided the foot soldiers in last years landslide general election victory by Modi, who joined the movement in his youth.

The game plan of Modis Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in the minority in Rajya Sabha, is to govern 20 of Indias 31 regional legislative assemblies over the next four years, top party sources said. It currently controls or shares power in 11.

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