.IN INDIA NATIONAL political elections are nearing. Citizens are counted on to visit the surveys in April and also May. Narendra Modi, the head of state, hopes to succeed a third condition in office. Therefore he has actually been accentuating his religious dedication. On January 22nd Mr Modi ushered in a new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a north city felt by enthusiasts to become that Hindu the lord's native home. The holy place was improved property recently occupied by a centuries-old mosque, which was actually dismantled through a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Resolving a group of fans after the event, which marked the unofficial start of his campaign for re-election, Mr Modi stated the brand-new development was actually "certainly not just a supernatural holy place" yet "a holy place of India's vision, theory and also direction". What performed he indicate?