India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress (INC), or simply “Congress,” accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of violating election laws on Monday by referring to Indian Muslims as “infiltrators” in a campaign speech.
India is in the middle of a massive election for the lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha. The election began on Friday and is scheduled to last for six weeks. Modi and his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are heavily favored to win the election.
During a campaign speech in the state of Rajasthan on Sunday, Modi decided to criticize a remark that his predecessor, Manmohan Singh of the Congress party, made. Singh was prime minister from 2004 to 2014.
Singh gave a speech in 2006 in which he said his government should “devise innovative plans to ensure that minorities, particularly the Muslim minority, are empowered to…
