Polarizing Indian politician seeks another win

By Muneeza Naqvi

Published December 8, 2012 6:27am ET

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Polarizing Indian politician seeks another win — In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 photo, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi attends a press conference to release the poll manifesto for the upcoming state assembly elections in Ahmadabad, India. Eleven years after Modi became the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat - and 10 years after brutal anti-Muslim rioting left over a 1,100 people there dead - Modi is campaigning for his third term. Nearly everyone expects him to be swept into office, and the top leadership of his rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party is already hailing him as a future prime minister. But few politicians in India are as polarizing as Modi. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) | Ajit Solanki

DHOLKA, India (AP) — For thousands of voters in this dusty little town, nothing is impossible for Narendra Modi, the man they believe has worked magic to reinvent the economic landscape of his part of India. But still they gasp when the curtains open and Modi — suddenly, magically — appears in front of them.

Except he doesn’t.

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