Modi’s widow comment is a terrible campaign template
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Modi’s widow comment is a terrible campaign template

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By mocking a rival as a “free-loading” widow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not only diminished our political discourse, but also his own exalted office. He had done so in the final days of the Gujarat campaign too, accusing his predecessor of conspiring with Pakistan. It’s a terrible campaign template.