India’s Narendra Modi goes on hunger strike

Protest is part of showdown between political parties ahead of next year’s national election

Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi has held office since 2014
(Image credit: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, has embarked on a 24-hour hunger strike after his rivals staged a similar protest earlier this week.

Opposition politicians went without food for five hours on Monday during a demonstration in Delhi against the government’s treatment of low caste Indians.

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