Modi led the BJP in the 2014 general election, which gave the party a majority in the Indian lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, the first time for any single party since 1984. Modi's administration has tried to raise foreign direct investment in the Indian economy, and reduced spending on healthcare and social welfare programmes. Modi has attempted to improve efficiency in the bureaucracy; he has centralised power by abolishing the Planning Commission. He began a high-profile sanitation campaign, and weakened or abolished environmental and labour laws. He initiated a controversial demonetisation of high-denomination banknotes. Described as engineering a political realignment towards right-wing politics, Modi remains a figure of controversy domestically and internationally over his Hindu nationalist beliefs and his role during the 2002 Gujarat riots, cited as evidence of an exclusionary social agenda.

2002 Gujarat riots

Main article: 2002 Gujarat riots

On 27 February 2002, a train with several hundred passengers burned near Godhra, killing approximately 60 people.[e] The train carried a large number of Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya after a religious ceremony at the site of the demolished Babri Masjid.[84][85] In making a public statement after the incident, Modi said that the attack had been terror attack planned by local Muslims.[4][84][86] The next day, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad called for a bandh across the state.[87][88] Riots began during the bandh, and anti-Muslim violence spread through Gujarat.[84][87][88] The government's decision to move the bodies of the train victims from Godhra to Ahmedabad further inflamed the violence.[84][89] The state government stated later that 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus were killed.[90] Independent sources put the death toll at over 2000.[84][91] Approximately 150,000 people were driven to refugee camps.[92] Numerous women and children were among the victims; the violence included mass rapes and mutilations of women.

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