.IN INDIA NATIONAL elections are nearing. Voters are counted on to visit the surveys in April and May. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, wishes to succeed a 3rd term in workplace. Therefore he has been accentuating his religious devotion. On January 22nd Mr Modi ushered in a new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a northern area believed by followers to be that Hindu the lord's birthplace. The holy place was actually improved property previously occupied through a centuries-old mosque, which was actually taken apart through a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Taking care of a group of followers after the ceremony, which denoted the unofficial start of his campaign for re-election, Mr Modi declared the brand-new development was "not just a supernatural temple" but "a holy place of India's sight, approach and path". What performed he suggest?