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The court case pushing Indian democracy to the brink – podcast

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Critics have long accused Narendra Modi of eroding the world’s biggest democracy. Now, ahead of next year’s general election, his main political rival could be jailed – for defaming the name Modi. What’s going on?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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