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Indian leader tells interviewer God ‘just keeps making me do things’ but that he ‘cannot dial him directly’
Mon 27 May 2024 02.56 EDT
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has said he believes he has been chosen by God, as the multi-stage Indian election nears its completion.
“I am convinced that ‘Parmatma’ (God) sent me for a purpose. Once the purpose is achieved, my work will be one done. This is why I have completely dedicated myself to God,” he told NDTV news channel on Sunday.
Modi, who is hoping to win a third term when the results of the general election are announced on 4 June, said that while God guided him to do a…