By Newstalk ZB
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will spend just one day in Auckland as he tours the South Pacific, but one planned event has sparked controversy.
A Kia Ora Modi event is planned for that night at Spark Arena, organised by the Indian High Commission – with 12,000 people expected to attend.
Massey University professor and researcher Mohan Dutta has raised concerns that the rally will be a ‘Hindu nationalist event’ and some key dog-whistles have been identified.
“It is, I would say, a mix of some ceremonial components – and then particular kinds of messaging around the arrival of India on the global stage as a Hindu nation that specifically speaks to this audience base.”
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