Modi Aide Accused of Murders to Lead India Ruling Party
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Amit Shah is on trial for ordering three murders, kidnapping witnesses, running an extortion racket and hiring criminals to shoot up a rival’s headquarters. Between court hearings he’ll now be running India’s ruling party.
Shah was named president of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party today, two months after its anti-corruption platform helped secure the biggest electoral mandate in 30 years. Shah is accused of ordering extrajudicial killings carried out by police in Gujarat almost a decade ago when he served under Modi. He denies wrongdoing.