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Pragya Thakur, a Hindu ascetic accused of plotting a bomb attack on Muslims in India, defeated an opposition strongman by a big margin on Thursday as her ruling Hindu nationalist party headed towards a massive victory in the country’s general election. Thakur, contesting from the central city of Bhopal for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is …

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