.IN INDIA NATIONAL political elections are actually nearing. Citizens are expected to go to the surveys in April as well as May. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, intends to win a third term in office. Therefore he has been accentuating his spiritual commitment. On January 22nd Mr Modi inaugurated a new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a northern area thought by devotees to become that Hindu god's birthplace. The holy place was built on land formerly occupied through a centuries-old cathedral, which was actually torn down through a Hindu-nationalist mob in 1992. Taking care of a crowd of promoters after the event, which noted the informal beginning of his advocate re-election, Mr Modi claimed the brand-new building was "certainly not simply a spiritual temple" however "a holy place of India's dream, viewpoint and also path". What did he imply?