ALLAHABAD, INDIA - DECEMBER 21: Women from various districts are seen near cut-outs of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally held by Modi on December 21, 2021 in Allahabad, India. Modi visited the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s strongholds in Uttar Pradesh, as India's economy emerges from Covid-19 and against the backdrop of sectarian tensions within the country increasing. Modi held the rallies as part of his "Vision of Prime Minister to empower the women" campaign in which the campaign transfers money to the accounts of self-help groups, benefiting around 1.6 million women members of the groups, local media said. (Photo by Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images)
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA - DECEMBER 21: Women from various districts are seen near cut-outs of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally held by Modi on December 21, 2021 in Allahabad, India. Modi visited the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s strongholds in Uttar Pradesh, as India's economy emerges from Covid-19 and against the backdrop of sectarian tensions within the country increasing. Modi held the rallies as part of his "Vision of Prime Minister to empower the women" campaign in which the campaign transfers money to the accounts of self-help groups, benefiting around 1.6 million women members of the groups, local media said. (Photo by Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images)
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