"I am very proud of my association with the @BAPS family, known for its impeccable service world-wide," said #Modi of the group that brought 100s of Dalits from India to serve, essentially, as slave laborers building a temple in New Jersey.
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The victims were brought from India, their passports were confiscated, they were confined to a fenced/guarded area, & forced to do heavy manual labor for 13 hours a day at the rate of approximately $1.20 per hour — most of which money they themselves never saw.
"The organization has strong ties with Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, & his ruling BJP. Mr. Modi has said that Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual head who built BAPS into the largest Hindu sect in the United States before dying in 2016, was his mentor."
"Mr. Modi gave a eulogy at his funeral and laid the foundation stone for a temple that BAPS is building in Abu Dhabi."
"The organization also pledged the equivalent of about $290,000 to Mr. Modi’s most important election promise: building a temple in the city of Ayodhya, where a mosque had stood before Hindu devotees destroyed it in 1992."
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