Modi who is visiting Australia for first time since 2014 will look to use popularity abroad to boost support back home.
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Summons come months after tax officials inspected BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai that followed ban on documentary.
The results are expected to energise the opposition that is banking on forming a united front in the next election.
The defendants were accused of murdering 11 Muslims during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat.
