MUMBAI, India — Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate for prime minister, Narendra Modi, has attempted to distance himself from his party’s right-wing Hindu nationalist ideology and focus on economic development, polarizing speeches by party members and allies dominated headlines early this week. India Votes News and analysis on the world’s largest election. While campaigning in the eastern states of Bihar and Jharkhand on April 18, Giriraj Singh, a B.J.P. politician from Bihar, reportedly said: “Those looking to prevent Modi’s (rise to power) are headed for Pakistan. In the days to come, there will no place for such people in India or Jharkhand.” At a rally organized in…