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What is to be done to resist the twin thrusts of the BJP's ideology, majoritarian and a strong centripetal instinct against federalism? asks Aakar Patel.
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What is to be done to resist the twin thrusts of the BJP's ideology, majoritarian and a strong centripetal instinct against federalism? asks Aakar Patel.
Battling against authoritarianism: Understanding the BJP's assault on democracy and federalism in India's political landscape.
Aakar Patel | BJP has never spelt out what ‘parivartan’ it hopes to bring Published Mar 16, 2021, 4:12 am IST Updated Mar 16, 2021, 4:12 am IST The Jan Sangh said that it would repeal preventive detention laws which it said were absolutely in contradiction to individual liberty It was only under Lal Krishna Advani, and then especially under Narendra Modi, that the BJP became the mass-based electoral force it has become, from the cadre-based party that was the Jan Sangh. (Photo: PTI) In 2019, the BJP won 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. It is hard to see why it will not ...
BJP and "Real Change" it promises to bring every election The interesting thing to me is that the BJP has never defined what this change is Sunday March 14, 2021 10:34 PM, Aakar Patel The BJP won 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. It is hard to see why it will not win the Assembly elections because it has so much more resource than the rest (more than 90% of electoral bond money, which is the anonymous but legal funding by corporates to parties, according to RTI reports) and also the power of the national administration. The prime minister says he will bring real change to Bengal. P...