The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India)The violent campaign to erect a temple to Lord Ram on a site occupied by a mosque in the north Indian city of Ayodhya is only the latest manifestation of extreme Hindu nationalism. Hindu chauvinists argue that India's Hindu heritage was usurped by the secular idealism of the Nehru dynasty and their pandering to the interests of minorities, above all the 120 million Muslims. In the 1991 general election the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), the principal political vehicle for Hindu militancy, won some notable victories and became the largest opposition party in parliament. |
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... seats in 1993 , thus accounting for the slight increase in its share of the valid votes , from 38.8 % to 39 % . In those seats which it contested on both occasions its percentage share fell by 6 to 8 points . In 1993 the Congress ( I ) ...
... seats in 1993 , thus accounting for the slight increase in its share of the valid votes , from 38.8 % to 39 % . In those seats which it contested on both occasions its percentage share fell by 6 to 8 points . In 1993 the Congress ( I ) ...
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... seats out of 182 , as against 45 secured by Congress ( I ) ; in 1990 the BJP , then allied to the Janata Dal , won only 67 seats . In Maharashtra , the BJP won 65 seats and the Shiv Sena 73 ( which gave a total of 138 seats for the ...
... seats out of 182 , as against 45 secured by Congress ( I ) ; in 1990 the BJP , then allied to the Janata Dal , won only 67 seats . In Maharashtra , the BJP won 65 seats and the Shiv Sena 73 ( which gave a total of 138 seats for the ...
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... Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Andhra Pradesh 0 ( 0.1 ) 0 ( 1.2 ) 0 ( 1.4 ) 0 ( 1.6 ) 1 ( 32.3 ) 0 ( 15.2 ) 1 ( 2.2 ) 0 ( 2 ) 1 ( 9.6 ) Assam 0 ...
... Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Seats ( % ) Andhra Pradesh 0 ( 0.1 ) 0 ( 1.2 ) 0 ( 1.4 ) 0 ( 1.6 ) 1 ( 32.3 ) 0 ( 15.2 ) 1 ( 2.2 ) 0 ( 2 ) 1 ( 9.6 ) Assam 0 ...
Contents
THREE HINDU NATIONALIST STRATEGIES | 11 |
A special kind of racism | 50 |
The primacy of social organism | 58 |
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