Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy

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The magnitude of the BJP's victory led many commentators to say the election constituted a political realignment away from progressive parties towards the right-wing.

If you do not have a society account or have forgotten your username or password, please contact your society. These activities included a Hindu religious conversion programme, a campaign against the supposed Islamic practice of " Love Jihad" and attempts to celebrate Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, by members of the right-wing organisation Hindu Mahasabha.Counter-demonstrations against the protests developed into the 2020 Delhi riots, caused chiefly by Hindu mobs attacking Muslims. Chidambaram, Soundarya (2022), "India's Inexorable Path to Autocratization: Looking beyond Modi and the populist lens", in Widmalm, Sten (ed. Modi's 2012 campaign included references to issues known to cause religious polarisation, including Afzal Guru and the death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh. On 24 February 2021, Gujarat Cricket Association renamed Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad— the largest cricket stadium in the world— Narendra Modi Stadium. The SIT examined Ramachandran's report, and in March 2012 submitted its final report, asking for the case to be closed.

Voter dissatisfaction with the Congress and with regional parties in North India, and support from the RSS were reasons for the BJP's success. The author illustrates that Hindu nationalism was initially embedded in numerous ‘allegedly apolitical movements’ that intended to reform society (p.

The Narendra Modi led government completed two years in power in May 2016 and the prime minister has made his mark on both the domestic and foreign policy fronts.

Later on, Justice Mishra was criticised by a section of advocates and activists for siding with the Modi government in multiple judgements during his tenure at the Supreme Court. Modi submitted his resignation at the April 2002 BJP national executive meeting in Goa but it was not accepted.During the first few months after his appointment as PM, Modi visited a number of countries in support of his policy, and attended the BRICS, ASEAN and G20 summits.

Modi Planning: What the NITI Aayog Suggests about the Aspirations and Practices of the Modi Government". Environment Modi (right) at CoP21 Climate Conference, in Paris, announcing the founding of an International Solar Alliance (ISA). It strongly opposes “hate speech that incites discrimination or violence against any religious minority, such as Muslims and Christians,” and expresses serious concerns about unjust laws like the Citizenship Amendment Act. The BJP performed particularly well in parts of the country that had recently experienced violence between Hindus and Muslims. A little over 1,000 people were killed, according to official records, three-quarters of whom were Muslim; independent sources estimated 2,000 deaths, mostly Muslim.

In 2018, he was the third-most-followed world leader on Twitter and the most-followed world leader on Facebook and Instagram. The Modi administration also made numerous changes in government-approved history textbooks that de-emphasised the role of Jawaharlal Nehru and glorified that of Modi while also portraying Indian society as harmonious, and without conflict and inequity. In 2017, Gallup International Association (GIA) conducted a poll and ranked Modi third-top leader of the world. The Modi government bought the S-400 missile system, an anti-missile striking system, strengthening the relationship between the two nations.