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...Manini Chatterjee © 1994: South Asia Bulletin 1994 South Asia Bulletin, Vol. XIV No. 1 (1994) The BJP: Political Mobilization for Hindutva Manini Chatterjee The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been re- tailed look at its predecessor, the Bharatiya Jana...

...Ghanshyam Shah © 1994: South Asia Bulletin 1994 South Asia Bulletin, Vol. XIV No. 1 (1994) The BJP and Backward Castes in Cujarat Ghanshyam Shah The BJP’s perspectives on the economy not- per castes? Does it mean that consciousness of be- withstanding, it comes...

...M.S. Prabhakara © 1994: South Asia Bulletin 1994 South Asia Bulletin, Vol. XIV No. 1 (1994) BJP and the North-East M.S. Prabhakara The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for long dis- with factions of the establishment, including those missed as a “cowbelt” party with which...

...Praful Bidwai; Harbans Mukhia; Achin Vanaik © 1994: South Asia Bulletin 1994 South Asia Bulletin, Vol. XIV No. 1 (1994j Introduction Praful Bidwai, Harbans Mukhia, Achin Vanaik The past decade has witnessed the coming to a December 6, 1992 and the dismissal of BJP gov...

... as Hindutva, in shaping the con- (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominated APJ temporary nuclear security problematic of India. In investi- Abdul Kalam as the twelfth president of India1––an act quite gating this link, I raise the following questions: Does the re- emblematic of the spirit...

...Zoya Hasan © 1994: South Asia Bulletin 1994 South Asia Bulktin, Vol. XIV No. 1 (1994) Party Politics and Communal Mobilization in Uttar Pradesh Zoya Hasan Nothing signifies the change in the intellectual vance of the BJP by creating the conditions and and political...

... Modern Marathi Dalit Literature (Bombay: Orient Longman). Gupta , Dipankar , 1982 . Nativism in a Metropolis: Shiv Sena in Bombay (New Delhi: Manohar Publications). Gupta , Dipankar 1996 . “Religio-Nationalism: Dissensions within the BJP,” Times of India , September 6...

... Jamaat and the Jamaat-i Islami, acting On the other end of the political spectrum, the as watchdogs and overseeing the activities of the Hindu parties, principally the BJP, secured major faithful...

... of the Rama Lalla idols). events leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid Subsequently, after a delay of more than a year, and related events. It systematically analyzed the on March 3, 1951 the Civil Judge, Faizabad passed role of the Sangh Combine (the RSS, BJP, VHP, an order confirming...

... to the BJP. In the late 1980s-early 199Os, the developed as a result of the reservation policy - and in BSP’s zones of strength remained confined to Bun- localities whose special characteristics made them re- delkhand and, later, eastern Uttar Pradesh but since the ceptive to the BSP ideology...

... and “orthodox” position. Hinduism is a collection of its political expression, the Bharatiya Janata sects that to many scholars does not represent Party (BJP), or Indian People’s Party.9 a single faith entity or an entity with a unified There are some problems with this ap...

... largest arsenal) - decided to give up last 15 years to the private dismay of Pakistan.’ this status.’ In this regard the Sangh Combine - the Bharatiya Three nuclear threshold countries also decided to Janta Party (BJP), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) go...

... ans as alien invade­ rs.20 The lands­ lide elec­tions of 2014 and 2019 saw Narendra Modi and his Hindu nation­ali­st Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claim the majori­ty of seats in the Indian Parliament on a platf­ orm that empha­sized Indian sov­er­eignty and dig­nity and portrayed India s global...

... “Indianness” of this notion of and appointing them to highly visible public offices. secularism is not merely recognized but deliberately This is the strategy practised by the Congress and now emphasized in contrast to the European notion: if in denounced by the BJP as pampering the minorities...

... for this essay. The global port-city space of South Asian culture and politics has expanded across supply chains to include rich and poor in North America. In 2014, nineteen thousand Indian BJP supporters came from all over the United States to New York's Madison Square Garden to see and celebrate...

... that dramatically since the Great Depression paved the have occurred since the chapter was written. The Sangh way for fascism. Does that mean fascism is now an- combine’s chief political affiliate, the BJP, has come to tiquated, destined never again to occur in the First power in the sub-continent...

... and acting nal lines, had created a cynicism in the vast petty- of is not enough. When a ray of light passes through bourgeoisie of the Hindi belt. The BJP’s call for as- different prisms, it is refracted differently; if you sertion...

... and conven- Mukherji set up his new Hindu party, the Jan tions of the nation, at the sufferance of the na- Sangh, which was later reborn as the Bharatiya tion deserving no special protection, far less any Janata Party (BJP); the BJP became the lead- 29 privilege or rights...

... the Rashtriya Sayangsebak India nor the “Father of the Pakistan Nation” wanted Paki- Sangha (RSS), the fountainhead of the Hindu ‘nationalist’ stan to become a separate state.1 Studies in Indian historiog- party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its various wings, de- raphy that explain colonial India...

... the Jamaat-i-Islami, and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. problems within the constitutional system of the In- The activities of these parties, particularly the BJP, dian state. This is not to deny that there has been have created an atmosphere of distrust and suspicion growing pressure from...