BJP Continues to Make Religion a Key Election Theme; Modi Has Failed Where Nehru Had Succeeded; How Dictators Emerge

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March 19, 2024

Siddharth Varadarajan

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is in a bind. The BJP wants to use the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as a tool for polarising the electorate and consolidating its Hindu votebank nationally but in Assam, the CAA is seen as facilitating the erosion of the state’s Assamese identity. Sarma has attempted to square the circle by

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