BJP Continues to Make Religion a Key Election Theme; Modi Has Failed Where Nehru Had Succeeded; How Dictators Emerge
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BJP Continues to Make Religion a Key Election Theme; Modi Has Failed Where Nehru Had Succeeded; How Dictators Emerge
Bollywood's pro-Modi stance sparks debate ahead of elections, long way to go for India’s semiconductor dreams
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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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