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AuthorRekha Diwakar
DOI10.1177/2041905817702734
Published date01 April 2017
Date01 April 2017
22 POLITICAL INSIGHT • APRIL 2017
Country Focus:
India
The Indian political landscape
continues to be in a state of f‌lux.
The 2014 national election marked
a major change. After three
decades, a single party, the Hindu nationalist
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a majority
of seats. This victory catapulted Narendra
Modi into national politics. New Prime
Minister Modi had long been a controversial
f‌igure in Indian politics. As chief Minister of
Gujarat he was in power when a massacre
of Muslims took place in the state in 2002.
Although courts have not found him guilty
of being responsible for the pogrom, Modi’s
opponents continued to attack him during
the campaign. Despite this, Modi steered
the BJP to a major victory, winning 282 of
543 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house
of the parliament. Modi was able to project
himself as a decisive and strong leader in
contrast to the inexperienced Rahul Gandhi
Midway through his f‌ive-year term, Narendra Modi remains popular but the Hindu nationalist
Prime Minister faces the challenge of delivering on his campaign promises. Rekha Diwakar reports
on the world’s most diverse – and largest – democracy.

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