Ramping up support in uncharted areas is a challenge, but no less daunting are the subjective pressures on the RSS-BJP leadership. “The saffron brigade does not have an inclusive political call, and that is both its defining credo and potential problem area. It could be hoist with its own petard much sooner than it anticipates,” says Ish Mishra, who teaches political science in Delhi University. He adds that the Modi-Shah duo would be more open to patronising the more fundamentalist outfits of the Parivar like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal than the earlier leaders of the BJP did.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:30:01 +0000
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