TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding Modi and Minorities: the BJP-led NDAGovernment in India and Religious Minorities
AU - Kim, Heewon
PY - 2017/11/10
Y1 - 2017/11/10
N2 - In the May 2014 general elections in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the majority party. The BJP has formed a coalition with regional parties (the National Democratic Alliance), but many view the event as a “critical election,” presaging the realignment of Indian politics along Hindu nationalist values. This article reviews the approaches used to understand the BJP-led NDA government’s policies toward religious minorities and argues that far from marking a radical departure, there are more continuities than discontinuities in these policies with previous administrations.
AB - In the May 2014 general elections in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the majority party. The BJP has formed a coalition with regional parties (the National Democratic Alliance), but many view the event as a “critical election,” presaging the realignment of Indian politics along Hindu nationalist values. This article reviews the approaches used to understand the BJP-led NDA government’s policies toward religious minorities and argues that far from marking a radical departure, there are more continuities than discontinuities in these policies with previous administrations.
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14736489.2017.1378482
U2 - 10.1080/14736489.2017.1378482
DO - 10.1080/14736489.2017.1378482
M3 - Article
SN - 1557-3036
VL - 16
SP - 357
EP - 376
JO - India Review
JF - India Review
IS - 4
ER -