Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy

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Later in 2002, Modi said the way in which he had handled the media was his only regret regarding the episode. Jaffrelot is the leading international scholar of Hindu nationalism, and this book is one of his most important. Modi's administration passed a land-reform bill that allowed it to acquire private agricultural land without conducting a social impact assessment, and without the consent of the farmers who owned it. In April 2014, shortly before the national election in which he gained power, Modi publicly affirmed he was married and that his spouse was Jashodaben. During the 2014 election campaign, the BJP projected an image of Modi as a strong, masculine leader who would be able to take difficult decisions.

Appeal devoid of merit': SC junks Zakia Jafri plea, upholds clean chit given to Narendra Modi in Gujarat riots case". In March 2023, Modi excercised cricket diplomacy by hosting his counterpart Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese for a "Friendship through Cricket" event to celebrate 75 years of diplomatic ties at the 75 Years of Friendship through Cricket Event at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Modi's first-known political activity as an adult was in 1971 when he joined a Jana Sangh Satyagraha in Delhi led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee to enlist to fight in the Bangladesh Liberation War. Sixty of the 112 tehsils which had depleted the water table in 2004 had regained their normal groundwater levels by 2010. Hindutva remained a part of the campaign; BJP leaders used Hindutva-based rhetoric in several states.

The party’s rule has coincided, however, with the country acquiring the label of an illiberal democracy. To comply with the law prohibiting MPs from representing more than one constituency, he vacated the Vadodara seat.

Both Macron and Modi should act to ensure that democracy and human rights are the foundation stones upon which this burgeoning relationship is built.International humanitarian aid organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres, and environmental nonprofit organisation Sierra Club and Avaaz were among the groups that were investigated. Under Modi, Gujarat topped the World Bank's "ease of doing business" rankings among Indian states for two consecutive years. Modi was appointed general secretary of the "Gujarat Lok Sangharsh Samiti", an RSS committee co-ordinating opposition to the Emergency in Gujarat. In the show, Modi treks through jungles, and talks about nature and wildlife conservation with Grylls. During Modi's second term, the government's rhetoric shifted from Hindutva to Gujarat's economic development.

He became involved in the printing of pamphlets opposing the government, sending them to Delhi and organising demonstrations.The author illustrates that Hindu nationalism was initially embedded in numerous ‘allegedly apolitical movements’ that intended to reform society (p. Foreign policy played a small role in Modi's election campaign and did not feature prominently in the BJP's election manifesto.