Last week’s electoral outcome is a massive endorsement of Narendra Modi , not necessarily of the Hindutva agenda. Modi the doer — rather than Modi the Hindutva apostle — got the vote.Of course, the election result has advanced the Hindutva agenda. Pragya Singh Thakur hailed Nathuram Godse Giriraj Singh said Muslims could find themselves unable to bury their dead. To forge a modernity that is Indian and democratic is the challenge that liberals have to undertake. The 2019 elections demonstrate that purely caste-based parties — Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) — have become obsolete.

Source: Economic Times June 02, 2019 17:48 UTC