This real cause was hastily abandoned after she went the Sena way and it appeared that “dissatisfaction” was possibly one of the other reasons.Consequently, the issue, which should have become the principal talking point — uninhibited misogyny in political parties — lies buried. Of these years, almost a quarter of a century has been as a party that teased the frontiers of political civility and moral correctness. Its political base expanded with intensification of prejudice against the ‘other’ and using the vocabulary of insults. From 1989, the party encouraged lateral movement from the fringe to the mainstream.The degree varied, but stories from Sadhvi Uma Bharti to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur were the same. But studies in other countries show political preference of voters are little different from non-voters.

Source: Economic Times April 20, 2019 18:00 UTC