PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Hindutva, Sadhu
14 Dec 2016
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Can Modi Deliver a New India?
• Globally, Modi is seen by major world powers as a leader
o can achieve the great transformations that his predecessor, Manmohan Singh,
failed to bring about:
• Creating a more dynamic economy
• Creating a policy environment that is more receptive to foreign capital
• Three contradictions
o He managed this task by deliberately steering clear of communal messaging and
presenting himself as someone who stood for vikas, or development— and vikas
alone
• In doing so, Modi accomplished two goals:
▪ He tapped into the aspirations of young voters
▪ Young voters blamed the corruption and ineptitude of the
Congress party for an economic slowdown and a lack of
opportunities to better themselves
▪ He managed to rebrand himself as a politician concerned about all
Indians and not just the welfare of one section of the population
• ot the iorities the BJP auses the Cogress of paderig to,
ut also ot the Hidus"
o Corporate hieftais aked Modi eause the sa i hi…
• A leader who was sympathetic to their needs
• A leader with the ability to push through politically difficult decisions
o The ai of usig the Modi ae to gro the BJP at the state leel
• Threatened to tread on the toes of regional parties whose support might still
e eeded i the…
▪ Rajya Sabha
▪ Parliaet’s upper house
• BJP was short of a majority
Hindutva Asserts Itself
o So far, the tension between vikas and Hindutva has been resolved largely in the
latter’s faor
o The only time Modi has publicly criticized someone for a communal remark
• when Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti used an epithet (haraamzaadon, or bastards)
during an election meeting in Delhi to describe those who do not follow
the Hindu god Rama
What's Good for Business
o During the winter session of Parliament, the opposition spent more time confronting
the goeret o that issue tha deatig Modi’s eooi poliies
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