#Hindutva

The politics witnessed in Assam and West Bengal is both an explanation of electoral outcomes there and also the foreboding of the Hindutva pathway that may unfold in the states that claim to be distant from the east.

Over the last few years, there has been a noticeable shift towards “Sanatan Dharma” among BJP politicians. The reason is largely strategic: Hindutva sounds overtly religious, while Sanatan Dharma can be framed as cultural, allowing wider outreach

Congress might exult in the fact that all its INDIA bloc rivals have fallen away. But Congress is nowhere near even putting up a minimal resistance and is no match for the BJP’s ruthlessness

The assumption has been that Bengali identity possesses an inherent resilience against majoritarian religious politics. The electoral outcome seems to suggest otherwise