The Shift to Majoritarian Politics and Sectarianism in India: Domestic and International Responses

The Shift to Majoritarian Politics and Sectarianism in India: Domestic and International Responses by Roshni Kapur and Nazneen Mohsina

There has been a visible shift towards majoritarian politics and sectarianism in India since the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) accession to power in 2014. The party has promoted a Hindutva ideology that declares India as fundamentally Hindu and as such, its culture should be viewed in terms of Hindu ideas and values. This article discusses the series of controversial policies that the BJP under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has implemented since its re-election in 2019 and the domestic as well as international reactions they have elicited.

-- From the Middle East-Asia Project (MAP) series on Sectarianism ... --