This analysis of the majority the Hindu nationalist BJP won in the 2014 elections has been made in accordance with the framework within which I have analysed the previous two elections – 2004 and 2009 – and which I developed over more than two decades of teaching and researching Indian politics. The analysis also takes into account the implications of the fascism of the RSS, to which the BJP is closely related, and the novel elements the advent of Modi has introduced into the political process in India.
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