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    BJP’s Northeast Push: More Than Just a Hindu-Hindu Party

    BJP's success in northeast proves it's not just a Hindi-Hindu party
    Nalin MehtaBy Nalin MehtaOctober 22, 2022Updated:July 26, 2023No Comments1 Min Read
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    Home minister Amit Shah’s recent comments in Guwahati that the “real Bharat jodo” was begun in 2014 by PM Modi in the Northeast have refocussed attention on BJP’s political expansion in the region. Shah was there to inaugurate the party’s largest office in the Northeast – the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan.

    His political framing of BJP’s regional push as one of “uniting India or Bharat jodo” vs what he called a narrative of “Northeast todo” (break the Northeast) does follow a major structural shift taking place in regional politics in 2014, where BJP replaced Congress as the region’s dominant national party.

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    More than just a Hindi-Hindu party: BJP’s strategic adaptability and successful expansion in the Northeast have great symbolism

    This article was first published on The Times of India |  October 20, 2022 

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