TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dutta, Akhil Ranjan
TI  - Hindutva regime in Assam: saffron in the rainbow
SN  - 9789391370206
U1  - 294.50954162 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage Publications India
KW  - Politics - Assam
KW  - National security
KW  - NRC - CAA
N1  - Table of Contents

Introduction    
From the ‘Rainbow’ to ‘Saffron’: BJP’s Changing Electoral Strategies    
Unmaking the Consensus: The NRC Debacle    
Hindutva at the Core: CAB-turned-CAA and Assam’s Political Destiny    
Dream Seller’s Economy: Promises and Populism    
Conservation, People’s Entitlements and National Security    
Pandemic and Politics: BJP’s Electoral Prospects    
Epilogue    
Select Bibliography
Index


N2  - Hindutva Regime in Assam: Saffron in the Rainbow analyses the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) strategy of appropriating cultural resources in Assam while pursuing the Hindutva agenda. In Assam, where numerous ethnic and regional political outfits have registered their electoral presence, the ‘Rainbow Alliance’ emerged as the dominant strategic tool for BJP in its electoral battles. The book studies how BJP has capitalized on people’s attachment to their ethnic-regional cultures and has successfully co-opted and ‘saffronized’ the ‘Rainbow’ by bringing together diverse ethnic groups into its fold. Scrutinizing electoral strategies, BJP’s victories in 2014, 2016 and 2019, and the efforts towards dismantling consensus around the National Register of Citizens (NRC) by enacting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the book provides a holistic view of this steady ‘saffronization’. It also critically investigates BJP’s populist development agenda. From the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) grassroots work to the government’s policy initiatives, the book analyses the regime’s performance and ideological pursuits in depth. It highlights how BJP’s strategies in Assam are unique in some ways and how similar strategies can be seen elsewhere in India.

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