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"Since 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has grown
exponentially – and so has the formidable organisational machine of his
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). These two factors will be key to delivering the
BJP a likely third consecutive victory in the Indian general election, starting
today.
While much ink has been spilled on Modi’s populist leadership and personality
cult, the same does not hold for the party organisation that he and his close
ally, Amit Shah, have developed over the past decade. Yet, this has been
crucial to the party’s electoral success. How?
As part of my research on members of right-wing populist parties, I’ve
conducted interviews with dozens of BJP party members and officials. (They
spoke to me on condition of anonymity, so are only represented by their first
initial here).
What I’ve found is the BJP’s grassroots organisation fuels its dominance at the
ballot box in four key ways: 1) campaigning; 2) diffusion of Hindu nationalist
ideology; 3) implementation of welfare programs; and 4) party survival."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
