
india’s_bjp_uses_citizenship_bill_to_stoke_polarization_and_mobilize_voters_-_the_washington_post.pdf |
SHASHI THAROOR
When Narendra Modi led his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a landslide victory in the 2014 Indian general election, he promised to be all things to all voters, eloquently promising achhe din (good days) for India. One of his target audiences was farmers; the agriculture sector still accounts for 67% of employment, and he grandly promised farmers that his government would double their incomes by 2020. He swept their votes. Today, as Prime Minister...