Rise of Saffron Power

<p>This volume looks at the impact of the landmark 2014 elections and the consequent Assembly elections which have transformed the ideological discourse of India. It discusses a variety of topical issues in contemporary Indian politics, including the Modi wave, Aam Aadmi Party and the challenges it is confronting today, Hindutva and minorities, the decline of the Congress party, changes in foreign policy, as well as phenomenona like ‘love <em>jihad</em>’ and <i>ghar wapsi</i>. It also draws together political trends from across the country, especially key states like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Seemandhra, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, and Meghalaya.</p><p>The volume will be of great importance to scholars and researchers of Indian politics, public policy, sociology, and social policy.</p> <p>Introduction <b>1.</b> 'Yes, but not in the South': The BJP, Congress and regional parties in South India <b>2.</b> India’s Foreign Policy and Hindutva: The new impact of culture and identity on the formulation and practice of Indian Foreign Policy 2014-2017 <b>3.</b> Allegories of ‘Love Jihad’ and <i>Ghar Wapsi</i>: Interlocking the socio-religious with the political <b>4. </b>Understanding BJP’s Victory in Uttar Pradesh<b> 5.</b> Election 2014 and the Battle for India’s Soul Harsh Mander <b>6.</b> Collapse of the Congress Party <b>7.</b> Explaining the Inconvenient Truths of Indian Political Behaviour: Hindutva, Modi, and Muslim voters in 2014 <b>8. </b>The Dance of Democracy: Election 2014 and the marginalised and minorities <b>9.</b> Aam Aadmi Party’s electoral performance in Punjab: Implications for an all India political scenario <b>10.</b> The ‘People’ and the ‘Political’: Aam Aadmi and the changing contours of the anti-corruption movement <b>11.</b> The 2014 National Elections from the Margins of Modern India <b>12.</b> Big National Parties in West Bengal: An Exceptional Outcast? <b>13.</b> National Elections in a Tribal State: The 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Meghalaya <b>14.</b> Electoral Politics in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and the problem of communal polarization <b>15.</b> Lok Sabha Elections in (Un) Divided Andhra Pradesh: Issues and implications in Telegana and Seemaandra <b>16. </b>An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of Saffron Whirlwind that swept Uttar Pradesh in the 2017 Assembly Election <em>Index</em></p>