Hindu Nationalists Win Indian State Election

Fear as a political tool. Works for Republicans, so why can’t the BJP use it?

“The decisive victory by the BJP, which also heads India’s national governing coalition, appeared to vindicate an electoral strategy that played heavily on Hindu fears and anger toward Gujarat’s Muslim minority in the aftermath of last spring’s riots. More than 1,000 people, most of them Muslims, were killed then.”

(washingtonpost.com)

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