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Citizen Raj: Indian Elections, 1952–2019 by Surjit S. Bhalla is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Citizen Raj: Indian Elections, 1952–2019 about?
The BJP in Election 2019 : Will the Narendra Modi-led BJP repeat its 2014 performance; come close to it; or even better it? There is a strong possibility for all three, and in that order, says Surjit S. Bhalla in Citizen Raj: Indian Elections 19522019. The Congress in Election 2019 : Will the Rahul Gandhi-led Indian National Congress emerge as the single largest Opposition party; or will it become irrelevant and be relegated to electoral history? Most likely, and in the same order, infers the author. But this is not a book about Elections 2019. It is the most definitive account of the history of Indian elections, chronicling the political and economic background against which it has been unfolding since 1952: the hegemony of the Congress party for close to six decades, and why the dynasts control it; the ignominious end of Janata Party in the 1970s; the economic reforms of 1991; rise of the Right-wing BJP in the early 1980s, and most importantly, the way India ceded space to a man called Narendra Modi. Citizen Raj cautions readers that the BJP needs corrective action and to immediately move away from its cow politics; even as the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress party, and the Mahagathb
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Surjit S. Bhalla
- Publisher
- Westland Publications Private Limited
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789388689120
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Social Science, Science
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