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India: Economy, Politics and Government
| Title: | India: Economy, Politics and Government | | Author: | (n/a) | | Publication: | Business Intelligence Report : India / World of Information | | Enumeration: | vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-62, 2001 | | Abstract: | Even with a parliamentary majority, the ruling right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has had to tread a fine line with its 24 coalition partners in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), attempting to appease both moderates and religious fundamentalists. BJP leader, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, has promoted a broadly liberal economic agenda while claiming to uphold a commitment to secular and inclusive politics. However, in his attempts to appease hardliners within the Rashtriya Swayamseval Sangh (RSS), the BJP's founding organisation, and Siv Sena, the Hindu fundamentalists within the NDA, he has used political and financial patronage, has increased the power of the increasingly politicised Hindu priestly class and taken an increasingly belligerent line with Pakistan over the Kashmir issue. Like the Congress party which held sway over India through much of its post-independence history, the BJP-led government has also been mired in corruption.
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