Ah, the blind people trying to figure out the nature and shape of the Indian elephant, and the belief that Rupa Subramanya has about the Indian economy and how Modi paid for not paying attention to it, similarly, is based on "blind speculation". There are issues about candidate selection in some regions/states, there is regionalism, ther…
Ah, the blind people trying to figure out the nature and shape of the Indian elephant, and the belief that Rupa Subramanya has about the Indian economy and how Modi paid for not paying attention to it, similarly, is based on "blind speculation". There are issues about candidate selection in some regions/states, there is regionalism, there are those who did not like Modi's outreach to Muslims and his ignoring of Hindu demands (see Anand Ranganathan's book titled, "Hindus in Hindu Rashtra: Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid"), there is the state-sanctioned violence in West Bengal, there is the Dravidian Movement and its consequences in southern states like Tamil Nadu. Rupa Subramanya does not do the careful analyses of vote shares in different parts of the country, and how the BJP, even though it got a larger vote share than in 2019 lost so many seats. I would suggest reading Swarajya Magazine for those interested in understanding a little bit more of India, and from an Indian center-right perspective: https://swarajyamag.com/ -- and read my piece on the big picture needed of the Indian political landscape: https://swarajyamag.com/commentary/needed-a-helicopter-view-of-the-indian-political-landscape
Ah, the blind people trying to figure out the nature and shape of the Indian elephant, and the belief that Rupa Subramanya has about the Indian economy and how Modi paid for not paying attention to it, similarly, is based on "blind speculation". There are issues about candidate selection in some regions/states, there is regionalism, there are those who did not like Modi's outreach to Muslims and his ignoring of Hindu demands (see Anand Ranganathan's book titled, "Hindus in Hindu Rashtra: Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid"), there is the state-sanctioned violence in West Bengal, there is the Dravidian Movement and its consequences in southern states like Tamil Nadu. Rupa Subramanya does not do the careful analyses of vote shares in different parts of the country, and how the BJP, even though it got a larger vote share than in 2019 lost so many seats. I would suggest reading Swarajya Magazine for those interested in understanding a little bit more of India, and from an Indian center-right perspective: https://swarajyamag.com/ -- and read my piece on the big picture needed of the Indian political landscape: https://swarajyamag.com/commentary/needed-a-helicopter-view-of-the-indian-political-landscape