Incitements by BJP leaders aim to polarise society, create violent identities

Incitements by BJP leaders aim to polarise society, create violent identities

Incitements by BJP leaders aim to polarise society, create violent identities — not just win elections

FEBRUARY 1, 2020 10:18:31 AM

We had always assumed that politics is deeply decentralised in India: Caste, community, language, and region, provide natural breaks on any national agendas. These are still important. But they no longer provide the deep social bulwarks against the consolidation of national agendas. So violence can acquire a different logic.