Hindutva Politics

K Annamalai, the BJP's Tamil Nadu chief, has said the party's poor showing in the Lok Sabha election in the southern state does not constitute "rejection of Hindutva brand of politics".

In an all-out attack on his former party chief-turned-rival, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde today accused Uddhav Thackeray of doing "dogli rajneeti" (double-faced politics).

Muslim participation in politics is a multifaceted phenomenon and should always be examined in its entirety.

For a comprehensive understanding of the term 'Muslim politics', we must differentiate between Muslim leaders and the Muslim masses.

"Soft-Hindutva" means nothing and Hindutva has "nothing to do with religion", senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh told NDTV while responding to a question on whether the Congress is playing to the Hindu majority for political advantage.

Continuing with the Eknath Shinde-led government's Hindutva politics push, the Maharashtra cabinet has decided to name the Versova Bandra Sea Link Veer Savarkar Setu.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar took part in the Bhasm Aarti' held at dawn on Sunday in the Mahakaleshwar Temple and then prayed at the Kalabhairava temple, both in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh.

The Congress's pre-assembly election calendar in Madhya Pradesh currently has more religious functions than political rallies -- a situation that is drawing BJP jibes.

NSUI activists on Wednesday staged a protest outside Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh's office over the recent changes in the BA (Political Science) syllabus, including the inclusion of a course on Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Savarkar.

The ruling BJP is trying to turn coastal Karnataka into a laboratory of Hindutva for their political advantage, Opposition Leader in the state assembly Siddaramaiah said on Sunday.

A debate is raging in the political circles of Kerala over Congress veteran A K Antony's warning that ignoring Hindus in the name of distancing away from 'soft Hindutva' will only help Prime Minister Narendra Modi to retain power in New Delhi.

Former IPS officer DG Vanzara on Tuesday launched a political party based on "Hindutva" ideology which will contest the next month's Assembly elections in Gujarat.

How far this paperback version of Hindutva takes AAP against the BJP's hardcore Hindutva is to be seen. But it is quite clear that Kejriwal has taken the majoritarian route to votes.

Top leaders of the Muslim organisation PFI and its political wing were arrested in multi-state action by NIA and other agencies last week

Tharoor therefore appeals to that section of India's elite which doesn't like the BJP's political Hindutva, but also dislikes Rahul Gandhi's anti-capitalist rhetoric and his idealistic adherence to liberalism and his brand of secularism.

K Annamalai, the BJP's Tamil Nadu chief, has said the party's poor showing in the Lok Sabha election in the southern state does not constitute "rejection of Hindutva brand of politics".

In an all-out attack on his former party chief-turned-rival, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde today accused Uddhav Thackeray of doing "dogli rajneeti" (double-faced politics).

Muslim participation in politics is a multifaceted phenomenon and should always be examined in its entirety.

For a comprehensive understanding of the term 'Muslim politics', we must differentiate between Muslim leaders and the Muslim masses.

"Soft-Hindutva" means nothing and Hindutva has "nothing to do with religion", senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh told NDTV while responding to a question on whether the Congress is playing to the Hindu majority for political advantage.

Continuing with the Eknath Shinde-led government's Hindutva politics push, the Maharashtra cabinet has decided to name the Versova Bandra Sea Link Veer Savarkar Setu.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar took part in the Bhasm Aarti' held at dawn on Sunday in the Mahakaleshwar Temple and then prayed at the Kalabhairava temple, both in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh.

The Congress's pre-assembly election calendar in Madhya Pradesh currently has more religious functions than political rallies -- a situation that is drawing BJP jibes.

NSUI activists on Wednesday staged a protest outside Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh's office over the recent changes in the BA (Political Science) syllabus, including the inclusion of a course on Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Savarkar.

The ruling BJP is trying to turn coastal Karnataka into a laboratory of Hindutva for their political advantage, Opposition Leader in the state assembly Siddaramaiah said on Sunday.

A debate is raging in the political circles of Kerala over Congress veteran A K Antony's warning that ignoring Hindus in the name of distancing away from 'soft Hindutva' will only help Prime Minister Narendra Modi to retain power in New Delhi.

Former IPS officer DG Vanzara on Tuesday launched a political party based on "Hindutva" ideology which will contest the next month's Assembly elections in Gujarat.

How far this paperback version of Hindutva takes AAP against the BJP's hardcore Hindutva is to be seen. But it is quite clear that Kejriwal has taken the majoritarian route to votes.

Top leaders of the Muslim organisation PFI and its political wing were arrested in multi-state action by NIA and other agencies last week

Tharoor therefore appeals to that section of India's elite which doesn't like the BJP's political Hindutva, but also dislikes Rahul Gandhi's anti-capitalist rhetoric and his idealistic adherence to liberalism and his brand of secularism.