Spread of Modi’s BJP may play on civil violence
Subject
Expansion of India's ruling party across the country.
Significance
Victories for candidates of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in recent elections for the president and the vice-president of India signal the consolidation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authority. Modi and party President Amit Shah aim not only to win the general election in 2019 but also to control as many states as possible and make the BJP the ‘party of the nation’.
Impacts
- India’s Election Commission may have to investigate increasing claims of electoral impropriety.
- If Modi is re-elected, the BJP may attain a majority in the Rajya Sabha (upper house of parliament) in his second term.
- Shah's popularity will rise, though he is unlikely to want to succeed Modi in the long term.
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