 "Hardik Pandya")
After 19 years of unbroken rule, Gujarat’s BJP is facing a serious challenge. The challenge comes less from the opposition and more from a discontented populace. The ruling party’s appeals to ‘six crore Gujaratis’ ring somewhat hollow amidst the economic slowdown, sloppy taxation and monetary policies, agrarian distress, rising unemployment, the suffering caused by the recent floods and the collapsed health and transport infrastructure that the monsoon deluge highlighted once again.
Amidst this growing, multi-dimensional crisis, the BJP’s longstanding call to Gujarat’s asmita or pride, and the twin poll planks of Hindutva and development may not cut much ice.
Amidst this growing, multi-dimensional crisis, the BJP’s longstanding call to Gujarat’s asmita or pride, and the twin poll planks of Hindutva and development may not cut much ice.
