India Before Modi: How the BJP Came to Power. Sitapati 9781787385375 New**

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Narendra Modi has been a hundred years in the making, and this book provides the backstory. It begins with the creation of Hindu nationalism, moves on to the 1980 formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and ends with its first national administration, from 1998 to 2004. By revisiting these events, we can trace the Modi government\u2019s current dominance of Indian politics all the way back to its origins.Vinay Sitapati follows this journey through the entangled lives of the party\u2019s founding fathers: Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani. Over their six-decade-long relationship, Vajpayee and Advani worked as a team, despite differences in personality and beliefs. Bound together by RSS discipline and shared ambition\u2013for a Hinduised Indian polity\u2013 their partnership explains the nature\n\nIndia Before Modi\nHow the BJP Came to Power\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nP;