After Article 370 And Ram Mandir: Why The BJP Needs An Updated Hindutva Agenda, And Needs It Now

The BJP kept Hindutva limited to the ’Ram Mandir, Article 370 removal, Uniform Civil Code‘ trio of demands for decades. It was all good and sundry. Until recently. Article 370 has been amended. Ram Mandir is being built. UCC already exists for Hindus. The question now is how to end Sharia raj in civil matters and bring the Muslim community to the twenty-first century. Criminalising instant triple talaq was a step in that direction but a lot more needs to be done.

Nonetheless, the core Hindutva agenda that the party invested in in the past is no longer relevant now. Its ambit needed to be expanded.

The historic victory in the 2019 general elections presented the BJP with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do just that but it seems that the top BJP leadership has been chastened by anti-CAA protests to an extent that it hasn’t even formed the rules for the act after almost two years. The other side has achieved a sort of ideological deterrence.

Even on matters where the party can afford to have a clear stand, it is found dithering and stumbling. If there is no course correction soon, it could well reach that stage where its pronunciations on Hindu interests are not taken seriously.

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