The Delhi election and the making of a Hindu voting bank

Posted on AllSides February 17th, 2020
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Last week, India's ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) faced a massive rebuff in the local legislative election in Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a relatively new and small political party, swept the polls, winning 62 seats and leaving only eight for the BJP in the 70-member Delhi assembly.

Delhi does not have the status of a full state and the election for its assembly used to be rather low-key until 2015 when the BJP made it a high-pitched affair. That year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself led its campaign...

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https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/delhi-election-making-hindu-voting-bank-200216085214539.html

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