Nalin Mehta talks with us about his latest book "The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World's Largest Political Party". The BJP has been on a tremendous winning streak since 2014. Why do so many people across divisions of caste, religion, and gender vote for a party that is ideologically aligned with Hindutva? What are the factors that have led to this rise of BJP in Indian socio-political life? Unexpected findings in Caste Representation as per Mehta Singh Index https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgluFeWavfY&t=1055s.. Testing the theory of the "revenge of the upper caste elite".. Using the mehta Singh index in UP.. caste division among politicians.. MPs, MLA, Lowerefunctionaries.. 57% OBC/SC
Nalin Mehta Writes: 5 Reasons Christophe Jaffrelot and Ashoka University Data on BJP, Caste Are Wrong https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/nalin-mehta-writes-5-reasons-why-christophe-jaffrelot-and-ashoka-university-data-on-bjp-caste-are-wrong-4691753.html Claim 1: Substantial difference between the Mehta-Singh Social Index findings on caste representation among BJP candidates in 2017 polls and that of Ashoka University’s Trivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD) data is only because of a difference in the classification of caste categories, not variations in raw data. Jaffrelot/Verniers and TCPD did not count Jats as OBC. ..Jats were officially included in the Uttar Pradesh state OBC list for reservation as OBCs over two decades ago, in 2000...
Claim 2: Mehta’s biggest mistake is to focus on MPs. They are not important because they are not as influential.. Mehta-Singh Social Index expanded the ambit of its social enquiry to five broad sites of power. ..2,560 Lok Sabha candidates, 1,612 Vidhan Sabha candidates, 42 state-level BJP office-bearers in UP, 101 government ministers in UP, 98 district-level BJP presidents in UP,
Issue: Do we go by official classification of caste as OBC or by the "dominance" in politics.. (MN Srinivas on Dominant castes ).. changes due to caste movements of day Marathas,
Scroll.in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmo5dGQ0cVU The author, Dr. #NalinMehta, will be in conversation with #SabaNaqvi, senior journalist and Jai Mrug, psephologist and CEO VotersMood Research & M76 Analytics, in a discussion moderated by T.M. Veeraraghav, Former Resident Editor, The Hindu.
To call the book ‘The New BJP’ is a stretch. An RSS ‘pracharak’ once told me that his organisation obsesses over tweaking the nuts and bolts of whatever institution it lays its hands on, without considering the long-term impact of the exertions. ‘Vyavastha parivartan’ (changing the arrangement) is the operative phrase, with the rider that no departure from the ideological moorings will be countenanced. As Mehta confirms, “From Shaheen Bagh to cow slaughter, in virtually every public controversy on its core principles since 2014, the BJP’s responses have been a direct extension of the lines that its forebears took in the Jan Sangh.” - https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviews/story/nalin-mehtas-the-new-bjp-a-deep-dive-into-the-partys-rise-363719
BJP and RSS narratives.. Different? - Different Perspectives between BJP and RSS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgluFeWavfY&t=2340sOther axesof narrative other than the communalial.. Core issues for BJP includes.. farmers, women, Since 2016 Manily about Congress..