Not Hindutva, not welfare – gaming the news cycle might be the BJP’s strongest weapon

As India’s entire mass media dropped everything from the civil war in Manipur to upcoming byepolls to discuss this subject, conversations ranged from decolonialisation to Hindutva. Ironically, by the end of the week, the Bharatiya Janata Party itself was trying to calm down the furore it had itself sparked off.
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