Shades of Saffron
Subtitle: from Vajpayee to Modi
By: Saba Naqvi
Publisher: Westland Publications Private Limited
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9789387578333; 9789387894051
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: History; Politics and government; Political parties; Bharatiya Janata Party
Description: The BJP enjoys the predominant position in Indian politics today. In its journey from coalition politics to single-power hegemony, it has emerged as a very different entity from the one that came to power in 1998. Naqvi tells the story from the party's founding in n1980 to its two stints in power.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Vajpayee morning; title: The journey; title: The mask; title: The open house; title: The householder; title: The atomic fallout; title: All the king's men; title: Satyamev Jayate; title: The collapse; title: The caretaker Prime Minister; title: The Kargil war; title: The Sonia factor; title: Campaign 1999; title: From Kargil to Kandahar; title: My journey in the BJP; title: The Advani-Vajpayee push and pull; title: Guru Dakshina; title: The tussle between the big two; title: Hey Ram!; title: Enter: Narendra Modi; title: Operation Corruption; title: Dove vs Hawk: The false binary; title: When terror struck; title: Atal & Jawaharlal; title: The feel-good disaster; title: The BJP burlesque; title: Jinnah's ghost spooks the BJP; title: The baritone; title: The tragic end of Pramod Mahajan; title: The fiery Sanyasin; title: BJP burlesque: Part II; title: Arun Jaitley: The ultimate Dilliwala; title: The absolute leader; title: BJP Inc.