Shifting political loyalities in Uttarakhand
- 1999
- p.2459-464
- 21 Aug & 28 Sep
The people of Uttarakhand have broken from their traditional centripetalist politics and the movement for a separate state of Uttarakhand has become spontaneous, no longer dependent on politicians for mobilisation. This makes Uttarakhand a distinct political entity for analysis. The region has recently voted for the BJP as it had no other choice - it rejects Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and any party that associates with it. - Reproduced