Examining the Rhetorics of Hindutva and explaining its consolidation in Manipur <br/><br/>
Examining the Rhetorics of Hindutva and explaining its consolidation in Manipur 

 - Economic & Political Weekly   
 - 60(33), Aug 16, 2025: p.73-80 
<br/><br/> The Bharatiya Janata Party’s electoral victory in Manipur is linked to the state’s complex political landscape and a perceived absence of a Hindutva state. This paper examines how the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh confronted these complexities to consolidate Hindutva through multiple rhetorics. This includes revisiting history, appropriation of local patriots, and tackling the diametrical ethnonationalism of the Meitei, Naga, and Kuki-Zo groups. It also discusses the syncretisation of “Sanatana Dharma” and the Meiteis’ Sanamahi revivalism, aligning with the experimentation of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s classification of “Hinduness” among Meiteis, intensifying politics on indigeneity and violence that manifests Hindutva politics. This reflects the consolidation of Hindutva in Manipur, despite its unfamiliarity.- Reproduced <br/><br/>https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/33/special-articles/examining-rhetorics-hindutva-and-explaining-its.html<br/>