Economy

What is Hindutva, the ideology of India's reigning party?

.IN INDIA NATIONAL elections are actually impending. Electors are actually expected to head to the surveys in April and May. Narendra Modi, the head of state, expects to succeed a 3rd term in office. To that end he has actually been actually playing up his spiritual devotion. On January 22nd Mr Modi ushered in a brand-new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a northern city felt through fans to be that Hindu god's native home. The holy place was improved land recently filled by a centuries-old mosque, which was taken apart by a Hindu-nationalist mob in 1992. Addressing a crowd of fans after the event, which noted the off the record beginning of his advocate re-election, Mr Modi professed the brand new building and construction was "not only a blissful temple" yet "a holy place of India's sight, ideology and path". What did he suggest?