'Hindu counter-polarisation for BJP rooted in...': Yashwant Deshmukh on WB polls

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Published on April 14, 2021 - Duration: 05:01s

'Hindu counter-polarisation for BJP rooted in...': Yashwant Deshmukh on WB polls

Halfway through the West Bengal elections, a controversy over Trinamool Congress' poll strategist Prashant Kishor's leaked chat caused a storm.

One of the statements made by Kishor, as released by BJP, involved a declaration that 'if there's a vote, it's for Hindus, for polarisation, and for Modi'.

Pollster Yashwant Deshmukh decodes this statement, and how political parties in India have used appeasement and polarisation politics to win votes.

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Prashant Kishor

Indian politician
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Hinduism

Indian religion
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The BJP has criticized Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi for not speaking out against recent attacks on Hindu temples in Canada. BJP..
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Bharatiya Janata Party

Indian political party
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Trinamool Congress

Political party in India

Narendra Modi

Prime Minister of India since 2014
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