‘Hegemonic power’: How Modi’s BJP won India’s Bengal for the first time
Walking the path of religious polarisation and leveraging underlying anti-incumbency, Modi’s party sweeps key state.

Walking the path of religious polarisation and leveraging underlying anti-incumbency, Modi’s party sweeps key state.

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