New India, Hindutva Constitutionalism, and Muslim Political Attitudes

Hilal Ahmed

Studies in Indian Politics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 1, 62-78

Abstract: This article explores Muslim political attitudes in contemporary India. It contextualizes the political responses of Muslim communities in the backdrop of two crucial legal-constitutional changes introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government: the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. These changes, I suggest, stem from the official doctrine of New India and its operative mechanism, Hindutva constitutionalism. Analysing the nature of Muslim participation in the anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) protests and Muslim electoral responses in two subsequent elections (Delhi Assembly Election, 2020 and the Bihar Assembly Election, 2020), I argue that political engagement of Muslims could be interpreted as an ever-evolving discourse, which not merely responds to Hindutva politics but also asserts its relative autonomy.

Keywords: New India; constitutionalism; Hindutva; Muslims; citizenship; protests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/23210230221082833

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