ABSTRACT
India’s complex socio-political reality and Narendra Modi’s popularity among the Hindu majority might perplex many observers. However, the social, political and economic shifts observed since the early 1990s have created the conditions for strongman ‘identity politics’ to take root in the national polity (as also happened in the time of Indira Gandhi during the 1970s). This part conclusion summarises the case discussion of ‘India under Modi’ and the conditions which facilitated Modi’s authoritative rise to power.
