With the 2019 Lok Sabha elections creeping closer and closer, the ruling party has aggressively amped up its 'Hindu nationalist' agenda – as seen in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent speech in Wardha and other instances.

Arfa Khanum Sherwani, senior editor of The Wire, talks about how the BJP is sticking to the communal formula instead of focusing on unemployment, agrarian crisis or rising inflation.

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