Still Mandal, still Mandir

Can you argue that the politics of a democracy the size and diversity of India has remained frozen for two decades and not risk being asked to go get your head examined? Yet an examination of some facts may be instructive. A close look at the chart accompanying this article will tell you that vote shares of major players have remained more or less constant since the Congress lost its domination in 1996. They may have sometimes moved in a narrow band of mostly 2-3 per cent.

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