The resistible rise of Modi

In the post-Bofors context, the BJP had made a name for itself against a corrupt Congress: it was clean, it was a party “with a difference”. After six years at the Centre and at the helm of many state governments, this myth has imploded. Today, even as the Sangh Parivar supports the Anna Hazare movement, its own political wing is struggling with scores of serious cases of misdemeanour, including that of businessman Anshuman Mishra and former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, not to say anything of the induction of former BSP leader Babu Singh Kushwaha whom the BJP has previously denounced as “tainted”.

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