You’re most welcome to join this webinar if you are interested in the impact of reservations on Dalits, and the impact of privatizations on reservations !

New paper with @NeelanjanSircar on the puzzle of the BJPs dominance in national elections and lacklustre performance in states as part of the superb edition on the 2019 elections edited by @jaffrelotc and @gilkumar https://twitter.com/NeelanjanSircar/status/1266312415148257282

This very sophisticated analysis of the contrast between state politics & the national scene by Yamini Aiyar & Neelanjan Sircar is part of the special issue of CSA that@gilkumar & I have edited on the 2019 elections. Aftervall, BJP has not won any state election since 2017. Why? https://twitter.com/gilkumar/status/1266313234694451200

Here is an excerpt of my article developing the concept of the "politics of vishwas" to understand the 2019 election.

The full version (gated) can be found here at https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09584935.2020.1765988

https://theprint.in/opinion/not-vikas-modis-2019-election-was-built-on-politics-of-vishwas/432487/ via
@ThePrintIndia

If you are interested in my presentation on « Dalits, reservations and privatization », at 3 pm IST today, here is the link: Https://www.facebook.com/ambedkarcaravan/live