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Disturbing truth

Sir, — The argument that an artful exercise of alliance politics was the key to the BJP's success at the national level overlooks the disturbing truth that the party's core creed of Hindu nationalism has been steadily gaining ground since 1991. The first coalition to complete a full term in office could easily have broken in the wake of the excesses committed by the party's Government in Gujarat. What saved the day for the BJP was the defeat it managed to inflict on the secular platform in the Assembly elections that followed.

Tirumalai Raman,
Chennai

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