BJP will junk the plank of development and fight 2019 elections on faith

Both the Sabarimala and Ayodhya controversies are essentially born out of faith, and the Sangh and BJP are ready to wring electoral mileage out of such emotive issues ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019

From Sabarimala in the south to the disputed site at Ayodhya in the north, abstract notions of faith are driving the country’s politics. Politics, in the custody of contemporary politicians not just in India but the world over, has whittled down to nothing but a sway of feelings and emotions.

As we move towards the general elections in 2019, development is no longer the article of faith the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) embraced and swore by in the 2014 pre-poll campaign. Instead, matters of faith have come to define BJP’s strategic moves and counter-moves.

“Samaj is not ruled only by law,” said