India has been on course for a new tryst with destiny since the late 1980s, with the rise of Mandal politics and the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’S) ability to tap into the complementarities between the two culminated in a first term for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance from 1998 to 2004. Although it lost some steam during the United Progressive Alliance years, it has now again picked up pace under Narendra Modi. The second tryst will hit its first major milestone when the Ram Mandir is consecrated on January 22 in Ayodhya.
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