New Delhi. Nearly three out of five Indians believe that the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is mostly about ‘Hindutva’ and ‘nationalism’. This has been revealed in a special survey conducted by CVoter across the country on the completion of nine years of the Modi government. Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. Under his leadership, the BJP won an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha elections with 282 seats.
During the election campaign in 2014, Modi emerged as a leader who publicly took pride in his identity as a Hindu and promoted nationalism free of guilt.
It has polarized Indian politics and many critics have portrayed him in a negative light. There is hardly any major difference of opinion on this issue, except for the Muslim community, which does not view Modi and his governance very favourably.
Nationalism and Hindutva became associated with the personality of the Prime Minister ever since he decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi. Varanasi is one of the oldest and holiest cities to mark the Hindu religion.
Perhaps the only major difference is between the supporters of the NDA and the UPA. More than 61 percent of UPA supporters are of the opinion that the politics of the Narendra Modi government mainly revolves around Hindutva and nationalism, while about 52 percent of NDA supporters hold the same opinion.
This is probably because NDA supporters also cite welfare schemes as part of the main agenda of the Modi government. However, ever since Modi became the Prime Minister, the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya has started in full swing after the Supreme Court verdict. Kashi Vishwanath Corridor has been completed.
New structures have been completed in the Ujjain Mahakal temple and many religious tourism tours have been started. Hindu temples were also opened in many countries of West Asia during his reign.
