{"id":1369,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-role-of-religion-in-indian-electoral-politics-in-the-upsc-psir-2020-2404\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:24","slug":"examine-the-role-of-religion-in-indian-electoral-politics-in-the-upsc-psir-2020-2404","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-role-of-religion-in-indian-electoral-politics-in-the-upsc-psir-2020-2404\/","title":{"rendered":"Examine the role of religion in Indian electoral politics in the contemporary times."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">rR! law bars religious appeals (RPA \u00a7123(3) + SC 2017) \u2192 yet religion stays a strong emotive factor in voting R2 religion formally out of the ballot \u2192 in practice it works as \u201cidentity plus, not alone<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">mobilisation via symbols \/ sacred sites \u2192 Savarkar&#039;s Hindutva (ethnic- territorial Hindu identity) \u2192 BJP&#039;s rise since the 1980s tied to Hindu nationalist mobilisation \u2192 Hansen: set against democratic transformation, not purely religious \u2192 Advani&#039;s \u201cpseudo-secularism\u201d \u2192 anti-Congress line \u2192 Ram Mandir \/ CAA \/ NRC \/ Babri \/ \u201cLove Jihad\u201d \u2192 vote polarisation + minority consolidation \u2192 Brass: institutionalised riots prepared &amp; used electorally<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">religion no longer works alone \u2192 Yadav&#039;s \u201cIdentity Plus\u201d \u2192 faith combines with governance, employment, development \u2192 identity must pair with delivery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">rR! religion is strong but not sufficient \u2192 parties must join identity with governance and delivery R2 shift from religion-alone to \u201cidentity plus\u201d \u2192 contemporary parties combine faith with development and security<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[65],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1369","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-caste-religion-and-ethnicity-in-indian-politics","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2593,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1369\/revisions\/2593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}