An overview of the trends laid out above clearly points towards the economic destitution of large sections of the socially deprived social groups. The economic policies which drive this process are intimately aligned with the brahmanical and patriarchal politics of the Hindu Right which targets women, minorities and dalits. This is evident in the increasing instances of social and political violence against these sections and also in the recent political moves of the NDA and its fringe organisations. For example, the Uttar Pradesh government’s policy of making recoveries from Muslim protestors or the Hindutva brigade’s focus on destruction of property and businesses of Muslim minorities in Muzaffarnagar, all these indicate a calibrated attempt to create the economic foundation of a more aggressive Hindutva politics. Here it would also be in order to remember that the economic boycott of dalits and minorities was also an essential component of the Gujarat pogrom of 2002. This chilling indication is a reminder of the political and social reality behind the hype of “sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwaas”. This can only be exposed through a larger unity of the working class through a socially inclusive strategy which highlights the dangerous nexus between economic policy and aggressive politics of the Hindu Right.

Manuvaadi Economics and the Hindu Right | Peoples Democracy: An overview of the trends laid out above clearly points towards the economic destitution of large sections of the socially deprived social groups. The economic policies which drive this process are intimately aligned with the brahmanical and patriarchal politics of the Hindu Right which targets women, minorities and dalits. This is evident in the increasing instances of social and political violence against these sections and also in the recent political moves of the NDA and its fringe organisations. For example, the Uttar Pradesh government’s policy of making recoveries from Muslim protestors or the Hindutva brigade’s focus on destruction of property and businesses of Muslim minorities in Muzaffarnagar, all these indicate a calibrated attempt to create the economic foundation of a more aggressive Hindutva politics. Here it would also be in order to remember that the economic boycott of dalits and minorities was also an essential component of the Gujarat pogrom of 2002. This chilling indication is a reminder of the political and social reality behind the hype of “sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwaas”. This can only be exposed through a larger unity of the working class through a socially inclusive strategy which highlights the dangerous nexus between economic policy and aggressive politics of the Hindu Right.