Edited Version Published in The Telegraph The 2014 Lok Sabha elections were a watershed in more ways than one. A particularly pernicious outcome of the general elections was that the salience of normative principles of democracy was made contingent upon electoral outcomes. Secularism, it was alleged, lost its cachet as the former chief minister of Gujarat ascended the office of the prime minister. 'Intellectuals', who had ranged themselves against Narendra Modi earlier, hastily crossed over to the other side, articulating a baffling hierarchy of development over secularism and the rule of law.
The (Electoral) Win Reflects The Truth
The (Electoral) Win Reflects The Truth
The (Electoral) Win Reflects The Truth
Edited Version Published in The Telegraph The 2014 Lok Sabha elections were a watershed in more ways than one. A particularly pernicious outcome of the general elections was that the salience of normative principles of democracy was made contingent upon electoral outcomes. Secularism, it was alleged, lost its cachet as the former chief minister of Gujarat ascended the office of the prime minister. 'Intellectuals', who had ranged themselves against Narendra Modi earlier, hastily crossed over to the other side, articulating a baffling hierarchy of development over secularism and the rule of law.