It is quite interesting to note that the Chanakya mindset has resorted to a new ploy ahead of the 2019 general election in India. According to media reports, Hindu groups backing Modi have toned down their religious fervor.
Hardline Hindu allies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) say they will mobilize more than 10 million people on April 6 - the start of the Hindu New Year - to shore up support for the contentious plan to build a temple in the northern town of Ayodhya.
But while the event will keep the focus on a core demand of India's Hindu nationalists, it will not overtly be part of the BJP's election campaign, signaling a softer approach by the ruling party. Little does the Sangh Parivar know that the writing on the wall says that the BJP's electoral prospects have received a severe blow after the publication of remarks by L. K. Advani, the co-founder of BJP, who was eased out through 'in-house' politics. Both L. K. Advani and another BJP founder member Murli Joshi have been extremely unhappy about the way they were elbowed out of the election battle this year. A price BJP has to pay in the elections.