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Hearts of iron 4 darkest hour1/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() And since the late 1990s, successive BJP-led governments have been trying to project him as a colossal figure of the national movement, one who could have rivalled Gandhi, kicked the British out earlier and stopped the partition. The one anti-colonial figure Hindutva can claim as its own is Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. This creates a big hole in the dominant discourse in today's public culture that equates nationalism with Hindutva. The BJP's own heroes had a dubious role during the Raj, often opposing the anti-colonial struggle at key moments. If there's one thing that the Congress has, and the BJP needs, it is icons of the national movement. ![]()
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