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In 2012 Narendra Modi became the first Hindu nationalist politician thrice elected to lead a state of the Indian Union his stewardship as Chief Minister of Gujarat being the longest in that state s history Modi and his BJP supporters explained his achievement by pointing to economic growth under his leadership yet detractors point out that Modi has been business friendly than market friendly to the benefit of large industrial corporations and at the cost of great social polarisation In 2002 an anti Muslim pogrom of unparalleled ferocity occurred in Gujarat leading to the biggest number of Muslim deaths since Partition The state s Hindu majority immediately rallied around Modi No serious riot has occurred in Gujarat since but polarisation was key to Modi s strategy there and he has deployed that strategy again and again since he became Prime Minister of India in 2014 For Modi has cultivated a communal image A marketing genius his messaging combines the politics of Hindutva with economic modernisation to the clear appreciation of Gujarat s middle class Christophe Jaffrelot s revealing book shows how Modi s Gujarat served as the laboratory of Modi s India not only in terms of Hindu majoritarianism and national populism but also of caste and class politics Gujarat Under Modi Laboratory of Today s IndiaAn excellent summary of Narendra Modi s rise to power as the chief minister of Gujarat Jaffrelot takes a data based approach to narrate the history and the circumstances that led to BJP s ascension in Gujarat which eventually would lead to the party and the supremo winning the elections at the centre English The last few paragraphs make such sad reading for a patriotic democracy loving secular citizen English