“Akhilesh Yadav wants to play the Soft Hindutva Card, But will it work for him?”, Swarajyamag, July 24, 2025:
“Will Akhilesh Yadav’s temple visits, public religiosity, and cultural signalling attract Hindu voters disillusioned with the BJP without alienating the party’s traditional Muslim-Yadav base?
The success of the PDA (Pichhde, Dalit, Alpasankhyak, and Adivasi) formula in the 2024 Lok Sabha (LS) elections has given Akhilesh Yadav the confidence to expand his political outreach beyond traditional boundaries.
This shift is most evident in his recent foray into ‘soft Hindutva’, which has gained momentum in the Hindu holy month of Sawan, where on every Monday (considered an auspicious day to worship Lord Shiva), Yadav posts videos of a temple…..”
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