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How do political parties reap on communal polarisation? Provide an example.

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1. The Hindus are led by Bharatiya Janata Party. 

2. In the year 1984 LokSabha elections they won only 2 seats.

3. It made great strides when it took up the Ayodhya issue. 

4. It decided to campaign for the building of a temple at the site of mosque. 

5. It claimed that was the birthplace of Lord Rama. 

6. L.K. Advani in 1990, led a ‘Rath Yatra’ from Somnath to Ayodhya. 

7. This campaign was accompanied by intense communal polarisation. 

8. It caused a large number of communal conflicts. 

9. In 1991 General elections BJP’s strength went up to 120.

10. It was then Rajiv was killed and sympathy wave followed the Congress, still, BJP withstood it.



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