A Modi-led
BJP Sweep
Edited by
Paul Wallace
CopyrightPaul Wallace, 2015
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Wallace, Paul.
India's 2014 elections : a Modi-led bjp sweep / edited by Paul Wallace.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. ElectionsIndia. I. Wallace, Paul, 1931 II. Title.
JQ292.W35 324.9540532dc23 2015 2015008749
ePub ISBN: 9789351505174
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List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
AAMSU | All Assam Minorities Students Union |
AAP | Aam Aadmi Party |
AASU | All Assam Students Union |
ABMSU | All BTC Minority Students Union |
ABSU | All Bodo Students Union |
AD | Apna Dal |
ADR | Association of Democratic Reform |
AGP | Asom Gana Parishad |
AIADMK | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
AITC | All India Trinamool Congress |
AIUDF | All India United Democratic Front |
AKRASU | All Konch Rajbongshi Students Union |
AP | Andhra Pradesh |
APHLC | All Party Hill Leaders Conference |
BCs | Backward Classes |
BIMARU | Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh |
BJD | Biju Janata Dal |
BJP | Bharatiya Janata Party |
BJS/JS | Bharatiya Jan Sangh |
BKS | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh |
BLD | Bharatiya Lok Dal |
BLT | Bodo Liberation Tigers |
BMS | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh |
BPF | Bodoland People's Front |
BPPF | Bodo Progressive Political Front |
BSF | Border Security Force (BSF) |
BSP | Bahujan Samaj Party |
BTAD | Bodo Territorial Area District |
BTC | Bodo Territorial Council |
BVJA | Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Andolan |
CPI | Communist Party of India |
CPI-M | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
CM | Chief Minister |
CSDS | Centre for the Study of Developing Societies |
DHD-J | Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel) |
DMK | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
EBCs | Extremely Backward Castes |
ECI | Election Commission of India |
FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
GII | Gender Inequality Index |
GoG | Government of Gujarat |
GSDP | Gross State Domestic Product |
GTA | Gorkhaland Territorial Administration |
IAC | India Against Corruption |
IDC | Institute for Development and Communications |
IRDP | Integrated Rural Development Programme |
IT | Information Technology |
ITI | Industrial Training Institute |
JD(U) | Janata DalUnited |
JKNPP | Jammu Kashmir National Panthers Party |
KJP | Karnataka Janata Party |
KMSS | Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti |
LBGT | Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transsexual |
LeT | Lashkar-e-Taiba |
LF | Left Front |
LJP | Lok Janshakti Party |
LSHPP | Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project |
LUTF | Ladakh Union Territory Front |