OP-ED: What exactly is the agenda?

Bangladesh doesn’t have expansionism on its mind
Amit Shah catapulted to fame as a strategist in 2015, with the help of a public relations firm, Shah orchestrated an election campaign that addressed all issues bedevilling India. State-wise, the campaign focused on matters close to the heart of the electorate. The result was a resounding victory for Bharatiya Janata Party. 

The communal card was subtly played, as was the thorny issue of illegal migration. Foreign policy was based on one side as the call for Akhand Bharat or undivided India. On the other, there was a call for peace and conciliation with neighbours. It was left to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tell migrants from Bangladesh that post-elections they would have to leave. Neighbouring leaders were invited to the inauguration of the government.

Four years later, Shah was again behind a new campaign that rammed the Akhand Bharat theme down the voters’ throats. Nationalism of severe right wing philosophy succeeded even in the face of a diseased economy and conveniently hiding the communalism the party was relentlessly driving.