Political terminology in India

thumb|right|Dance of the Kurukh people, a tribe in eastern India

Hartal () is a term in many Indian languages for a strike action that was first used during the Indian independence movement (also known as the nationalist movement) of the early 20th century. A hartal is a mass protest, often involving a total shutdown of workplaces, offices, shops, and courts of law, and a form of civil disobedience similar to a labour strike. In addition to being a general strike, it involves the voluntary closure of schools and places of business. It is a mode of appealing to the sympathies of a government to reverse an unpopular or unacceptable decision. A hartal is often

term for socially or educationally disadvantaged group of people in India

thumb|right|A bandh organized by the Garo National Council in [[Goalpara, 2013]] thumb|right|A bandh in Nepal, organized protest against a rise in fuel prices Bandh () is a form of protest used by political activists in South Asian countries such as India and Nepal. It is similar to a general strike. During a bandh, a political party or a community declare a general strike. For example, a Bharat bandh is a call for a bandh across India, and a bandh can also be called for an individual state or municipality.

political epithet for those holding or promoting Left Liberal views

A votebank (also spelled vote-bank or vote bank), in the political discourse of India, is a loyal bloc of voters from a single community, who consistently back a certain candidate or political formation in democratic elections. Such behavior is often the result of an expectation of benefits, whether real or imagined, from the political formations, often at the cost of other communities. Votebank politics is the practice of creating and maintaining votebank through divisive policies. As it encourages voting on the basis of self-interest of certain groups, often against their better judgement, i

Indian experience of state secularism

Saffronisation is the right-wing policy approach in India that seeks to implement Hindu nationalist views to counter the mainstream discourse, for example in school textbooks. Critics have used this political neologism.

anti defection law in India

The Year of Reservation

Indian political alliances