Editing Conservatism (section)

==== India ====
{{Main|Conservatism in India}}
Indian politics has long been dominated by aristocratic and religious elites in one of the most hierarchically stratified nations in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://origins.osu.edu/article/right-wing-politics-india-Modi-Kashmir-election |title=Right wing politics in India, by Archana Venkatesh |publisher=osu.edu |date=October 1, 2019 |access-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author-last=Rao |author-first=Jaithirth |title=The Indian Conservative : A History of Indian Right-Wing Thought |year=2019 |publisher=Juggernaut |isbn=978-9353450625 |page=280 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0hJLzQEACAAJ}}</ref> In modern times, the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), led by [[Narendra Modi]], represents conservative politics. With over 170 million members as of October 2022, the BJP is by far the world's [[List of largest political parties|largest political party]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 16, 2022 |title=BJP v CCP: The rise of the world's biggest political party |work=Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/bjp-v-ccp-the-rise-of-the-world-s-biggest-political-party-20220916-p5bise.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701075444/https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/bjp-v-ccp-the-rise-of-the-world-s-biggest-political-party-20220916-p5bise.html |archive-date=July 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 16, 2022 |title=How BJP became world's largest political party in 4 decades |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/in-10-charts-how-bjp-became-a-political-juggernaut-in-4-decades/articleshow/90680606.cms |url-status=live |access-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628205517/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/in-10-charts-how-bjp-became-a-political-juggernaut-in-4-decades/articleshow/90680606.cms |archive-date=June 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 23, 2022 |title=Narendra Modi's Message to America |work=National Review |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/narendra-modis-message-to-america/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701084716/https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/narendra-modis-message-to-america/ |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |quote="His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, or “Indian People’s Party”) is on the right of the Indian political spectrum. It is the largest political party in the world, with more members than the Chinese Communist Party, and supports Hindu nationalist ideology and economic development."}}</ref> It promotes [[Hindu nationalism]], quasi-fascist [[Hindutva]], a hostile foreign policy against Pakistan, and a conservative social and fiscal policy.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Abhilasha |last1=Kumari |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urvvwXU_ZQkC&pg=PA83 |title=Crossing the Sacred Line: Women's Search for Political Power |first2=Sabina |last2=Kidwai |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=1998 |isbn=978-81-250-1434-8 |page=83}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Chatterji |first1=Angana P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcObDwAAQBAJ&q=BJP%27s+Hindutva+ideology |title=Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism Is Changing India |last2=Hansen |first2=Thomas Blom |last3=Jaffrelot |first3=Christophe |date=2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-007817-1 |pages=100–130 |access-date=June 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414061226/https://books.google.com/books?id=zcObDwAAQBAJ&q=BJP%27s+Hindutva+ideology |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> The BJP movement is both elitist and populist, attracting privileged groups that fear encroachment on their dominant positions as well as "plebeian" groups that seek recognition around a majoritarian rhetoric of cultural pride, social order, and national strength.<ref>{{cite book |author-last=Hansen |author-first=Thomas Blom |title=The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2001 |isbn=9781400803422}}</ref>
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