The 2014 elections witnessed an unprecedented performance by the BJP in Assam. This was further followed in the Assembly elections of 2016 which saw the Party come to power in the State for the first time. Similar electoral victories were registered in the Parliamentary elections of 2019 and the Assembly elections of 2021. Akhil Ranjan Dutta in Hindutva Regime in Assam puts forth an elaborate account of this rise of the BJP in the State.
Divided in six chapters along with an introduction, the book starts with the election of 2014 and the BJP’s electoral strategies. The 2014 election was a mandate against the corruption charges of the Congress. It saw the BJP rise to power under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The electoral performance of the Party in Assam was also good as it managed to win 7 out of 14 constituencies. This gave a glimpse of the shifting political terrains in Assam.