It still wants a temple built at Ayodhya, and it still preaches swadeshi (economic nationalism).

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In doing so, it has abandoned most of the Hindu-nationalist nostrums of swadeshi (self-reliance) that it used to proclaim.

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With its clout at the grassroots, the RSS commands enormous influence over state policies, including economic ones like the intensely nationalistic swadeshi (self-reliance) drive.

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More recently, the country has been ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which until only a few years ago was preoccupied with swadeshi, or self-sufficiency.

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The campaign promise that mattered most to Indians was not swadeshi but suraj, good government, a break with the self-absorbed and corrupt governance with which Indians are familiar.

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Though the government now talks of starting the next session of Parliament early to get them passed, it remains to be seen whether the swadeshi lobby will allow this.

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The proposal angered supporters of the swadeshi policy.

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