Embracing the untouchables: the BJP and scheduled caste votes

Asian Studies Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 488-509

  Maclean, Kama Kellie ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84994793068     PISSN: 10357823     EISSN: 14678403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10357829908713252     Document Type: Article

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