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From Marxist upbringing to ‘soft Hindutva’: The rise of new Delhi CM Atishi

Aam Aadmi Party's newly elected Delhi chief minister, Atishi, speaks to the media, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, September 17, 2024 [Dinesh Joshi/AP Photo]

New Delhi, India – It was the middle of April 2022, and spring was still giving way to summer. But India’s capital was on edge.

Jahangirpuri, a neighbourhood in the northern peripheries of Delhi, was tense after an altercation between groups of Hindu and Muslim men over a Hindu religious procession during which slogans against Muslims were chanted.

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