Amit Shah and the March of BJP

by Anirban Ganguly

English
320 (55 Color Illustrations)

About the Book
The story of Amit Shah's political life, struggles, rise and triumph is little known. For a leader who is often referred to as the Chanakya of Indian politics, who has dominated India's fast-paced and complex political stage since 2014, has altered its electoral map by leading the Bharatiya Janata Party (FLIP) to successive historic victories post the May 2014 general elections, there is very little that is recorded or narrated. So, it's no surprise that the curiosity he evokes is ever on the rise.
Most of what is written about Amit Shah is based on conjectures, hearsay, assumptions and biases. The real Amit Shah-the once booth-worker and now national president of the largest political party in the world, the master strategist who has pushed the BJP to an organisational pinnacle and yet talks of scaling peaks, a man who is unhesitant in his stand on nationalism and on anything which concerns India's national interest-has remained in the shadows, self-effaced, away from the limelight.
The story of how he expanded the BJP into a pan-India party and the convergence of organisational science and ideology that has made the BJP a unique and formidable political entity is a story that needs to be told. The book narrates the personal and political journey of Amit Shah, captures the ideological world that shaped him and gives an account of the party that he is leading and shaping today. It is for the first time that his story is being told-an authentic, no-holds-barred portrayal of one of the most influential leaders of our times.
To the political worker, the observer and to anyone even remotely interested in Indian politics, irrespective of their profession or political leaning, especially since the unfolding of Indian politics in the summe

Genres: Politics, Biography, History

302 pages, Paperback

Published April 30, 2019

Reviews

[Naga · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very comprehensive read. Liked it over all. There were few portions which I felt little less credible. But as a person who knew Amit Shah only in negative shade, this book had it's moment to show his brighter side

[Avinash Pandey · Rating 4 out of 5]

The making of modern Chanakya of contemporary Indian political ruling party ,Bhartiya Janta Party. How a shrewd but hardworking background worker of once an obscure political party rose to become the current Home Minister of India? The compulsive desire to know the background and swing of electorate before hand made him push his 'real- time' refined strategies to ensure victorious mandate for his allegiance. Fortunately, the party shunned nepotism and made its way to welcome his acumen and facilitated his rise along the rungs of political accession to become and deliver as Chief Strategist.

[Swapnalekha Basak · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book has been authored by Dr. Anirban Ganguly who heads the policy think tank of the BJP. The book gives an insight into the party - its genesis - its working and its an inspiring read.
A must for those of who want to know more about the BJP & Amit Shah particularly

[Mayuresh Dhavale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Factual despite the author being part of bop

Book is objective
The story talks about lesser known aspects of amit shah. Would like a sequel for his tenure at home ministry

[The Conch · Rating 5 out of 5]

One may hate BJP, Modi and Amit Shah but one can learn ability to do hard work, bearing gruesome responsibility and zeal for making impossible possible.

Many unknown facts about Amit Shah has been highlighted such as he is voracious reader and extracts time to read everyday inspite of gruelling schedule. He is key person to initiate BJP e-library which offers rare books in pdf free for reading.

The author Mr.Anirban Ganguly presents BJP's history in such a way that one feels those events are happening live. One gets reference of valuable books regarding Shri Deendayal, Shri S.P.Mukherjee and Indian political development.

[Selva Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for every member of BJP. This is to understand the working style of the Modern "Chanakya" of India. For the people who doesn't know Amit Shah will learn that
- He is ardent reader
- Meticulous Organizer
- Non-Stop Traveler
- Rooted in ground.. maintain contacts with Booth level worker
- Focused on Higher Goal - Making India as Vishwa Guru than temporary electoral gains.

[Nishchal Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good insight on BJPs election campaign and booth management.

[Mitesh Patel · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit repetitive at times and seems it was put together in a rush (and it says so in the acknowledgement section) and eulogizing of Mr. Shah (which too is understandable). None of these flaws can deny Amit Shah the title of one of the greatest organizers Indian Polity has seen though. The book gives insights into lot of history and one can make out that lot of the claims opposition makes are not new. That opposition parties have had BJP in their crosshairs from the time memorial. It truly is a greatest triumph of a political outfit.

[Vasanth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tearing hurry to go through timeline of Amit Shah's early days. In chapter 2, first time modi was mentioned but there should have been some build up. Book lacked some good stories. It was more like a Monday morning slide show profiling a competitor. Covering a man like Amit Shah in a book requires more in-depth homework. Just statistical coverage didn't do justice to the cover of the book. It was kind of a half-hearted effort from the author and it appeared there was a publisher pressure to finish the book. On a hindsight, the topic of this book is pretty heavy even for seasoned authors.

[Nish Shetty · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reading this book comes close to reading the BJP manifesto. I would save future readers some time by advising them to read just the first few chapters on the history of the party and skip to the very end to learn more about the Uttar Pradesh mandate (which is actually an interesting read). Learned very little about Amit Shah, the person, as opposed to Amit Shah, the party president. Glorification aside, the book gives a very one-sided account of the history of the country itself.(well, of course)

[Karthik Ram · Rating 3 out of 5]

One-sided exercise in sycophancy. Poor editing with entire paragraphs duplicated, too much irrelevant content and a few typos. When you fight your way through that, you realise that the book's subject may actually be underrated. He is not just a ruffian; he has a strong (twisted?) sense of history and is steeped in Savarkarite thought. Sections on election management and organisation building are relatively insightful.

[Gurlal Singh · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book is pro bjp and portrays the party in a positive light. The book could have been better if the authors weren’t biased. For instance the authors have written how bjp chose to remain in opposition benches when congress and jd(s) formed a coalition government due to its ethical politics approach and didn’t opt for horse trading, but within a short span of time and toppled the Karnataka government and few years later when it was thrown out of power in Madhya Pradesh it did the same.

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[Shantanu Gangal · Rating 3 out of 5]

++ Stat-packed and detailed look at the workings and dealings of Amit Shah.
± Leans / Biased towards Amit Shah as the author's are loosely affiliated with BJP
-- Bad editing

[Mamta · Rating 3 out of 5]

70% is what is already known public. 30% is what is new in the book.

70% is what is already known public. 30% is what is new in the book. But a good enough to read it once.

[Karan Agarwal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not that great .. Repetitive.. Not synchronised .. lacks Shah's personal life..

[Dhaval · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

[Vivek · Rating 1 out of 5]

Biased, writers work with BJP. I was curious to know about Amit Shah but got a one sided picture of his journey. Surprised and inspired to see some of the great habits followed by him.