Executive Office

Arena 7.1 · weight 5 · reading 89.5 · aligned majority

29.1Scope

Executive control.¹

The arena is measured by the Union executive, state governments by population (NDA-ally chief ministers at 0.75) and governors and lieutenant governors.

29.2Significance

Schemes, appointments, administration. Borrowed power that leaves when the BJP leaves office.

29.3Indicators and weights

Table 29.1 lists the 3 indicators of the arena, the weight of each within the arena, and each indicator’s reading (the Hindutva-aligned share, from 0 to 100).

Table 29.1. Indicators of arena 7.1

29.4Reading

The arena reads 89.5, 39.5 points above parity, and is classified as aligned majority (a reading of 60 or above). With a weight of 5 of a total 107.7, it contributes 4.15 points to the composite reading of 45.7.

The indicators diverge: the highest reading is for Union executive (100.0), the lowest for state executives by population (NDA-ally CMs at 0.75) (76.7).

29.5Measures and exhibits

The exhibits below are the Atlas’s own views of the data behind each measure: shares by side, the largest units, breakdowns by source, recipient and country, money-flow diagrams and time series. Full row-level ledgers are in the data file (Appendix D).

Measure 1. Union executive

Reading 100.0%

Union held.

Measure 2. State executives by population (NDA-ally CMs at 0.75)

Reading 76.7%

BJP chief ministers at full weight, NDA-ally chief ministers at 0.75, Union territories follow the Union.

Measure 3. Raj Bhavans: governors and LGs appointed by the Union

Reading 100.0%

Union held.

29.6Evidence base

The arena rests on 83 coded units. Of the units and flows, 74 are coded Hindutva-aligned, 9 opposed and 0 neutral, mixed or transactional. By source grade: 5 grade A, 78 grade C.

The full set of rows for this arena, each with its source, is in the Atlas data file (Appendix D).