Given its history, its ideological orientation, and the nature of the social movements it relies on for core support, this is not surprising. The BJP is the successor organization of the Janasangh, a party founded in 1950 by members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) or Association of National Volunteers,
** a proto-fascist Hindu nationalist, paramilitary-type (khaki shorts/white shirts)
organization founded in 1925 and modeled after Mussolini/Hitler/Franco black/brown/blue-shirt outfits. (RSS co-founder B S Moonje met Mussolini in Rome in 1931 and subsequently structured the RSS on the lines of the Fascist Academy of Physical Education. **
The rest of your yada yada ignored, stick to discussion at hand.