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What is legitimacy and personality politics/personal legitimacy. Explain in the context of indian ruling politics.​

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Earlier works concerned with the legitimacy of authoritarian regimes emphasized the role of performance – delivery of good living standards and goal-achievement in general – in convincing citizens about the authorities’ right to rule.A growing body of recent scholarship shows that leaders and elites in non-democratic regimes use a broad array of justifications to stay in power and engender legitimacy among citizens. Beyond performance, political elites justify their rule with ideology, history and national identity, charisma, religion, as well as democratic procedures.