It could drag on (for years),
((inflaming passions (over and over again))),
[as the list is compiled, challenged and revised].

[Just how the register will be drawn up], and
[what the consequences (of exclusion) are],
remain woolly.

Indeed, Mr Modi is already claiming
[it has all been misunderstood].

Meanwhile, the hullabaloo helps reinforce the notion,
((so electorally valuable (to the BJP))),
[[that Hindus,
(although about 80% of the population),
are threatened
((by shadowy forces
[that it alone has the courage (to confront)]))]].