India’s current government is led by the Bharatiya Janta Party or the BJP. It is also the country’s largest national party. It was formed in 1980, though its origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951. The Jana Sangh was closely associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organization that continues to play a significant role in shaping the BJP’s ideology.
The party first came to power at the center in 1996, but its government lasted only 13 days. It returned to power in 1998, forming a coalition under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), with Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister. His tenure saw India conducting nuclear tests in 1998, economic reforms, and a focus on infrastructure development. However, the BJP lost power in 2004 to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
The BJP made a historic comeback in 2014 by securing 282 seats out of 543 in the Lok Sabha, with Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister. Major policy changes include the revocation of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019, and the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 that criminalized triple talaq in India.
The government’s handling of several protests and crises has faced widespread scrutiny. The 2020–2021 farmer protests, which were sparked by the controversial farm laws that were later repealed, drew significant public attention, with criticism directed at the use of force and the management of the situation. Similarly, the government’s response to the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests raised concerns over its handling of dissent, particularly the use of force. The BJP’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic also attracted criticism, especially regarding the lack of transparency around the death toll, shortages of medical resources like oxygen cylinders, and inadequate preparedness during the second wave.
Additionally, the ongoing inter-tribe conflict in Manipur, which erupted in 2023, has faced criticism for the government’s perceived failure to take adequate action, with accusations of poor crisis management and insufficient intervention in addressing the escalating violence.
Whatever issue congress come up with BJP is clearly most of the time able to show quite correctly that congress has also done same thing in the past for example the issue of reservation. Rahul gandhi talks about breaking the reservation limit and giving more power to sc, st and obc but it is congress which since independence has been against reservation, their is no sc, st, obc leader in congress which BJP has easily proven. The guarantee that congress gave in karnataka, telangana, Himachal which won them power have also been adopted by BJP so their is nothing with congress to prove that it is better than BJP infact it is worse and the chances of Congress winning are next to nothing against BJP only public anger towards BJP can make congress win which has not reached that level
The only way Congress is relevant in Indian politics is to get rid of the Gandhi family else BJP will carry on forever
CONgress needs to stop listening to charlatans masquerading as journalists, to begin with.
When Vir Sanghvi, a Congress loyalist to the bone, starts questioning Rahul Gandhi, one cannot but wonder where things are headed.
Vir Sanghvi’s pain and hurt at Congress’ misfortunes is quite understandable.