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 The 2020–2021 farmer protests, which were sparked by the controversial farm laws that were later repealed, drew significant public attention, with criticism directed at the use of force and the management of the situation.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.
If you want a break then ask for a leave, you are here for our country India not to serve your pedophile prophet.
The BJP must start looking for alternatives to the JD(U) and LJP. These parties are speaking on things they have no business with. Whatever decision the Assam CM has taken has got nothing to do with Bihar.
Modi must sternly ask JD(U) and LJP leadership to confine themselves to issues concerning Bihar. Also, it would be prudent for the BJP to start looking for alternatives to the JD(U) and LJP. Nitish Kumar is the least trustworthy of all political leaders.
The analogies given by the JD(U) and LJP leaders don’t make any sense at all. It’s just a case of specious logic.
Why should any Legislative Assembly in any state have a two hour break on Fridays? It does have a serious impact on productivity.
Such appeasement of the minority is absolutely sickening.
BJP is only concerned about goats sacrificed in Bakrid. It does not matter to them if goats, pigs and buaffaloes are sacrificed in hindu temples in Assam, Orissa and West Bengal.
Now time has come for BJP to leave this religion politics. Because people want others things from govt. I know it’s sound wired but it’s true