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 The 2020–2021 farmer protests, which were sparked by the controversial farm laws that were later repealed, drew significant public attention, with criticism directed at the use of force and the management of the situation.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.
DID @RAHULGANDHI DECIDED WHEN TO GO OR IT IS GOVT WHO DECIDED TO GIVE PERMISSION NOW.
WHY ALL POLITICAL COMMENTATORS R BEHAVING LIKE EMBEDDED WITH BJP THEORY .
RG is not yet matured to be the PM of great India. The second one Tejaswi is the son of LPY who is in jail for looting public money. So the company is good enough to destroy India altogether. Both parties are sinking ships. Any other parties who wish to join them will have the same fate.
Pappu is doing everything for show, not out of any understanding of the subject or out of any conviction on it. He does not understand when he was at it and later, he winks it away. A true joker in his own class, even find Quixote and his assistant, Sancho Panza will be ashamed of our pappu.
Winning a general election is not a walk in the park, or a trek to Mansarovar. The CM candidates for R and M should be Pilot and Scindia. If the high command feels the other two are better, make the announcement and demonstrate that you have the authority to do so and get everyone to fall in line. In the hands of a capable election fighting and winning machine, which is what a serious political party is meant to be, R / M / C are waiting to be harvested. If, despite this, the Congress wobbles and waffles, it can kiss goodbye to 2019.