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 The 2020–2021 farmer protests, which were sparked by the controversial farm laws that were later repealed, drew significant public attention, with criticism directed at the use of force and the management of the situation.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.
Prof PK Sharma, Freelance Journalist,Barnala(Punjab)
Ms.Sadhavi Khosla and Ms. Deeksha Bhardwaj ‘s reactions to Modi call are quite objective in nature !
Mr.RP Singh,Mr.Ratan Sharda and Ms.Arnika Singh suffer from the complex of wearing Coloured
Glasses ! Like BJP panelists on TV they have performed the role of “His Master’s Voice”(HMV)
because BJP panelists on TV have to portray their master and party in attractive and bright colours
even though devoid of logic, facts, rhyme or reason ! They are duty bound to turn fair into foul and
foul in to fair !
Ironically , has not NaMo woken up from his slumber a little bit too early to realise that 125 crore Indians
should not spread dirt through social media and instead share good things around them !
Our dear dear Prime Minister Modi , it is too late now, because you did not honour your word of discharging
the duties of Pradhan Sewak as very proudly and assertively pronounced by you !
Very simple and straightforward questions to the honorable PM Modi why this sermon now ? Why not this
feeling shake him all these almost more than four years while at the steering ?
I am very clear as I had been very clear in the past too, as and when polls will draw near such like many more
sermons, affections and virtues will start haunting him !
Very amazing, after having been at the helm for more than four years now, had NaMo won the hearts of the masses
the chair of the Prime Minister must have run after him ?
But on the contrary, NaMo is running after the chair of the Prime Minister to seek a second term in office !
Why is it so, NaMo must answer ?
Prof PK Sharma, Freelance Journalist
Pom Anm Nest,Barnala(Punjab)