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 The 2020–2021 farmer protests, which were sparked by the controversial farm laws that were later repealed, drew significant public attention, with criticism directed at the use of force and the management of the situation.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.
It’s time that journalist gets reconciled no govt will ever deposit ‘money for nothing” in to your account even if a lot of treasure haunts are done.
So, basically it’s how he reads speeches or evaluates things or shapes his world view. Or he probably hopes his dreams will be fulfilled when RaGa becomes PM.
Except you journalists people on the ground accepts that he has transformed their life by building toilets, gas and electricity the imporatnce of which cannot be appreciated by urban journalists sitting in Mteros.
Actually five years is a small term to show real change as new schemes can not be completed and completed schemes take time to show impact.
He may have admitted his failures tacitly . It is for the intellectuals to decipher them but not for voters who believe him firmly. They are more obsessed to get him back in power than Modiji himself . They believe that improvisations done by Modiji are “real developments ” not done ever before. Modiji has succeeded to convince the people whatever has been achieved during his tenure is achieved for the first time in the history of India .
Comment:all are of same quality,promises big for propaganda not in reality.present is the bluf master