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 The 2020–2021 farmer protests, which were sparked by the controversial farm laws that were later repealed, drew significant public attention, with criticism directed at the use of force and the management of the situation.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.
This Psycho Awasthi is from Nalsar University of Law Hyderabad. He got in trouble in his very first year for beating up a senior. Its no wonder he joined RSS.
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Awasthi is a psycho from Nalsar University Hyderabad. He beat some senior in his very First year. Its no wonder he joined RSS.
How true! This is the sad reality we are facing in our country.
After having read this column, the idea that stands reinforced is that RSS from top to bottom is comprised of dull thinkers with brazen spirit.
I am not as gifted as Awasthi with words and deception of clever argument.Nor am I well versed with
the greek mythology.
But I and we,including Indian rustic villagers,know very well what it means by getting a child by”ploughing a land”.
Why Awasthi is shying away from acknowledging the idiomatic expressions of our Indian classics?
Is it too offending for your “susheel sabhyata”?
No one takes the Greek myths or the Norse myths to be scientific literature. And does this Awasthi even know what a test tube baby is?! It is not a baby found in a test tube! The baby still has to grow in the womb of a woman!
If there was any more evidence needed that the Sangh parivar and its ideologues are intellectually bankrupt and unable to call a spade a spade (provided the spade is a person/ideology/statement from the Sangh parivar), then this article is the best proof.
Well said