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 The 2020–2021 farmer protests, which were sparked by the controversial farm laws that were later repealed, drew significant public attention, with criticism directed at the use of force and the management of the situation.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.
Over the years we have been observing an increasing dose electoral politics by different govts in the center or in the states; giving away goodies before the elections had become very common and was spreading all over. This govt in the center also did its part; And at the same time has taken a few decisions that might have brought people out of their comfort zone, created disruptions in usual day to day business, created inconvenience in the streets and uproar in the parliament. Some of them like the GST, Aadhar, Demonetization, reintroduction of LTCG tax, hitting the CAD issue by keeping gas prices high – are not the ones that pleased common people. However many experts and critics alike agreed with the vision and the objective of some of these steps. The newly introduced amendment in insolvency and bankruptcy code is bening touted as a big ticket reform. One noticeable point was, under pressure the govt didn’t backtrack from any of those above mentioned unlike the previous govts, surely showing the strength and confidence.
One would imagine this should help the people of india by and large and hopefully would create a standard for subsequent govts. In the past we mostly have seen a status quo or a backtracking govt.
Personally i wouldn’t like to see the power stays with same group for very long, may be another term for this govt before the change.
One issue however is the sense of empowerment by the fringe hindutva group, if they could be disciplined and enlightened.
Modi has an irritating Gujju habbit of thinking only he and his community because they have demonitised notes running in their veins know everything about everything . Gandhi , Morarji , as well as our worshipped domestic tigers, but kitten abroad industrialists are no different . Experts ,experts experts are needed . Also the willingness to experiment on a smaller scale and test out if decisions and analysis work .Second term will be more Nautanki . More dhoklas and thepla management .
So Modi is not ideal for a PM. But then who? he is the best choice today. Rahul does not even come close and Lallu is in jail and many others dead.
In a democracy, there is no such thing as DESERVING a second term — this article is utter bakvaas!
The reasons for not coming upto expectations are many:
1.B.J.P do not have experienced expert administrators except a few.
2.Major portion of time had to be spend on political management.
3.Strong trade Unions will not allow any major changes in Labour laws to make it flexible. A congress or United opposition Govt will only be surrendering to Unions.
4.If the Govt had succeeded in {a}Village Adoption {b}Khadi development and {c}Skill development Rural Economy would have improved and also created Rural employment.
.Hon.Prime Minister is aware of the shortfall and will surely do much better during SECOND TERM.