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 The 2020–2021 farmer protests, which were sparked by the controversial farm laws that were later repealed, drew significant public attention, with criticism directed at the use of force and the management of the situation.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.
Rahul Gandhi can never become P.M. If Rahul replace by Priyanka Gandhi than Congress have chance to survive.
Moh tyago bete ka beti ki chance do.
An author who is left leaning can only see through the negative spectrum.
Governments must deliver Achhe Din. That is why we vote for them.
Absolutely right!
Now the time has come either perform or perish!
If you perform or do an honest effort to do so, no Modi can stop you but if you don’t then even novice like Kejriwal can destroy you…
We Indians are no longer the same…
I think as like other commentators on Left’s politics Shivam Vij also smartly avoided to expose real fault lines of the Left. Like other parties they too have got ample opportunities to prove themselves but they did nothing in the States rulled by them for long periods.Therefore, they have nothing in their kitty to show case proudly.Feeding the people only with redundant rhetorics is not going help any more.They could have transformed the WB & Tripura in such a way that the whole India could see.Who stopped them to bring prosperity, employment which could in turn have brought material change in thr lives of common man.They failed miserably but still showing arrogance instead of remorse.
Shivam vij is surely missing an important point or two, namely bad governance of Manik sarkar government in Tripura and governance record of BJP at centre and several states. To give credit only to election machinery only is just trying to remain in denial.
What are you smoking Anil?