At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before
2 years, 4 months ago

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The Aug. 5 demonstrations by India’s main opposition Congress party against soaring food prices and unemployment began like any other recent protest — an electorally weak opposition taking to the New Delhi streets against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s massively popular government. “And now, 75 years on, to witness it being dismantled systematically and in shockingly violent ways is traumatic.” Modi’s ministers say India’s democratic principles are robust, even thriving. Then he promised: “To the nations and peoples of the world, we send greetings and pledge ourselves to cooperate with them in furthering peace, freedom and democracy.” It marked India’s transition from a British colony to a democracy — the first in South Asia — that has since transformed from a poverty-stricken nation into one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, earning itself a seat at the global high table and becoming a democratic counterweight to its authoritarian neighbor, China. A spokesperson, Shehzad Poonawalla, said India has been a “thriving democracy” under Modi’s rule and has witnessed “reclamation of the republic.” Most democracies are hardly immune to strains. The country fell eight places, to 150, out of 180 countries in this year’s Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders, which said “Indian journalists who are too critical of the government are subjected to all-out harassment and attack campaigns.” Shrinking press freedoms in India date to previous governments but the last few years have been worse.

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DC Edit | Indian democracy faces its darkest day in history

Deccan Chronicle  

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Hindustan Times  

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New Indian Express  

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Firstpost  

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India TV News  

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Associated Press  

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Live Mint  

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Religion, caste in BJP bid to unite Hindu vote base

Hindustan Times  

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India Today  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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News 18  

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The Diplomat  

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Mallikarjun Kharge terms Modi government ‘minority’, calls BJP ‘poisonous’
4 months ago

Mallikarjun Kharge terms Modi government ‘minority’, calls BJP ‘poisonous’

The Hindu  

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ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday underscored India's philosophy of non-violence in his 11th Independence Day speech and said we are a country of Buddha and 'yudha' is not our path. The Prime Minister also stressed India's development is not detrimental to anyone and emphasised several key initiatives aimed at enhancing the dignity and rights of marginalised communities. Addressing the …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Unity in diversity: It’s India’s only realistic path to success

Live Mint  

The late British prime minister Winston Churchill infamously remarked, “India is merely a geographical expression. Yes, we might have seemed like an artificial construct back in 1947, when the British partitioned the country and the first government of Independent India had the tough job of amalgamating many princely states. Our economy might be the fifth largest, but we’re almost a …

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Deccan Chronicle  

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News 18  

BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Friday accused Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party of failing to address the safety of Hindus and other minority communities in Bangladesh “Unfortunately, the Leader of the Opposition and the Congress party, in their tweets congratulating the interim Bangladeshi government, did not raise the issue of Hindu or minority protection in Bangladesh,” …

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5 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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New Indian Express  

While the successful conduct of our 18th Lok Sabha elections should have been a cause of celebration, it has been anything but celebratory for many of our fellow citizens. Ever since the results were announced, a spate of anti-Muslim violence has occurred, threatening to submerge the very idea of India we celebrate while conducting the world’s largest election. While replying …

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The value of dialogue in democracy

Hindustan Times  

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Respite may still elude a beleaguered community

The Hindu  

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Firstpost  

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Letters to the Editor (July 12, 2024)
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor (July 12, 2024)

The Hindu  

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6 months ago

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Live Mint  

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6 months ago

Seditious hearts and mature democracies

Hindustan Times  

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2024 Lok Sabha elections: A historic reflection of democratic resilience and evolution
6 months ago

2024 Lok Sabha elections: A historic reflection of democratic resilience and evolution

Firstpost  

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Poll results a reality check for ‘overconfident’ BJP: RSS mouthpiece Organiser
6 months, 1 week ago

Poll results a reality check for ‘overconfident’ BJP: RSS mouthpiece Organiser

The Hindu  

The results of Lok Sabha poll-2024 have come as a reality check for “overconfident” BJP workers who failed to understand that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call of 400+ was a target for them and not for the Opposition, said a story published in Organiser, English mouthpiece of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The article, titled as “Conversation for course correction”, adds …

Despite the Win, Modi’s Carefully Constructed Aura of Invincibility is Shattered
6 months, 1 week ago

Despite the Win, Modi’s Carefully Constructed Aura of Invincibility is Shattered

The Quint  

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FROM THE SIDELINES | Results of the 2024 election is a seismic moment for Muslims that restores faith in democracy.
6 months, 1 week ago

FROM THE SIDELINES | Results of the 2024 election is a seismic moment for Muslims that restores faith in democracy.

The Hindu  

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CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: BJP faces minor challenges in Gujarat
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: BJP faces minor challenges in Gujarat

The Hindu  

Gujarat continues to be under the spell of the BJP. The BJP has a uniform and robust vote share both in rural and urban areas with almost two in every three voters supporting it but the Congress was able to register a slightly better support of voters from rural areas than in urban areas. Though as reported during the campaign, …

INDIA vs BJP: What Modi’s underperformance means for a resurgent opposition alliance
6 months, 2 weeks ago

INDIA vs BJP: What Modi’s underperformance means for a resurgent opposition alliance

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Congress and its allies still came second to Modi’s …

India elections: Modi and his Hindu nationalist BJP have another five years in power. What does it mean for the world?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India elections: Modi and his Hindu nationalist BJP have another five years in power. What does it mean for the world?

CNN  

CNN — Narendra Modi has raised India’s stature on the global stage like no other recent leader of the world’s most populous country. Paul, author of “The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi.” “This idea of India pushing its weight around may be much less feasible for the time being, given that foreign policy …

‘Humbling moment’: What will Modi 3.0 look like for India?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Humbling moment’: What will Modi 3.0 look like for India?

Al Jazeera  

As Modi prepares to be sworn in with a reduced mandate, analysts and critics say allies he depends on could serve as a check on his government. New Delhi, India – Vishal Paliwal, a 57-year-old worker of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, spent Tuesday afternoon sleeping at home as India counted over 640 million votes cast in its …

Letters to The Editor — June 8, 2024
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to The Editor — June 8, 2024

The Hindu  

The message of 2024 A truly federal structure should be evolved to avoid any possibility of majoritarian or dictatorial governance and tendencies in India in the future. India has had a narrow and providential escape from such a situation, thanks to an alert electorate and experience of the central governance of the last 10 years. V. Rajan, Thiruvananthapuram The long …

2024 Lok Sabha Election Results: Why Indian Voters Are the Real Winners
6 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 Lok Sabha Election Results: Why Indian Voters Are the Real Winners

News 18  

The 2024 elections have vividly showcased the democratic spirit and wisdom of the Indian electorate. On the other hand, the elections also challenged the assumption that South Indian states would never consider the BJP, a party traditionally perceived as dominant in the North and West. However, in 2024, the BJP, projected as the “Hindi party” in Tamil Nadu, secured 11 …

India’s opposition, written off as too weak, makes a stunning comeback to slow Modi’s juggernaut
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s opposition, written off as too weak, makes a stunning comeback to slow Modi’s juggernaut

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to the national election as too weak and fragmented to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his powerful Hindu nationalist governing party. The election results released Wednesday also marked a revival for the main opposition Congress party and its allies, who defied predictions of …

India’s Modi is not known for leading by collaboration. After lackluster election result, he may have to adapt
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s Modi is not known for leading by collaboration. After lackluster election result, he may have to adapt

LA Times  

Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for aggressive and often snap decisions that he has found easy to execute thanks to the majority he enjoyed in India’s lower house of parliament. In his expected next term as prime minister — when he will need a coalition to govern after election results announced …

Modi set to secure third term in office
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi set to secure third term in office

China Daily  

By Aparajit Chakraborty in New Delhi and Yang Ran in Beijing | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-06-05 00:28 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in New Delhi, India on Tuesday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to secure a third consecutive term in office with the ruling National Democratic Alliance, a coalition led by …

India elections: Voters reject Modi’s vision for one-party state in win for competitive democracy
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India elections: Voters reject Modi’s vision for one-party state in win for competitive democracy

CNN  

CNN — The opposition obituaries had been written. The BJP’s inability to secure an outright majority “pricks the bubble of Modi’s authority,” wrote political scientist Pratap Bhanu Mehta Tuesday night. Modi is “not the indomitable vehicle for History … Today, he is just another politician, cut to size by the people.” ‘He will have to tread carefully’ Modi’s victory Tuesday …

India’s economic boom won’t be derailed by its election shock
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s economic boom won’t be derailed by its election shock

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — Narendra Modi has declared victory in India’s election but he’ll need the support of smaller parties to govern, a shock result that could make it harder for him to pass major economic reforms. India boomed during Modi’s first two terms as prime minister, leapfrogging the United Kingdom to become the world’s fifth biggest economy and growing …

Modi loses ground in India’s parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi loses ground in India’s parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay

LA Times  

Muslims protest outside Srinagar in Kashmir in 2019, when India’s Hindu nationalist government stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semiautonomous status. That decision now seems to be irreversible, with India’s top court upholding the move, ruling in December that the region’s special status had been a “temporary provision.” The Supreme Court said the government had promised to restore Jammu-Kashmir’s statehood …

Election results 2024: How India read the election, how the BJP reads the result
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election results 2024: How India read the election, how the BJP reads the result

The Hindu  

Five years ago, the Bharatiya Janata Party promulgated the phrase, ‘aayega toh Modi hi. To the extent that there was a “national issue” in this election, it was framed around concerns of democratic erosion — concerns that cut through, in different ways, across the country. As the campaign rolled out, the BJP’s quest for dominance raised a fundamental question that …

India’s popular but polarizing leader Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power. Who is he?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s popular but polarizing leader Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power. Who is he?

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who claimed victory for his alliance in an election seen as a referendum on his decade in power, is a popular but polarizing leader who has presided over a fast-growing economy while advancing Hindu nationalism. Political analysts say Modi’s victory was driven by social welfare programs that provided benefits from food to …

Election Results 2024: Four reasons why BJP’s plan backfired in Uttar Pradesh
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Results 2024: Four reasons why BJP’s plan backfired in Uttar Pradesh

Times of India  

For over a decade, Sanjeev Singh has worked with various news channels as a field reporter. Ticket distribution gone wrong: The BJP’s top brass’s decision to steamroll their candidates despite opposition from locals and RSS cadre also cost them heavily on 10-15 seats. The simmering discontent of the Rajput community in western UP coupled with INDIA alliance following BJP’s strategy …

Photos: BJP and opposition supporters celebrate India election results
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Photos: BJP and opposition supporters celebrate India election results

Al Jazeera  

India’s Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed election victory for his party and its allies on Tuesday, but the opposition said they had “punished” the governing party to confound predictions and reduce their parliamentary majority. Commentators and exit polls had projected an overwhelming victory for Modi, whose campaign wooed the Hindu majority to the worry of the country’s 200-million-plus …

India elections: Modi declares victory but party faces shock losses in parliament and will need coalition
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India elections: Modi declares victory but party faces shock losses in parliament and will need coalition

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — India’s transformative yet divisive Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory in national elections on Tuesday evening, but his goal of winning an unassailable majority was left in tatters after voters delivered a shock result that reduced the extent of his party’s grip on power. Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s National Congress, said early election results …

India and the world may finally have reached ‘peak Modi’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India and the world may finally have reached ‘peak Modi’

The Telegraph  

The shock result of India’s general election has dented the brand of prime minister Narendra Modi whose party fell well-short of its target for seats in the Indian parliament. Given that his Bharatiya Janata Party fought the election with the prime minister as the face of the party, its poor performance raises questions about whether India has reached “peak Modi”. …

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