A week has passed since the results of the 2019 General Elections for Lok-Sabha were declared. On 23 May, 2019, Mr. Narendra Modi and BJP came back to power with a more comprehensive win than 2014. Their vote share increased from roughly 31% in 2014 to about…
Era of Dictatorial Democracy | Pieter Friedrich
“In the west, we have labels,” commented journalist François Gautier on WION TV, during a panel about the results of India’s 2019 general election.…
Elections 2019: Redrawing Contours of Democracy in India | Neha Dabhade
The exercise of general elections in the largest democracy in India concluded with victory of second consecutive term of BJP at the centre. The BJP got…
Theatre of Absurd: Modi and the Dawoodi Bohra Pontiff
The invite by the High priest of Dawoodi Bohras, a Shia Muslim sub-sect, to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address their religious congregation on 14th September 2018 on the occasion of Muharram, and that the PM should accept the invite can only be described…
Open letter to the Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
To: Honourable Prime Minister of India Narendra Modiji, Prime Minister’s Office, South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi 110011. Respected Prime Minister, We have been given to understand that your good self would be present during an event in Indore organized…
Was Emergency in India akin to Hitler’s Regime? | Ram Puniyani
On the eve of 43rd anniversary of the Emergency, which was imposed on the country in 1975, BJP has come out strongly condemning the event, has issued half page advertisement and Modi said that it was imposed to save the power of a family. There are claims…
Four years of Modi and Increasing Communal Divisiveness | Ram Puniyani
The coming to power of Modi in 2014 gave a signal to the so called fringe groups that now it is their Government and they can get away with their hate speeches and action with ease. It was a total uninhibited show by the RSS Combine as for as spreading hatred,…
Politically relevant today to ask if Nehru visited Bhagat Sing in Jail? | Ram Puniyani
In the recently held Karnataka elections, Narendra Modi made statements which are not true, and which are made to raise the emotive pitch against his opponents. In a blatant lie, in a rally in Bidar, he asked “When Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Batukeshwar Dutt,…
Nirav Modi Heist and Chowkidar Narendra Modi | Ram Puniyani
Corruption is a big menace in different countries, including ours. We witnessed the spectacle of movement against corruption demanding for Jan Lokpal, at dharna at Jantar Mantar in 2011. The battle cry of that surge was primarily against Congress, and as a…
Ram Rajya Rath Yatra: Road to Power | Ram Puniyani
The decades of 1980s were a turning point in the history of the country. For the first time emotive issue like Ram Temple took the better of social issues related to economic and social justice. On the heels of opening of the locks of Babri Mosque, Advani…