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Interview with Sheikh Abdullah: “Kashmir came to India because we felt our ambitions and hopes would be fulfilled by allying ourselves with the great country which was India, which believed in democracy, in the rule of law… Now look at the treatment Kashmir has received… Let every Indian search his own heart.”
Opposition unity has greatly increased the likelihood of a defeat for the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. However, democracies can only survive if their leaders are willing to accept defeat and fight for power through the ballot, instead of the bullet. Modi has shown a reluctance to do this throughout the 22 years he has enjoyed power at Gandhinagar and Delhi.
The fact that the planned joint opposition in Patna was postponed has created rumours that such unity may not be achieved before 2024. This fear, however, is almost certain to prove groundless.
His calculated neglect of the threat to the CRPF has the same origins as his government’s abysmal failure in virtually every department.
Apart from the warmth with which Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra has been received in the south of the country, Mallikarjun Kharge’s election as Congress president also opens the way for more equitable alliances with other opposition parties.
Much like Adolf Hitler, Narendra Modi’s eyes are set on the complete dominance of the BJP in Indian politics. To this effect, his government will continue to use its carrot-and-stick policy to destroy the opposition.
The burning train on February 27, 2002 – and the lies and false narratives built around it – kept Narendra Modi in power in Gujarat, and started him on the road to becoming the prime minister of India.
The resignation of top academics from Ashoka University is reflective of the current atmosphere where centres of education that encourage us to question beliefs and prejudices pose a direct threat to the Hindutva state.
If Indians who cherish their democracy, their country’s unparalleled diversity of thought and culture, do not recognise the threat to India as a nation that the so-called Hindu rashtravadis pose, then their future will be bleak.
China undoubtedly triggered the current confrontation but has acted the way it has because it believes India is no longer abiding by the agreements which allowed the bilateral relationship to prosper until Modi changed course.
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