Hypocrisy of RSS chief
All the heads of RSS have always been saying that RSS is a cultural organisation. And we only do the work of character building in our organisation. We have no…
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BJP – A blot on the Indian socio-political scenario
A number of recent toxic provocative utterances and violent acts by some senior BJP leaders and their cadres throw light on the uncivilized background of their cultural upbringing and political …
BJP @45
"If political parties start considering their ideology more important than the country, then freedom will surely be in danger", said Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in his last address to the Constituent…
BJP MP is in danger from a Yuvraj BJP MP!
Today we talk about Madhya Pradesh, where a poor BJP MP is in danger from a Yuvraj BJP MP and his complaint is being raised loudly in the media. The…
The cost of the RSS turning 100 in 2025!
On 11 October, Akhilesh Yadav was prevented from garlanding the statue of Jayaprakash Narayan on the occasion of his birth anniversary in Lucknow, on 2 October, Sonam Wangchuk was prevented…
Haryana & J&K Election Results Defy Predictions and…
Politically, results of Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Elections may be viewed as significant from several angles. In case of Haryana polls, the instant reaction is that of these…
How the BJP’s Haryana Win Could Shape Elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand?
In the recent Haryana Elections, the BJP appears to be defying all the exit polls, most of which predicted a significant Congress victory. Even before the final results were tallied,…
Need for the United Front strategy in today’s times of Fascism
India has seen the fascist rise with RSS-BJP led government in power since 2014. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a cadre based organization with its inspirations from Mussolini’s fascist movement…
Darkness Visible
The relationship between BJP and RSS is a mystery ordinary mortals cannot penetrate.The RSS supremo seemed to be firing salvos in a direction that covered the BJP headquarters.There has not…
Father, Son and the Push Towards Hindutva Agenda
In the middle of the General elections BJP President, J.P.Nadda stated that BJP is now more capable and does not need the support of RSS for election work. It is…
BJP is under the Hegemony of RSS: Fact corroborated by RSS archives
Ram Madhav is the intellectual face of RSS. He was the RSS spokesperson for more than a decade (2003-2014) and was loaned to BJP in 2014, becoming its prime general…
The Modi-Shah Obsession: Controlling Information and Narrative
By now, it is evident that both Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are deeply invested in managing information and controlling the narrative on a daily basis. This has become an…
Nadda on BJP-RSS relations: Father, Son and Political Equations
As the election season (April-May 2024) is in progress there are observations by some that this time RSS volunteers (swayamsevaks) are not on the field to help the BJP for…
BJP Independent of RSS: Are You Joking Mr. Nadda?
The president of BJP in conversation with journalists, Liz Mathew and P Vaidyanathan Iyer (The Indian Express, Delhi, May 18, 2024) claimed that “RSS is a cultural organisation and we…
BJP: Communal Divisive Propaganda Yet Again
For majoritarian Nationalism communal, divisive propaganda has been a major plank for increasing their hold in the electoral arena through promoting Hate. The module of Hindu nationalist politics has been…
Defeating a Dictator: Fighting Hindutva Dictatorship in Indian Elections
The forthcoming general election in India, scheduled from April 19, 2024, to June 1, 2024, to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha and the new Government of…
Opposition Leaders Facing Probes Switch to Ruling Party, Cases Closed – Examining the Allegations
Fighting corruption appears to be mere rhetoric for Modi and his government. Since Narendra Modi assumed office as Prime Minister in 2014, he has emphasized in various public meetings his…
Is India Heading Towards a One-Party, One-Nation Scenario?
In recent years, there has been growing concern about the direction of Indian democracy, with many questioning whether the country is heading towards a one-party, one-nation scenario. The dominance of…
Peeing on Adivasi: Peaking of Caste arrogance
On this 6th July Pravesh Shula, a BJP worker, urinated on an Adivasi boy. Shukla is a close associate of Kedarnath Shukla, the MLA of the area. When Pravesh was…
Abhorrent Aberrations: The “New Normal” in Modi’s “New India”
Last week, video emerged showing what was — at least, what one hopes was — the tail end of a wild night experienced by a seasoned political activist in India’s…
It’s time to launch another liberation movement for Modi Free India
As the world’s so-called largest democracy heads for a general election in May, 2024, overseas Indians need to mobilize to rid their home country of a Hindu supremacist leader. Narendra…
New Year Resolution for 2023; Mobilize people for RSS free India
One of the worst developments of 2022 was the electoral victory of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Gujarat state of India. The December 8 assembly…
RSS-BJP’s Fake Love For Tricolour Will Not Wash Off Their Crime Of Persistently Denigrating The National Flag!
RSS-BJP rulers of India have suddenly developed immense love for the Indian national flag. According to press reports under “Har Ghar Tiranga” [Tricolour at every home] campaign Centre facilitated hoisting…
BJP style of observing Bakrid
The Muslim religious practice of Bakrid - being observed in July this year - is in commemoration of an event in past history that is shared by both Islam and …
From Jai Ram to – Hai Ram
The OverSeas Friends of the Bharatiya Janata Party, or; OF-BJP, is fairly big in the United Kingdom, and more so in the United States of America. It surprisingly even has…
India’s ruling BJP should be designated as a terror group
It was late July this year when some Sikh kids came out with their parents in Surrey, to register their protest against the unjust farm laws passed by the world’s…
Block Pramukh Elections in Uttar Pradesh Witness Excessive Violence and Intimidation
The block pramukh elections in the three-tier panchayati raj (rural decentralization) system of Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state, took place on July 10 Saturday. The block pramukh is elected at…
The BJP government is incapable of governance
For the past six years, we have been told that India has got a strong government with a strong leader. The measurements of the Prime Minister’s chest became the centre…
Electoral Reverses Should Convince Union Government For Being More Responsive to Real Needs and Feelings of People
The BJP has recently suffered serious reverses in state assembly elections in W.Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and what may even more worrying for its leadership, even in critical segments…
BJP Suffers Defeat in Strongholds Varanasi, Ayodhya and Mathura in Panchayat Elections
Soon after the reverses the BJP suffered in State Assembly elections in W.Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, it has suffered humiliation in some of its strongest households in Ayodhya, Varanasi…
The danger posed by the BJP Government’s repeated reliance on conspiracy theories of foreign interference
During his speech in the Indian Parliament’s Lok Sabha, or Lower House, on Feb 9, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi spoke about ‘Foreign Destructive Ideology’ plaguing the country, and the…
Sangh’s Hindu Rashtra : A Threat to India and Indians
The Sangh was founded in 1925 with the declared aim of opposing the 'yavan-snakes' (i.e the Muslims) who 'were spreading riots in the country.' It declared with equal determination that…
How To Counter The Hindutva Project?
Along with broader movement against the authoritarian project of RSS and BJP, emphasis must be laid on politicisation of society and balance of social forces must be changed Recently, senior…
Party building, the way of the Communists and the Congress
It would be interesting to recall in the context of the current India China relations that Liu Shaoqi’s book How to be a Good Communist was translated into Gujarati in…
The Dull Roll Of A Yatra
When BJP national president Amit Shah descended on northern Kerala recently as part of his ‘save Kerala mission’, he brought along with him a gaggle of journalists to gauge…
Bird or Beast: BJP Must Decide
My take on the situation in our country today is that the BJP must decide what it is - bird or beast. It must decide what its core ideology is.…
Exit Smriti Irani: Now HRD Ministry Should Be More Accommodative
As was expected PM Narendra Modi shifted HRD minister Smriti Zubin Irani to less consequential position, the textile ministry, in the recent reshuffle of the council of minister. To have…
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