By Countercurrents, 16 May, 2014
Hindu supremacist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won a landslide victory for Indian parliament election. BJP
is set to win in 283 seats, eight more than the required half way mark
in 543 member House. With its allies, the tally of National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) is expected to go up to 335.
The Congress party, that has run India
for all but 13 years since independence, was set to crash to its worst
ever result after a decade in power. Congress was virtually decimated as
it bagged only 18 seats and was leading in 27 others. Party president
Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi accepted responsibility for
the defeat.
There was a record turnout in the
elections, with 66.38 percent of the 814 million eligible voters casting
ballots during several stages of the six-week ballot. Turnout in the
2009 elections was 58.13 percent.
Narendra Modi is the Chief Minister of Gujarat and a strong proponent of Hindutva. Hindutva is a virulent fascist ideology which holds a Hindu supremacist world view.
Narendra Modi’s role in the infamous Gujarat Pogrom,
is still under legal scanner. The anti-minority carnage started
following the gruesome killing of 59 Hindus on 27th February, 2002 in a
train fire at Godhra. Modi’s alleged to have given free reign to rioters
without taking sufficient steps to prevent the massacre. The Gujarat
administration was accused by the opposition of taking insufficient
action against the violence, and even condoning it in some cases.
1 comment:
Does the BJP electoral victory in India mean the end of the Nehru dynasty? In India and Pakistan leaders and rulers belonging to aristocratic, feudal and super-rich families are worshipped. Therefore such influential people can withstand a temorary setback in politics for a few years and then get in the saddle again. The Nehru dynasty in India, the Bhutto family in Pakistan and the Abdullah family in Kashmir know the importance their families have in the eyes of the people. Rahul Gandhi in India and Bilawal son of late Benazir Bhutto are young; they can wait for a few years to gain their ‘Divine right’ to rule. In India and Pakistan gods show great concern for such beings!
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