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A verdict against Authoritarianism and Hindutva: India Reborn

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Joseph Maliakan

 

New Delhi, 12 June 2024

The message emerging from the result of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 is obvious. First, the people, especially the poor and illiterate, have rejected the authoritarianism practiced by the Modi-Shah duo during the last decade. The voters have also expressed their strong displeasure at Modi’s attempts to build a theocratic Hindu nation by demonizing the large Muslim minority in India.

By reducing the huge majority of the Bharatiya Janta party, the people also have delivered the message that they will not tolerate any party meddling with the secular principles enshrined in the Indian Constitution and also take away special provisions in the Constitution made for the welfare of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.

During election campaigning, Modi tried to convince people that the Hindus were in danger and only he could save Hindus and Hinduism from the Muslims and the INDIA alliance bent on seizing the properties of the Hindus, including ‘mangalasutras’ of Hindu women, and giving them to Muslims.

 

Article at a Glance

 

The 2024 Lok Sabha election results convey a clear message: the Indian people, particularly the poor and illiterate, have rejected the authoritarianism and divisive politics of the Modi-Shah duo.

Voters have expressed their disapproval of attempts to build a theocratic Hindu nation by demonizing Muslims and meddling with the secular principles of the Indian Constitution. The BJP's reduced majority is a testament to the people's desire to protect the Constitution and the welfare of scheduled castes and tribes.

Despite Prime Minister Modi's polarizing campaign tactics, including the consecration of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, the people have rejected his divisive rhetoric.

The election results mark a significant defeat for the BJP, with the party losing 63 seats and its vote share declining in key states like Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.

 

To polarise the Hindu voters, Prime Minister Modi assumed the role of a Pujari and consecrated the Ram Temple at Ayodhya which was built on a piece of land on which the Babri Masjid stood for centuries and which was demolished by the Hindutva forces in 1992. The consecration was done with great fanfare to influence the outcome of the election.

However, ironically, even in Ayodhya the common man rejected the BJP. From the Faizabad constituency where the temple is situated, Avadhesh Prasad of Samajwadi Party, a Scheduled Caste, was elected. He polled 5,54,289 votes against BJP candidate Lallu Singh, a Thakur who got 4,99722 votes. The temple did not bring any votes for the BJP. Prime Minister Modi's taking up the role of a Pujari only alienated the progressive Hindu youth. Also, the demolition of several Hindu homes in Ayodhya to widen the approach road to the Ram temple angered a huge number of voters in Faizabad. Now that the opposition has won more seats than the BJP in U.P, it should demand an investigation into the demolitions in Ayodya.

The poor Dalits brought about the BJP ‘s downfall in Uttar Pradesh, Other Backward Castes (OBC), and Muslims joined hands against the polarising campaign BJP-led from the front by Prime Minister Modi. For a second time, the people of underdeveloped Uttar Pradesh have saved India from an impending disaster. They had en mass voted against the authoritarianism of Mrs Indira Gandhi in 1977. Mrs Gandhi’s Congress did not win a single seat in 1977.

Had Modi got an absolute majority the country would have witnessed further assault on constitutional principles and federal principles governing Union State relations which reached its nadir in the Modi era. Governors appointed by Modi during the last 10 years have been behaving like emperors. The governors of Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been running roughshod over elected governments.

Modi has been running the government during the last ten years with a firm hand and his ministers enjoyed little freedom. He enjoyed absolute power. Modi campaigned for himself and pledged to a two-thirds majority so that he could make major amendments to the constitution.

In his campaign speeches, he indulged in anti-Muslim rhetoric. He abused the Muslims and described them as infiltrators. He told the audience that the opposition INDIA alliance if voted to power will snatch their property and distribute among Muslims. These gimmicks did not yield any benefit to Modi or the BJP. Even in Baswada, Rajasthan, where Modi made the anti-Muslim comments, the BJP candidate was defeated by over three lakh votes.

Modi himself won in Varanasi with a margin of 1.5 lakh votes against his 2019 winning margin of 4.8 lakh votes.  And BJP’s strength has come down by 63 seats. Many of the losses were in constituencies where Modi addressed rallies. He invariably campaigned in his name. Therefore, Modi has to take the entire blame for the party’s loss of majority.

The result is a big slap on the prime minister’s face especially after he, in an interview, alleged that he was not biologically born but was sent by ‘paramatma’ to accomplish a divinely ordained mission. However, that did not prevent the Prime Minister from declaring the loss of the majority as a historic victory. The BJP ‘s vote share in Uttar Pradesh declined by eight percent. The BJP was also defeated in Banaskantha in Gujrat’s tribal belt, where the Prime Minister said that if Congress won, it would size one buffalo from those Hindus who owned two buffalos and give it to Muslims. Now with a coalition government headed by Modi, we can hope that the Hindus, Muslims, and the Buffalos can live in peace together!

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