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What Would Destroy the BJP (in the Future) - bymanujoseph.com

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Many politicians across India who are not with the Bharatiya Janata Party live in fear of imprisonment, chiefly for corruption or old crimes. It is odd because, until recently, it was uncommon for politicians in India to be so vulnerable to the justice system. They were protected by an unspoken code. To the extent it was possible, politicians in power guarded their own kind, including the ones not in power. Some did end up in jail. Current home minister Amit Shah himself was imprisoned in 2010. But those were anomalies in the system. Shah’s tremendous rise explains why. Power is temporary; powerlessness is temporary. Politicians needed to have each others back. So what has changed now? Under BJP rule, that code of professional courtesy has vanished. The reason, I believe, is that the party is so confident of being in power at the centre for the next “30-40 years,” as Shah put it, that the benefits of radiating fear outweigh the risks of breaking a shadowy old code. For the top rung of

What Would Destroy the BJP (in the Future) - bymanujoseph.com Skip to content Home About Subscribe X What Would Destroy the BJP (in the Future) Manu Joseph December 4, 2023 Many politicians across India who are not with the Bharatiya Janata Party live in fear of imprisonment, chiefly for corruption or old crimes. It is odd because, until recently, it was uncommon for politicians in India to be so vulnerable to the justice system. They were protected by an unspoken code. To the extent it was possible, politicians in power guarded their own kind, including the ones not in power. Some did end up

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