On National Political Situation
On National Political Situation
Democracy in India is in real and immediate danger. But it is no longer accurate to say that the nation simply stands “at a crossroads.” The new authoritarian regime, it seems, has taken a lead over Left–liberal politics. It has reshaped the political field itself, not just captured power within it.
What is unfolding is not a temporary distortion or deviation of democracy, not only that constitutional institutions are compromised of which election commission is a glaring example, but a structural transformation driven by the fusion of corporate capital, majoritarian identity, and an increasingly centralised state.
Government projects and inflated GDP claims continue, even as unemployment and youth despair rise. The IMF, RBI, and independent bodies have exposed statistical manipulation and the underreporting of inflation and joblessness.
Public health and education budgets remain stagnant, and the privatisation of essential sectors continues, pushing inequality higher.
Agriculture expenditure continues to rise. MSP promises remain unfulfilled, and agricultural labour distress and farmer suicides are still widespread. Labour Codes are big blow to rights of the workers.
National security is used as a political tool, not as a policy domain. Alongside internal devastation, a misreading of global shifts persists. Under Modi, the government has failed to understand the complications of the emerging multipolar reality. Modi government broadly speaking was relying on Trump administration.
US tariffs on Indian goods have hurt Indian exporters, especially in textiles, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, steel and other sectors. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) withdrawal by the American establishment has reduced India’s advantages. The American establishment has not supported India on many security concerns; even during the recent hostilities with Pakistan.
India neighbourhood policy is in deep crises, damaging relationships with Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and even Bhutan, which has not sided with India during the recent conflict with Pakistan. While China has deepened its presence in South Asia.
Central Government's diplomatic, military, and economic response has lacked coherence and clarity.
In the fields of technology, earth minerals, and capital formation, India has been lagging behind. The government is neither serious nor does it have a long-term vision to meet the internal and external challenges of the world.
A Structural Crisis of Democracy
The opposition repeatedly misreads the authoritarianism. To them, this appears to be merely an ideological clash with the RSS–BJP. No doubt RSS is having its own footing and it is biggest threat to the democratic Republic of India. But RSS rise must be viewed in the light of rise of the global finance capital. BJP type of divisive and hatred politics is promoted by global finance capital all over world. The fight with the BJP to the electoral battle alone is not sufficient. All other initiative should be taken to defeat RSS-BJP design to reshape Indian society on Bramihnical order and Hindutva.
Today, corporate power does not merely influence the state; it drives it.
Public policy, media ecosystems, resource allocation, and welfare narratives are shaped inside a political–corporate nexus where accountability disappears.
This structure produces its own ideological cover — nationalism, polarisation, and leader glorification of making India the guru of the world — which masks growing unemployment, inequality, and erosion of rights.
Opposition parties fail because they do not confront the material base of authoritarianism :
- Corporate capture of politics
- Co modification of media
- Displacement of welfare by patronage
- Coercive control over institutions
By avoiding structural questions, the opposition remains trapped in rhetoric, electoral alliances, and symbolic gestures that do not challenge the real drivers of authoritarian consolidation.
Liberal Democracy Cannot Survive Without Basic Democracy. A political structure based on liberal democracy cannot be defended merely by court appeals, parliamentary protests, or moral arguments. It requires the active resistance of the people. It cannot be outsourced to political parties only. People are to be organized politically to meet the challenges posed by the Corporate – Hindutva nexus.
The country needs a broad political coalition — a broad coalition of democratic political forces — rooted in:
- Economic and social democracy,
- Constitutional morality,
- Protection of rights and dissent,
Representation of discriminated social groups—such as SCs, STs, EBCs, Pasmanda Muslims, and women — and their presence and stake in institutions, along with a clear understanding of how corporate power shapes the functioning of the state.
Such an coalition must not only resist authoritarianism but articulate a new system in India — one that connects freedom with equality, rights with livelihoods, and democracy with everyday life. This political coalition will reflect the aspirations and claims of the different structures of society.
India is not just facing authoritarian rule; it is facing a reconfiguration of its political economy. Authoritarianism can be defeated only when democracy becomes material, participatory, and rooted in the lived experience of the people.