Modi Government's 1-Year: Systematic Attack on Constitutional Values
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Channel: NewsClickin · 2015 · News & Politics
In an interview to Newsclick, prominent social activist Harsh Mander talks about the Modi led NDA government’s attack on the constitutional values of the country. These values -- equality, fraternity and solidarity -- were product of the national movement that had also rejected the divisive nationalism of the RSS. He explains that the present government is vastly different from the 1998 NDA government not only because it enjoys an absolute majority in the Parliament, but also due the authoritarian and Hindu majoritarian tendencies of Narendra Modi. He says that the agenda of the Modi regime seems to be to remake India into a Hindu nation and to force the minorities into submission. The right-wing fundamentalist groups in the Sangh parivar assert a great influence on the present government. As a result there has been a rise in communal attacks on minorities, threatening the secular fabric of the nation. With government support, Hindu right-wing is taking over the mainstream spaces, while the resistance to the right-wing is forced in to the margins But, despite this Harsh feels that given the inclusive nature of India society, resistance to these divisive forces is bound to grow and they can be defeated.
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