Indian democracy: Rest vs 8 years 

As India celebrates its 75th Independence ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' it is an appropriate moment to take a look at the changing paradigms of the Indian democracy. India is said to be the world's largest democracy, and there have been several attempts to hamper it from its independence. We must say that the emergency declared in 1975 by the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is the biggest blot on a democratic nation like ours. But what we see in the last 8 years is even more serious and dangerous for a healthy democracy.  In March 2020, when the whole world was grappling with the deadly coronavirus and India was not untouched by this it was on the brink of entering into the biggest health crisis in independent India. But the priority for the ruling government at that time was not to prepare for this crisis rather the whole focus was on Madhya Pradesh, where the Bhartiya Janta Party toppled the elected government. In our constitution, it is stated that the party having a majority will be ruling the state, and there is a procedure for election. But there has been a new trend of horse trading in Indian politics to topple the elected government with the blatant misuse of money and central agencies and Maharashtra is a recent example of it. Right from 2014, when

Bhartiya Janta Party came to power its patronage to hate politics is not just trying to break the social fabric structure but there has been rising intolerance in the society. In 2017, the mob lynching of Pehlu khan by some radical Hindu activists on the suspicion of trading beef was the biggest example of this and the silence of the top leaders of the ruling party in the face of this enormous societal threat was deafening in the same time morale booster for these activists. Our constitution is so meticulously drafted to protect our greatest civilisational inheritance, the unique syncretic social fabric but the ruling government and its endorsement to hate politics are just trying to tear it apart. The stability of civil society and the absence of any disruptions to regular trade and other market activities are optimal for business interests. Recently the government informed in Lok Sabha that of the 22.05 crore applications received from 2014 to 2021, only 7.22 lakh or 0.33 per cent, were recommended for jobs. It represents the plight of employment in our country and we cannot deny that rising hate politics is just an attempt to divert the attention of common people from such issues. The ruling government and its parent organisation

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have been defining the new meaning of culture in our country which describes one nation, one religion and one language. Ours is a diverse country and the reduction of non-Hindus and people speaking languages apart from Hindi to second-class status in their homeland is unthinkable. It would be a second partition: and a partition in the Indian soul would be as bad as a partition on Indian soil. To make a country of Bhagat Singh's dream where there will be equality and people living in this country cannot be oppressed we must bypass this politics of hate and should focus on the politics of work. Every citizen of this country needs basic amenities of life best healthcare, education and employment. At last, we must come forward to protect our constitution drafted by the visionary leader B R Ambedkar because this country can only flourish if it follows the constitution. Because only constitution can show us the right path to protect our culture, society, economy, politics and democracy. Vijay Fulara Socio-political Activis