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Just for educational purposes, BJP is number 4 party in Punjab and atm nowhere in the race. They do have decent amount of vote share but it's all fragmented and hardly earned them any valuable seat in the past.
They are fragmented now, but they know how to play the long game, repeating the strategy they used in Maharashtra.
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Paper leak is not new, but rather than suggesting a change, CJP (AAP) came up with a strategy just before the parliament session to ask for the resignation of the Education Minister. I also agree he should resign or be fired because of the UGC bill that he was trying to pass. But after this Charlie demonstration, I am certain the BJP will not bow down to this pressure.
It is true that paper leaks and student protests are nothing new. In fact, the current education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, actually led a massive protest under the ABVP back in 1997 against the Odisha government. The hypocrisy built into the system here is incredible.
The current BJP government is really turning out to be a joke. They can easily handle the protest by talking with the students directly.
They can conduct an open session, try to accept the inputs from students and how to actually solve the real problem of paper leaks.
They could, but they won't. They easily could have shut down the protests if they actually wanted to resolve the situation.
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Congress needs a change of faces and minds as well they are still living like in old-fashioned films. This could never help them have good chances in the near future.
They are actually incompetent. They are just coasting on anti-incumbency instead of actually doing the work. In Kerala, they only won power because the voters simply had no other choice.
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But I wonder if this is just to settle down the noise or will they strictly implement and follow the new law.
If the papers are leaked the next time, they might simple register a case and then that case will keep going on for years.
They can easily find loopholes to exploit Indian law because it's full of shit.
The people pulling the strings behind these leaks definitely have political backing, and they're just creating smoke screens to dodge any real scrutiny. The judicial system can't do much on its own. The courts rely on outside agencies to do the actual investigative legwork and build the case. If those investigators drag their feet, the credibility of the whole justice system goes out the window.
It seems the FCRA amendment bill, which now focuses on loopholes that directly implicate NGO owners, is not being well received by the US. They and other European allies have been the biggest contributors. In most cases religion conversion was the primary agenda. CJK promoted by AAP was able to disrupt the parliament session, and they are still trying their level best.
Tracking money isn't a uniquely Indian bias; it is an international security standard followed by the US and the UK. From what I understand, CJP is a student movement, and AAP and Congress are jumping into it for political leverage.
FYI, after the BJP came into power in 2014 till now, before the parliament session starts, there will always be a disruption. This kind of agitation has become quite common whenever the government wants to pass an important bill.
Just to clarify, saying that parliament disruptions only started after 2014 completely ignores political history. Back during the UPA 2 era, the BJP constantly blocked entire sessions to stall bills and back the ruling government into a corner. This is just standard political theater in Indian democracy, played out by whichever party happens to be sitting in the opposition at the time.
