Impact of Right Wing Politics in India in 21st Century

The 2014 election has put an end to the long dominant political era that existed in India. It is a turning point in the political history of India. It gave a clear mandate to the BhartiyaJanta Party which shows the growing popularity of the Right Wing Politics in India. From just 2 seats in 1984 election to 281 out of 545 seats in 2014 general election is a remarkable progress which is worth noticing. Congress who is the oldest party and who also claims to fight for the national independence has somewhere lost its old status in the 21stcentuary. The BJP slogan of “Sub ka saath, sub kavikas”(collective efforts inclusive growth) has gone deep into the heart of Indian population. The developmental agenda and the dream of “aache din” has attracted most of the people on its side. But behind all these glittering slogans and agenda, the hard reality is that, The Hindutva ideology has laid a foundation stone for the success of the right wing politics in India. The leader of the BJP has mostly been drawn from the RSS, which is a Hindu nationalist organisation. The right wing politics follows the ideology of capitalism and free trade. They treat majority and minority equally; therefore they do not prefer to give extra protection and privileges to the minority community. However India is a socialist and secular country and it also provides special protection and privileges to the weaker section of the society. In this backdrop it will be interesting to note the impact of right wing politics in 21st century.