India s election results challenge Modi s political future
With thousands of critics campaigning for the PM s resignation, the pro-Hindu BJP is at a crossroads in its history
Updated: May 03, 2021 11:10 AM GMT
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Trinamool Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee visits the Kalighat temple in Kolkata on May 2 to offer prayers following the party s victory in the West Bengal legislative assembly election. (Photo: AFP)
The results of elections in five Indian states were declared on May 2 as the country reeled under the trauma of increasing Covid-19 cases.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered considerable damage in the polls that challenges his and his party’s political future.
April 21, 2021A small group of independent news outlets are doing their best to capture the nation’s descent into Covid hell, but they’re too few and too weak to take on the forces trying to squash dissent. You won’t find the urgent, hard-hitting stories in the country’s mainstream media. Ever since a public image–conscious Bharatiya Janata Party was re-elected in 2019, there has been a steady erosion in the freedom of press. The democratically elected government that failed to protect its citizens has been going out of its way to muzzle journalists who expose its incompetence.
The arrest and detention of journalist Siddique Kappan is an extreme instance of that. Kappan was on his way to Uttar Pradesh to report on the gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman whose body was hastily buried by the local police. He was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and has been held without bail since October 2020.
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Political experts noted Kerala's voters have routed all politicians whose campaigns sought to polarise voters on religious matters.. Read more at straitstimes.com.