Subramanian Swamy Objects to IIM-A PhD Thesis That Said BJP Is 'Pro-Hindu Upper Caste' Party Following Swamy's objection, the MoE had asked IIM-A for a copy of the thesis. In reply, instituteâs director DâSouza said the government is not an arbiter of complaints regarding a thesis. Subramanian Swamy. Credit: PTI Government03/Mar/2021 New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has raised objection to a PhD thesis at IIM-Ahmedabad which allegedly said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party were âethnically constitutedâ parties. The thesis also allegedly said that the BJP is a âpro-Hindu upper caste partyâ,