In a democratic socio-political process, public participation is indirectly guaranteed through political parties. These political parties seek public support based on ideas, spirits, and programs loosely known as “political ideologies.” Ideology gives the party a purpose to function and aims at legitimate political power to realize the ideology itself. This political ideology stimulates their base of support from the point of view of the electorate, upon which various political parties vie for power with the open purpose of enforcing their ideology.In democratic societies around the world , political ideologies can be broadly categorized into middle-, left-, and right-wing ideologies.
India has a wide political spectrum, from centrist to nationalist parties. The acclaimed political ideology of India’s grand old party, Congress, which spearheaded a multi-dimensional, multi-regional, multi-ethnic anti-imperialist struggle, is based on ideas emanating from the political spirit of the freedom struggle. I was. Congress was not a single ideology, but an ideology of various conflicting ideas and streams of political spectrum that fused different ideologies to fight for nationalism. The political ideologies professed in parliament were “secularism”, Fabian socialism, and “nationalism based on multiple multicultural societies”.
The parliament was known as the ‘parliamentary system’ because it was so dominant in the political arena of the Indian political stage. However, in the last two decades, the Indian political space has witnessed the slow and gradual collapse of this ideological culture of parliamentary parties.
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Scholars are divided on the cause of this decline of the former one-party system of rule that has eclipsed India’s political space for more than 50 years. Some see the decline of parliament as the decline of “parliamentary culture.”
Ironically, the parliamentary ideology, which should be the basis of any political organization, has been replaced by an ideology diametrically opposed to the very philosophy on which it was formed. For Congress, secularism means “sarva dharma sama bhava‘. Vague and amorphous secularism was blatantly used to appease a particular section of the minority, thereby grooming that particular section as a vote bank. The idea of equality and fair distribution was buried as minorities were publicly declared to have the first right to the resources of the state. Secularism was used as a tool to gain and maintain political power, tweaked and twisted in response to political exigencies.
The state-led growth of idealist Fabian socialism created a bureaucratic dominance that led to corruption and made a culture of corruption a large part of society. I had no choice but to accept. The public had to start a movement against corruption because it is so embedded in social psychology. It was against this background that the Indian anti-corruption movement, led by Anna Hazareth, gained so much strength and power. The lasting legacy of Congress was a “corrupt society” that permeated all spheres of society: social, political and economic.
The professed spirit of nationalism and national unity was defended by the parliament and shocked with the slogan “”.Bharat tere tukde honge Inshallah Inshallah” came to national attention in the 2016 JNU sedition scandal. It was hyped and infamous as a war cry against the very national integration of the Indian state by so-called student left-leaning anarchist groups. The meaning of this slogan is – India, you will be divided into pieces according to the will of Allah. filed at the JNU to protest the hanging of Afzal Gul, who was convicted by the Supreme Court of Congress trapped itself on the wrong side of nationalism when this slogan was ideologically endorsed by a leading so-called centrist Congress that was ideologically aligned with “left-wing liberal intellectuals”. In February 2016, Congress leaders visited the JNU campus to express solidarity with the students.
This ideological decline has forced Congress to seek support from individuals instead of being ideologically based. That is why the leadership of the Gandhi family became so important. In order to regain its lost foundations, the decrepit parliament has compromised its ideological position. It included ideological extremists in its rap, like people. Either Kanhayya Kumar’s ‘revolution’ was compromised, or the parliament’s ‘ideology’ was compromised.
A leadership crisis is not the cause of Congress’ decline. Very well highlighted by the rival BJP is the decline of parliamentary ideology. Even if Congress had the best of the best leaders, those leaders may not be able to save Congress’ ideologically incoherent ship.
In response, a new political force emerged, much clearer in ideology, clearer and more decisive in ideology, the right of the Center Party. Interestingly, the decline of parliamentary culture is inversely proportional to the rise of the BJP’s nationalist ideology. This is the ideology of the BJP. The BJP has a very clear ideology regarding secularism, nationalism and economic growth. As for national integration, it has been clear and has shown political willpower to repeal Article 370, a promise emanating from its ideology. We have a fearless and clear policy towards Pakistan and China. He has zero tolerance for internal security threats and terrorism.
Moreover, BJP nationalism is based on the revival of Indian culture. Indian nationalism for the BJP is cultural nationalism with spiritualism at its core. According to them, India “Lastra‘ and ‘Bharat” means its old national character and civilization. Indian nationalism may not be a nation-state as understood by Western nation-states, but it predates the past of the Mughal and British Empires. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken advantage of this national cultural revival of national revival to provoke feelings of nationalism.
This nationalism is making a comeback, centered around Indian cultural symbols whitewashed by so-called left-wing liberals, with the active support of parliamentary culture. What many predict to be the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), even nationalist sentiments are competing with the nationalist BJP on nationalism by following the nationalist symbols the BJP upholds. Through symbols of Indian culture such as the national flag, Independence Day and Ram Mandir.
The era of nationalism and national renewal has begun.
(Rajiv Tuli is author and commentator)
Disclaimer: The views above are those of the author. They don’t necessarily reflect his DH views.
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