Dangerous signs for Democracy? Why Prof Ashutosh Varshney is worried over UP assembly elections results ! https://youtu.be/f1u_x_r5jao?t=107 13 Mar 2022
यूपी का चुनाव । क्या है संकेत ? लोकतंत्र की जीत या संविधान को ख़तरा ? क्या है अल्पसंख्यक तबके के लिये संकेत ? वाजपेयी और मोदी में क्या है फ़र्क़ ? योगी के दुबारा चुने जाने का अर्थ ? आशुतोष ने अमेरिका में ब्राउन विश्वविद्यालय के मशहूर प्रो आशुतोष वार्ष्णेय से यूपी चुनाव के नतीजों पर बात की !
Electoral democracy vs constitutional democracy: Post-poll Ashutosh Varshney 12th March 2022 lessons https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/electoral-democracy-vs-constitutional-democracy-post-poll-lessons-7815935/ writes: Though minority rights are enshrined in India’s Constitution, election victories can now be used to create laws, or government policies that begin to attack precisely those rights.
Jinnah used to say Muslims woul dnot be secure in a Hindu dominated India and therefore a Pakistan was needed. The argument was wrong for nearly seven decades after independence. It is now begining to acquire a ring of truth. But democrati truths are fundamentally open-ended. Political struggles can alter them..