New Attacks on Democratic Rights -

Narendra Modi Is Preparing New Attacks on Democratic Rights https://jacobin.com/2024/04/narendra-modi-india-bjp-hindutva/  BY ACHIN VANAIK
Modi does not merely want to secure a majority of seats as before or return to power with its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners. It wants to elect 370 or more MPs, giving the party a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha (LS) after the elections.
RS MPs sit for staggered terms lasting six years, with one-third of the current 233 designates up for elections every two years, namely in 2024, 2026, and 2028.
the SC judges only mustered the courage after a seven-year delay to declare the electoral bonds scheme for large donations to political parties unconstitutional,
The BJP’s dominant influence over the big print and electronic media chains means that it is confident of minimizing the negative fallout from these revelations. The main thing is that the BJP got the lion’s share of such funding for campaigning and other purposes.
government agencies are arresting senior opposition leaders on the mere suspicion of financial wrongdoing, using a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) that shifts the burden of proof onto the accused