Countercurrents / by Bhabani Shankar Nayak

The crisis in contemporary India is a crisis manufactured by the political duopoly of the arrogance of the Congress Party and dominance of the BJP. Crony capitalists are the beneficiaries of today’s economic crisis and growth.
A Hinduised Congress and a Congressiesed Hindutva represent the same bourgeois politics, in which corporate crony capitalists benefit at the cost of India and Indians.
… Both the BJP and Congress Party have created legal structures for the empowerment of corporations and terrorise people with laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA), and the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA). These laws were created by the Congress Party and are used by the BJP to demonise democratic dissent and weaken constitutional democracy in India. They are used against people such as Binayak Sen, Umar Khalid, G. N. Saibaba, Stan Swamy, Soni Sori, Sudha Bharadwaj and many other idealist youths and students of India.
Read more

---

Also read:
▪ PUDR Condemns the Imposition of an ‘Undeclared Emergency’ and the Planned Crackdown on Peaceful Protests in Delhi (PUDR / Oct 2026)
▪ Why UAPA demands urgent reform (The Hindu / Oct 2026)
▪ Voices From Prison | A Legacy Of Detention: Weaponisation Of PDA, TADA, NSA And UAPA Laws Since Independence (Outlook / Jan 2026)
▪ Politics Of Division: Why Autocrats Foster Binary Thinking (Outlook | by Anand Teltumbde | Feb 2025)