[nokun7]

Corruption is corruption, regardless of who does it. You seem to not care and look at it only with an anti-India lens. I can show you 10 cases of the ED going after BJP leaders for every one now. Does that mean ED is just dancing to the tunes of the ruling govt - whichever it is at the time? If so, then Congress was in power for ~70 years, so imagine the power they wielded against opposition parties.

[bluish29]

There are two scenarios here and neither looks good.

The first one is that it is really fighting corruption but mainly targeting corruption from outside the Ruling party. This sends a message that India is fine with corruption as long as you are in the right party with the right connections.

The second one is that this is not about real corruption but just accusations to take out the opposition which sends a clear message.

I think painting criticism about a corrupted Indian government and judicial system is not anti-indian sentiment for any reasonable person. At this point india is democracy by name only. Much closer to Russia than anything else.

[nokun7]

Actually, that's not quite the case. The Indian elections are fast approaching, and history has repeatedly demonstrated that attacking any opposition shortly before elections can inadvertently boost their standing through sympathy from the electorate.

It's also hard to accuse the ruling party of being politically naive; especially considering PM Modi's unbroken winning streak over the past 25 years or so. So, the question arises: why would the current administration take such a seemingly self-destructive step, essentially handing the opposition a narrative of victimhood? It's a thought worth considering.

[leosanchez]

> You seem to not care and look at it only with an anti-India lens.

What anti-India lens ?

> Congress was in power for ~70 years, so imagine the power they wielded against opposition parties.

I know they did. But what is your argument here since Congress was authoritarian BJP has right to be slightly less authoritarian than Congress?

[fakedang]

> If so, then Congress was in power for ~70 years, so imagine the power they wielded against opposition parties.

Congress did do that, during the Indira Gandhi Emergency. Forget much on how they jailed the current ruling party's leadership? And in return, they got promptly lambasted for it globally, and signs still remain even today. That doesn't mean that because Congress did it, it's BJP's turn now.

As a nation, we should be moving forward, but BJP seems to be intent on following the Congress playbook, but on a more aggressive scale than Congress could ever conceive. After all, India's first political party still had to show signs of being a democracy, while the descendant of India's first fascist party does not.

[nokun7]

> As a nation, we should be moving forward, but BJP seems to be intent on following the Congress playbook, but on a more aggressive scale than Congress could ever conceive.

More aggressive? Can you show any evidence to support your statement above?