‘Drive’ for one-party rule
Since the formation of the government by the BJP in 2014, the party seems to have launched a full-fledged drive to ‘organise’ defections especially from Congress governments. There seems to be both coercive tactics and the carrot and stick policy. The aim of the BJP leadership seems to be to eliminate the Opposition, come what may, and establish a one-party regime. One has the Rajya Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh besides the election of Mayor in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation as examples. The Opposition parties should understand that there is an existential fight to save democracy.
S.K. Khosla,
