Geopolitics
The Delhi Crackdown: State Power, Vigilante Thugs, and the Assault on India's Democratic Future
The article alleges that the Indian government, facing protests over electoral roll manipulation, has deployed paramilitary forces from conflict zones to suppress student-led demonstrations, while vigilante groups affiliated with the ruling ideology violently attack protesters with police complicity. This paints a harrowing picture of state-sanctioned thuggery and the erosion of democratic norms under the current dispensation, undermining India's sovereign path by mimicking the very imperialist tactics of control and division that the Global South has long suffered under.
