EVERYTHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK

HEADING – EVERYTHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK

SUBHEADING -Solidarity, peace marches and persistence - India as a United front above any government and any political affiliation

We are often told that Indians are not united and are constantly divided against one another. Caste, creed, and religion certainly divide us, but we often forget what has united us in the past and what will continue to unite us—not merely as Indians, but as human beings.

Education

Health

Freedom

Peace

Cricket

And now, the demand for political accountability for the failure of state machinery in education and the decay of governance across almost every sector.

I have spoken to people from every walk of life in India, and the ones I fear the most are those who say that India should become like China—a totalitarian, panopticon state. I fear this because, if India were ever to become such a state, the very people advocating for it today would not survive even a single day under the terror of such an autocratic regime.

Democracy is not merely a word, a symbol, or a slogan for Indians—it runs in our blood. We love to dissent, debate, and criticize. Yes, we do, and it is high time we accept that such criticism is, more often than not, necessary for the health of a democracy.

The July protest led by the youth, under the banner of the Cockroach Janta Party at Jantar Mantar, proved once again what India wants, what India stands for, and what India is no longer afraid to demand.

The demand is simple: democratic accountability—not symbolic gestures, but genuine political responsibility, including resignations where necessary. The demands are clear: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan must step down, especially in light of nearly 152 paper leaks in the last ten years with virtually no convictions.

The repeated leaks of the NEET examination conducted by the NTA brought the examination crisis into national focus, while Chief Justice Surya Kant's remarks, comparing unemployed youth to "cockroaches," became, for many, the final nail in the coffin, symbolizing the growing disconnect between institutions and the aspirations of young Indians.

The NDA-led government has long delayed addressing the elephant in the room—whether it is examination irregularities, its response to Manipur, or India's stance on Israel's actions in Palestine. Likewise, the changes to the PMLA, the principle of "jail before bail," the perceived dilution of the presumption of innocence, the political symbolism surrounding the Ram Mandir, the continued linking of the Women's Reservation Bill to delimitation, the farm law controversies, the Ken-Betwa Link Project, and the redefinition of the Aravalli Green Wall Project—which excludes over 90% of the Aravalli ecosystem from protection despite the #SaveAravalli campaign—have all contributed to growing public dissatisfaction.

Hundreds of such developments have caused the youth to lose both their trust and temperament in the government and faith in its intentions. The repeated diversion of public attention from pressing issues—through the inauguration of the Ram Mandir before elections, the 2016 demonetisation drive under the promise of ending corruption, the renaming of roads from Mughal rulers to Hindu icons, the renaming of flagship schemes such as the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana to the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, carefully curated foreign visits, and the continuous projection of the Prime Minister as the architect of a Vishwa Guru India—appears to be losing its political effectiveness.

Puppet politics, symbolism, and populist slogans such as "Achhe Din Aayenge" have increasingly become instruments of political theatre, offering token inclusion while failing to ensure meaningful grassroots participation and representation.

Branding everyone who dissents as "anti-national" has itself begun to shift public opinion. Criticizing merely for the sake of criticism and questioning the government in good faith are two entirely different things.

People have every right to ask:

1) Where has the PM CARES Fund money gone?

2) Why has the household savings rate reportedly declined from nearly 83–84% to around 60–61% over the past two decades?

3) Why was MGNREGA replaced with VG GRAM, increasing the financial burden on state governments from approximately ₹7,600 crore to nearly ₹51,000 crore?

4) Why is information under the Right to Information Act becoming increasingly inaccessible and kept under the rugs ?

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, has also raised serious concerns. Critics argue that Section 44(3) effectively weaponizes the right to privacy while simultaneously weakening the RTI Act. The recent concerns surrounding the security of the UMANG app and the exposure of citizens' personal information have once again brought us back to the very questions we thought digital governance was meant to resolve.

Are citizens merely becoming increasingly querulous, or has digital authoritarianism begun to erode not only our privacy but also our dignity—and, most importantly, our right to ask difficult questions?

Skepticism towards elected representatives is healthy in any democracy. In a country as diverse as India, political accountability is not merely desirable—it is indispensable.

The police brutality witnessed during the Delhi protests—the use of pellet guns, tear gas, and nail-studded batons—presents a disturbing image of what is often described as the world's largest democracy. A government that responds to peaceful protests with force risks cultivating a culture of intimidation rather than dialogue is infuriating. 

The discontent is already on the streets. The longer it is ignored, the more it will go out of hands . The government must move beyond years of political complacency and begin serving the people rather than itself.

Aspirational rhetoric and empty promises can no longer compensate for the despair created by repeated examination leaks and institutional failures. Accountability and responsibility for administrative negligence must become more than campaign slogans—they must become political realities.

These are no longer isolated setbacks. They are structural failures confronting a government that has been in power for over a decade and a Prime Minister who has held the office for more than a decade. 

The forthcoming would be taken down in the history and teach the progeny again, 

You cannot take democracy out of an indian blood for the good. 

Leeza 

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