What is Modi-Shah BJP’s ideology? You’re wrong if you say Right wing, because it’s Hindu Left
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In this week's #NationalInterest, Shekhar Gupta tells you why Modi-Shah BJP government is right-wing only on religion and nationalism, while the rest is as left-wing as the Congress or any other party.
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What about we can't say anything about increased price in telecom. If everything will be pravitizised we can't do anything if price gets increased.
Middle class people are not that rich so they want to save money but the gov tries to make us spend more. Most money lies with the rich ,so distribute their property by inheretance tax.
Plus Gandhi was right wing ..
@@sportsguy20Yadav Sorry, I am NOT anyone's "Chamcha" Only Munnabhai has a "Circuit". 🤣
Hi sir,
This is actually a masterpiece show and an amazing thinking about our Indian Politics,
I think the word Hindu left can be more suitably replace by center right,
Else a wonderful analysis ,
❤ u sir,
Most importantly you are not Sudheer who praise govt all the time,
You are not Ravish who can find flaws even in idea of swacch bharat, or those who demean govt everyday even when it is not necessary.
You take stand on what is right is right,
atlast you are also not a hindu phobic nor do appeasement of muslims,
you have guts to say what is right,
Straight facts!
Put it straight!
Thanks!
A curius watcher!
All Indian parties are economically left wing. Improperly implemented socialism is the bane of our existence. Lots of costly patchwork schemes (such as LPG) that together cost a lot more than one big scheme (free food for all) would cost, because people hack them in various ways (e.g. LPG cars, corruption) and because you can't stop a scheme once you start it.
Chinese nationalists say they are left wing yet go right
Indian nationalists say they are right wing and turn left
their actions are right wing and economic policies are little left that's all nothing different
That makes perfect sense man.
Pakistan:islamic politics is islamic politcs😂
@@byron-ih2ge 😂😂😂😂
@@Avinashm7 there is no such thing as left or right in economics.
BJP is actually titled towards the left while congress is tilted far towards left. There is no right wing in India politically.
Would seem so but there are ALL of MH and GUJ politicians are right wingers, even the congress in MH is rightward leaning, (at least economically) NCP and SS are all for private folk doing business and getting a cut of the ensuing wealth just like the BJP
@@pankajsharma-fn8cf In a country where the government can literally advertise taxation with no opposition, economic right is a distant distant dream.
The actual question should be more libertarian or authoritarian ...
Shiv sena is the second biggest loser here, they vacated the right of the spectrum spot and went way left. They could have capitalized on the hugh vote bank that BJP vacated. Obviously the biggest losers are right wingers they don’t love the BJP but they are the best option.
@@aryaaswale7316 Yeah, I'd say Sharad Pawar is economically a right-leaning politician. Also, Shiv Sena is somewhat going in that direction with opening the nightlife of Mumbai and all.
This is the reason why BJP is likely to rule for a longer time.
In India there is no space for economical right. The "Economical Right" can only exist when the factor markets of labour, land and capital is fair. Unfortunately it's not fair( not even close) in India. So the deprived and poor will never accept this notion.
Why aren't more people reading this comment? This is THE fact.
Yes!!
@@vineet3269 i think ncp and tdp are economically right.
i think ncp and tdp are economically right.
It's because of law and order issue, not the policy
right and left wing was conceptualized during French revolution and cannot be applied to modern day indian politics. Our thinkers need to free themselves from colonial mindset.
True I don't know why we Indians even use foreign terminology such as nationalism, religion, caste, God , rightwing, leftwing etc to define India..
@@abhi565b because we don't have any alternatives for those. Our system of government, law, education are all directly adopted from western countries, we went from princely states to colonialism to abruptly becoming a democracy. We never grew sophisticated enough to create our own unique systems . no one is 100% left or right, almost everyone is a varied mix of both. Right now you are speaking in a Western language on a platform designed in the West, on a device invented in the West, running on a technology developed in the West, while probably wearing western clothes. Western hegemony is everywhere.
@@daviddas5107true because it was forced upon us by the colonisers because western culture(rather Abrahamic culture) is not known for assimilation..Just how Europeans forced native Americans, native Maori of New-Zealand and native Australians etc..Even your name is imported though it's root word is sanskrit which is "Dave" means godly in English..Just like Saint word is derived from sanskrit word "sant", Mother from " matr", brother from "bhrata" and so on..All the major world languages has roots in sanskrit...
@@daviddas5107 Also I am not against English as a language but just want that keywords which we use for referring india and it's culture must be replaced with sanskrit..like "religion" should not be used for "dharma", "God" should not be used for "Bhagwan or devtas", "Nation" should not be used for "Rastra", "Culture" should not be used for "Sanskriti", "caste" should not be used for "jati" , "Slave" should not be used for "das", "Martyr" for "veergati" etc Because their is very fundamental difference between these words as used in English and as it means in sanskrit..
@@abhi565b i could go on a lengthy debate about some choice words and how they are perceived, for example "dharma" and religion today do connotate the same thing, Islam and Christianity are also dharmas. Anyways a culture that cannot protect itself from invasion (whether cultural or military) gets taken over and the dominated culture takes in the ways of the dominant culture . this is what has happened with India. So right now it's difficult to get into the nitty-gritty of such things because frankly, most people do not care. Ours is a struggling country and people need stability and social security before they would care about intellect and language. Both sanskrit and Latin are part of proto indo European language family and David does not come from dave, it comes from Hebrew dawid (from Hebrew dod meaning beloved . Father' comes from the Proto-Indo-European “pəter” and Old English 'fæder,' meaning “he who begets a child,”.
Yesss modi is nehru 2.0 with hindutva rather than nehruvian socialism . There is no right in India after Swtantra party . Only good thing is BJP focus on development so they can't turn hard left. And given current scenario BJP is most right wing we got now that explains why pro business or people who understands basic economics vote for bjp.
Bjps only focus is development? I need to know what cowshit you put in your chillam.
There's a distinction between pro business and pro market. Govt need to be the latter. Maybe when you grow up a little you'd know.
Swatanra party should be brought back, only they can save India from this economic mess
@@tanmayasahu5171 Bhakt: Ackchyually..........socialism is quite good if it lets us stay in power.
BJP focuses on development? That was worth a good laugh.
@@ziplock8316 You misplaced his words "only" and "development". That somewhat changed the meaning of what he wrote
I'm not a social science student, but calling authoriterianism a Right wing attribute is imperfect. Authoritarianism-liberterianism fall on an axis orthogonal to Capitalism-Communism. Stalin was certainly an authoritarian, but not Right wing at all.
We have perpetually discounted the fact (may be due to the successful propagation from the left), that left wing authoritarianism can and does exist.
All dictators are left wing in the sense that they believe in big government and limited individual freedoms. Liberals call Modi authoritarian because ministers are not allowed to pull the sir of stunts like they did in previous Congress governments, and the spoilt Lutyens media don't enjoy the unbridled access to the corridors of power exposed by the Neera Radia tapes. Compared to the puppet PMO under UPA, an empowered PM certainly appears authoritarian.
Dictators are authoritarian. Left by definition is not "supposed to be" authoritarian. Case in point labour parties of west, leaders of NZ, France, Denmark, Taiwan etc. These are socially left in their ideology.
Eg. Macron was verbally attacked in the nastiest ,personal ways possible by some conservative Muslims in France but none of them were jailed for wat they said against him.
A leader who won 2 times consecutively in a Democratic means is authoritarian??? Which school you studied?? 😂😂😂
@@haqiqat79 did i call anyone a dictator? Please read again.
I studied in a school that can be easily looked up using my name search on google or linked in.unlike you I dnt have to hide behind anonymity "haqi qat"
Communism is the example of left authoritarianism, 🤦♂️😂
Stalin, Mao, Kim Jong etc are all examples of it, 😂
For common people ideology doesn't matter. Small things matter nal se jal , electricity, jan dhan..
🙏🏼👍
Not instant need.. long term need PPL with right intentions
That’s why I heard Rakesh Jhunjhunwala calling Modi as “distant socialist”
Wow. Did Rakesh J really say that on record?
@@sweetpotato4678 No wonder, the man is a genius.
@@suneel7053 .I mean that was an easy guess almost all Indian pm are socialist. You cant win poor vote without that.
Modi doesn't belong to any ideology. He has adopted everything. Free market where needed. Socialist-Welfarist where needed. Cultural conservatism where needed & Cultural liberalism where needed. He's a Pragmatist.
"cultural liberalism"? Nope, and an avid aversion for criticism, especially from celebrities and comedians
@@daviddas5107 those are mostly politically motivated. Because in India it's a notion that a Party can't be liberal until or unless it's appease muslims
@@Crysizz Truer words have never been spoken sir!!!!
@david das , if you are saying all comedians will be in jail because they teased modi, it would have been like crazy 30-40 comedians but you just have munawar to back your case
A pragmatist who will have no qualms of inciting a riot to win elections, yeh?
Middle class cockroaches rarely face the brunt of such "pragmatistic" authoritarians. Perhaps that's why you are able to say it so easily.
Actually this right wing and left wing concept has comed from west..that never never was in India...
The Print's CZcams channel is centre-right and website is left-islamist. So in every organisation we see it. It's the best way to catch hold followers from different spectrum.
Absolutely 💯
I agree 👍💯
Freisha B rightly said "Concepts of Left & Right are irrelevant in India"
@Anahat Bhogi Go take your meds and rest a bit. India now is third in producing unicorns after US and China, leaving UK and Germany behind. Of the total 65 we have, 33 came up in the last 2-3 years. Learn a bit bout buisness and maybe then comment?
@Anahat Bhogi tumhara bhog kam Karo aur Yogi ji ko yad karo. Ye sab problem tumne hi kia modi ne nahi 🤣🤣🤣
Modi covers all wings. From left to right. The same time he claims to be a son of tea seller and runs social welfare programs. At the same time he also supports market driven economy and capitalism. He also support regional nationalism and also indian nationalism. He want reforms in many sector, but also want the culture and values of india to stay intact.
Well don't you think that won't achieve anything if you have to bring real change you have to upset somebody you can't be a poster boy of everything see that's what happened with Nehru during his time socialism was the buzz word he was also "all wings" yet today people of "all wings" reject his views.
@@theultimateshield5133 Wait for a couple of years more and if BJP gets another term,, Change would be there and it will take all by surprise..
@@narasimharao9492bruh
And at the end, nothing happens. *agri reforms, land acquisition, labor reforms (in cold storage, etc etc*
@@narasimharao9492 wow. You are a naive little boy aren't you
India will never have a right-wing party at the centre until the majority of our workforce is in agricultural jobs.
Hearing Hindu left for first time, I think it is still called as Right in normal nomenclatures of left, right and center. The Economic policies SG describing are for the nation growth irrespective off religion. But the funds distributed for religious activities by any government like haz , land for waqf and temple building can make them left, right or center……
Just like AIM says: Modi is more left than Sitaram Yechury.
@Anahat Bhogi it's not Government's work to handle business . Let the professionals handle it
@Anahat Bhogi We can risk failing and bailing once a decade, or we can waste millions in losses of these companies by tax money who should be used somewhere else. There is no right answer, just a lesser wrong one.
@@jyou6202 but you are forgetting that government is inefficient in managing those companies . And now world is much different from kautiya's time . There was no name of innovation , democracy didn't even existed
@Anahat Bhogi Today's capitalism is also different. It is neoliberal globalisation which is behind opening up of the erstwhile socialist economies not the nation state. It would mean huge profits for ultra rich class oligarchs of the West and a handful of cronies in India but great loss for the working class since you could always find someone cheaper to work for in other third world country. See the statistics how middle class has been narrowing for decades in USA. The only way is a return to socialist economy so that the State also has a greater role otherwise global finance would simply threaten sovereign States.
The victory of Indian farmers over the 3 laws is very huge. It shows that neoliberal globalisation can be defeated by popular protests and is a trailblazer for the world to show a way how to do it.
@Anahat Bhogi that's not gonna happen . You are over reacting to the situation and people always say things like this when some major changes happens . And remember those rich people can't spend those money as they want
When a county has been ruled by left-leaning people for a long time influencing the consciousness of the general people, the inevitable outcomes are i) The established politico-economical system is left-oriented, making it impossible to dodge it entirely. ii) The mindset of the people has become such that it only gets entertained with 'free' staff or subsidies. Hence, it is not at all surprising that BJP exhibits some 'left' characteristics.
No.. BJP foundation is based on some left ideology.. RSS has workers Union labour union and their think tank is tilted towards left wing policies
BJP(or Modi) is actually a force of the long-term center right ideology with short tern center left ideology.
I have told to many that BJP is barely even right wing let alone being far right hindutva ultranationalist😂, yes there r factions within BJP like the Yogi faction who r solid hardcore right wingers but i am pretty sure that the BJP is most probably not letting them takeover the party. The core of the BJP and the guys who represent BJP in the centre would always remain " conservative" centre-right in nature
After Modi ji Nitin jii is the best option for bjp !!
@@pankajsharma-fn8cf man yogi has a feud with the rss hope u know that moreover mohan bhagwat has often seen him as a guy too extreme
Bjp is literally centre right as it gets in india
Or we will realise this when we look back after years later
If yogi type people takes over the party,then bjp can't win with those faces nationally.most of the indian voters are centrist.
Gadkari is the best replacement after modi if they win again.
SHEKHAR G HAS BEEN BOUGHT OUT LIKE THE REST. NOW PART OF GODI MEDIA.
I mean "Bharatiye Janta party" literally means "Indian people's party". Can't get more socialist than that
Lol very true
What Logic! North Korea is DPRK -Democratic People's Republic of Korea, China is PRC People's Republic of China, East Germany was German Democratic Republic , NAZI party was National Socialist Workers Party. Most Communist governments have democractic or people's republic in thier name. Nazi was the most right wing party ever, and had socialist workers party in thier name. Naam rakhne se kya hota hai bhai
@@gauravgandi1398 bhai india me right wing aaya hi nai h.. Just look outside and you'll know what right wing is.. In India it's far left vs left
@@harshtyagi3499 Bhai mai kya bol raha hu aap kya bol rahe ho. I only said name has nothing to do with the political leaning.
Bye Ram Hello Jesus
left and right is a western concept. It doesn't apply to India, never will with its distinct history and culture. We want development, money but we also want our poorest to be taken care of. We have the truest mix of religions surviving side by side but are staunchly religious individually. We should start looking at India through its own prism
Finally someone said it. Brilliant! I was literally waiting for some journo to register it. That's the reason why I have been following Mr. Shekhar Gupta. Keep it up guys.
BJP can change India forever. In 2021 India got new 33 unicorn start ups in total 54. We left behind UK, Germany, Canada, Brazil and became 3rd most unicorn companies. Behind of USA and China. BJP can transform India at huge level and people will vote BJP for their development and contributions for India. Jai Hind.
The fact that BJP got populatity by RSS. By their ideology people thought bjp is fat right party. But when we look upto the economy you are right. Indians got respect all along the world and infrastructure is better now. Transportation is good 👍. And one thing people are buying cars which are higher In price. That means people getting money in their hands. So inflation will occur because govt forcing rbi for devaluation of rupee. In order to export goods cheaper
@@hakshayak2044 haven't Japan and Korea didn't do that ??
@@thenoobdashow7428 but congress wont and never did that so I m happy and this is not exclusive list so
The fact that 10 years of Manmohan Singh government has transformed India from a socialist economy to the fastest growing economy in the whole world. Under Modi government the growth rate of India’s economy has fallen drastically.
@@yj9032 well imf and world bank doesn't think so
So u shud open one org urself which will be rival to imf and world bank
Modi's baseline is Socially Liberal, Financially Conservative, Religiously Orthodox and Schematically Socialist. It's super-confusing but might be the most suitable for the psyche of the Indian public.
@Anahat Bhogi that makes him political agnostic then? Because every politician is a political opportunist
@Anahat Bhogi Hindu religion is indeed socially liberal but the thing is Abrahamic religions are not
@Jango P a Tolerant muslim is not a muslim , according to their scriptures itself
@@yuribezmenov9257 agreed
He does everything and anything to win elections - hook or crook, but we must accept this as majoritarian government with authoritarian governance.
Sanatan Dharma is a universal set having place for Left, Right, Centre, Atheists, Agnostics, Theists, etc etc all the categories. One has to look at Sanatan Dharma from the Indic lens not from the Western lens in order to understand the phenomenon of RSS, BJP and the broader Sangh Parivar.
Atheists like the ancient Charvakas don't believe in the Vedas, afterlife, liberation, rituals, dharma, anything. You are just making your "sanatan dharma" more and more vague
@@tufail1823 Their disbelief has no impact on the reality. That is what muslims and christians don't get. Vagueness and disbelief is the first step on the spiritual path.
@@tufail1823 Belief is for those who don't know. Those who know don't need to believe in anything.
@@tufail1823 Belief is a requirement in your religion because you have not even seen the face of your prophet and you will be murdered if you try to make his face. You don't even know how someone whom you call as your prophet looked like and follow what is said to be his teaching. You need belief. Not us.
@@tufail1823 You don't know what your prophet and your god looks like and you are required to conquer and convert others in his name. You can't do it if you don't have belief. Belief is central to your religion because you don't have anything worth knowing. Knowledge ends the requirement of belief.
I look forward to your National Interest and T N Ninan's column every Saturday. Thought provoking as always
I say we can not put Modi in any bucket. It's neither socialism nor capitalism. It is pure Modi-ism. He does not limit himself with any of the isms we know. He has a larger goal in mind and to reach there he adopts whichever solution works best at a low level.
Well said,this is the TRUTH
@@jyou6202 why bring in RSS? is it bcos Aslam is Muslim?
Actually that's the good way to operate, only a Fool will stick to one ideology... An intelligent will always adopt to the environment.
@@jyou6202 hahaha, joke!
He is a Gujarati thali 😵💫😵💫
RSS itself is a socialist based nationalistic organistion.
PM Modi ,HM Shah etc trained their lesson from RSS.
So there is nothing to be surprised here.
@@jyou6202 no, he doesn't mean collectivism. Shekhar described the BjP's economic bent to be towards socialist policies. What Jayaraj Nair is trying to say is the fascists have always been that way. Socialist policies have always been part of their plank. Think of the Nazis for example. They were 'National Socialists.' Shekhar Gupta is just realizing all of this and has gotten himself confused. There are lots of similarities between love and hate as well, doesn't mean you say they are the same thing.
@@akh-007 why are you so desperate to always bring in the nazis in every argument?
@@akh-007 *Casually compares BJP with the Nazis*
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
True.. Some of initial sangh leadership trained by communists. I have heard that the man who established bhartiya majdoor sangh was trained for years by communists
@@proudkaafir5126 it's annoying isn't it? Being constantly reminded of the evil you support
I have been screaming off of roof tops that BJP is economically left, their right-wing-ness is limited to identity politics. Sanghis never like that as they can't accept that they ARE the very people they hate (the left) and they think they are functionally like liberals, that is capitalism friendly, while being allergic to liberalism ideologically! BJP has issued far more subsidies than any other gvt, their tax system weighs heavier on the tax payer to enable them. DeMon was touted as a Robinhood act hurting the rich to make the poor happy - typical socialist self-destructive move masquerading as "the greater good".
First thing, they don't group themselves left or right.. They do what is good for country. Left and Right have some good maybe some bad.. Just because they are called right doesn't mean they have pick up only right things..
If they hate left, they hate the bad in left.. Not the good..
A better word to describe them is Indic wing.
Afterall words are only vague description.. They don't hate entire basket for some rotten apples and it is foolish to say they care about labels over practicality..
Right left and centre are relative!
bjp is a saffron communist, when it comes to economy.
This is the theory I gave when BJP won in 2019 elections the poor vote for BJP for the handouts as a socialist government but with a Hindu narrative.
But I can guarantee if BJP looses in next election (which it will not).. Sekhar Gupta ji will say that pink wave have reached on indian ocean shores from the south america,😂😂😂
Haha.. Such a simple and binary mindset you have. The world is not black and white, there are multiple layers to everything.
And he will be correct
@@TheRishijoesanu I don't think he will be correct... since he is saying Modi ji is Left.. will not Gupta ji contradict himself?
Pink wave in India is unthinkable because it would mean CPI CPIM.
You have to look at these things from Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid. Water, electricity, food, and sanitation are basic needs. These issues can't be poll promises of the 21st century. PM Narendra Modi has delivered on these parameters. Congress did NOT in their 70 years. These are NOT LEFT. These are BASIC NEEDS,
Basic needs are not to be funded by the Government. It should be left alone to private sector. This is the American right wing belief. Free enterprise and wasn't it the Government's slogan it shud not be in the business of business. Clothing and shelter are also basic needs so will government tomorrow tailor our clothes and give us alongwith free accomodation?
"Not convincing"
lol who told your whatsapp university sources lol dumbo
Congress did nothing in 70 years
Your feku and bjp did everything in 7 years what a bunch of cowards like you
@@Avinashm7 Idiot tell me what your congress was doing in past 70 year .
@@Avinashm7 its true tho
Disagree on many points on the Economy
1. Confirmed Sale of Air India is a big deal considering no other Govt talked about the same
2. Lowering Corp Taxes by up to 10% to make India corporate competitive
3. Lowering trend of GST Tax Rate. Pre GST the indirect taxes were significantly higher
4. Removing pathetic laws which dragged the corporate sector for the last 70 years
5. Reversing the retrospective taxation laws
6. Telecom Sector reforms a sector destroyed by the previous Government, Judiciary and Bureaucracy
And many others
I would like to differ from this. Mr Gupta says that in economic terms, the BJP today is towards the Left. Let us not forget that corporate taxes are lower today. For the first time in Indian history, a government (which is under PM Modi) made a decisive shift towards privatisation. Also, Vajpayee was more moderate than Modi in terms of governance style. However, at the same time, Mr Gupta's argument on welfarism is true.
The answer to this dilemma, then, rests not in the placement of the BJP on the political spectrum but rather in the spectrum itself. Rightist economics supports capitalism, while leftist economics supports socialism. However, there is one more category of welfare capitalism, which combines the Leftist and the Rightist economics to an extent.
Thus, the BJP government is not leftist in economic terms but rather centrist, i.e., it is a government that follows welfare capitalism. That is why in wholesome terms, we call the BJP a right-wing party, since it is centrist in economics but rightist in every other sense.
ikr. this piece is utter bullshit by Sekhar gupta. he should do his research better
@@HellBoy-tl8oc I thought bigotary and intolerance are the rightist virtues!
@@upsc3662 what are you implying here. i am unable to understand.
Because the economic left can win you vote , and economic right can brand you suit boot ki sarkar , it's all about politics irrespective of your ideology 🙏
🔥🔥
Finally WE are waking up to the Reality........BJP is Socialist Hindutva Party
Exactly...
You can never have a true party of the economic right in India. The ethos of modern India which is influenced by Gandhian thought doesn't allow a party to be successful in liberalization and be popular in elections. There are three points -
1. Swatantra Party - The true libertarian party which was socially left and economically right. This couldn't survive 10 -15 years.
2. Narasimha Rao - The PM that liberalized India. He couldn’t win a 2nd term.
3. Vajpayee - He continued the process of disinvestment and economic reform. He couldn’t get elected because the people didn't like "India Shining"
@Anand Sundar Ram Finally someone who actually understood what Modi is doing. He knows what happened to PVN Rao and Vajpayee. Hence, he is doing extensive socialism to appease the poor and simultaneously carrying out economic reforms like privatizing public sector banks. He will keep on getting elected and carry these reforms slowly.
@@millennialmind9507 so I'm nerd now in real politics so please will you explain that can we reach 5$ trillion economy by 2025
@@thenoobdashow7428 Maybe near to 5 trillion but not more than 5 trillion. See even if they cross 4 trillion, they will say inspite of 2 covid years we could achieve this and public will forgive this and give them the benefit of doubt 😉and will reelect them in 2024.😂🤣 Our people are so forgiving, just look at the past, how many times we have reelected Congress. Everything is about power dude.
@@millennialmind9507 he implemented demonetization and gst which led to lower economic growth rates and unemployment has been high throughout the course of his government, despite all this he won a brute majority in 2019. he could have shown the same enthusiasm for liberal economic reforms. India needs a party that is socially liberal and economically conservative
@@kushal4956 Socially liberal will not win in such a diverse country. Maybe in Norway, where they are 95 percent homogeneous. I agree with the effects of demonetization and gst. However, the idea was to convert a major section of informal economy into a formal economy. After covid years, we are back to same level of economy. However, the gst increased to more than 1 lakh crore as compared to 2019 inspite of being the same level of economy.
Excellent analysis as always. Also, BJP being Hindu Left is spot on. It amazes me sometimes how you come up with these snarky terms 😅
I have really liked this episode!! Very well described, I think you have really put it out so nicely. Hats off to you!!
I would rather say Indian politics is highly volatile vibrant and varied. Modi is centre to right in defence decisions and in economics he is centre to left.... Probably hard core socialist
I am not a fan of Modi but really what can he do if he brings any major reforms he will lose states being right wing on economy in India is really tough.I can only sympathize with him there.
Don't convert to Christianity bro
@@girishm6335 bro I am a devout Hindu. Wilson sensei is a meme. Lol
Not hard core socialist but a populist.
Marx socialism is unachievable and only better opportunity of quality education & healthcare at cheaper price can be only form of socialism that has to be followed.
Difficult to digest a Hindu Centrist.. 😂 unbelievable..
I will say "Hindu Umbrella"
They shift themselves Right,Left,Center 😂😂
"I haven't touched alcohol for more than a week now" lol. So Shekhar Ji subtly telling us he is a regular drinker.
The issue facing India these days is not whether the BJP is right leaning or left leaning. The issue is it’s penchant for communalism, particularly cracking down on Christians, Dalits and Muslims that is getting huge adverse coverage internationally.
No one is cracking down on these people. They are living peacefully.
Dalits are Hindus and form a major base of votes for the bjp.
Literally no Christian 99% has any problem. They are the richest group in our country. And already has so much influence
No one is cracking down on Dalits.
Just say muslims have a problem
No one else is having any trouble they are earning and living a quality of life
There is no such thing called Right wing in this country
@GeoPolitical Khan not economic right wing
@GeoPolitical Khan 🤣😂😂YeahExceptThatTheaRSSeHndtvAaatnkwaaadiChhhhddddddzzzzzzAreLeftWingCommunists😂🔥🤣🔥😂
@@pamtam1 Go cry about the RSS then lmao.
Then it's a shame. Right Wing is the need of the hour.
@@TheRishijoesanu bjp is economic rw
Actually the reason I appreciate you sekhar ji, is that you do nispaksh patrakarita...you are not like hindu phobic anchors like ravish and ajit anjum and abhisar sharma..
Correct
@@tony-pc4kd bro both NDTV AND REPUBLIC BHARAT ARE IN GODI OF INDIVIDUALS,so currently there is hardly any free media....even though ndtv shows truth but they're often biased like REPUBLIC BHARAT and btw it's organization that controls them not they're bought by bjp
Wait for 2024 election season. Abhi to jaal fenkana chalu kiya hai buddhe ne.
Thank you for this episode sir. Must have tickled so many brains 🙏😍❤️🔥
Finally, someone has painted the true picture of Indian polity.
Hahaha most people who understand left-right divide already understands that current BJP is Left leaning and please the right wingers in their camp with titbits like Air India privatisation and Infrastructure development..
And Nationalism. Just because your economically left in some areas dosen't make u a leftist. Nationalism has no place in the left.
@@Trials_By_Errors with respect to the promises and the delivered goods, those are titbits bro.. this govt is still in policy paralysis mode irrespective of the mandate..
we really need a party or bjp to be right on economics....all mentions in the budget should be completed soon.....bcz socialism is poorest form of economics....we need a leader like atal ji in action again...
Shekhar Gupta is a true intellectual who seems to go by data and not restricted by his ideology 👍
Kattar hindu, hindu hriday samrath mananeya Shri Shri sheikhar Gupta ji ko mera naman 🚩🔥💥🗿
That's hindutva ...finally , a liberal who has limped his way towards understanding the RSS - BJP., but still casts his understanding in the western school of left, right, and center ! In the hindutva lexicon , these simplifications just don't exist
That is why Hindutva sucks
@@TheRishijoesanu muh ke baat cheen li
@@TheRishijoesanu hindutva 🇮🇳
@Anahat Bhogi nope it's not opportunism. If that is the case, BJP candidate must be canvassing with a topi n a ghoti in Hyderabad Old city. Most political parties in India are ideology driven except Congress wherein their so called young leader suddenly announced himself is jenudhari Brahmin in election times!
@@skullcrusher6975 What's your point anyway? I should support it it because it keeps getting bigger. I prefer a secular nation even if I want a capitalist market economy
This is such a naive argument, the ideology of BJP or for matter of fact any hardcore Hindu guy you'll feel that they want mass murder of Muslims or tell Muslim to leave the country...but the fact is...all they want is to live in a country where nationalism is way more above than any religion and you don't disrespect my religion, I don't disrespect yours...
If this is too much to ask then I think it's fine to be called right and demand the above mentioned.
What about right or left on religious communal front?
@Susan Joseph when the power swings right!?
You see when it comes to ideology BJP is maintaining a thin line to prevent extremism if ever power swing happens and leftist extremist come forward this check will be over...
Or populist
It is right in Indian context
@@mdaalishanraza3928 please elaborate...
Ruffle all the feathers, shoot at all barrels, leave all stones unturned, upset the paradigm, make the political compass go haywire, you are the truth sayer and inturn the soothsayer.
Sigma male rule no. 1: be Sir Shekar Gupta.
Hi shekhar, thank you.
Merry Christmas to you all !!
yes, BJP is pretty much Economic Left.
@Anahat Bhogi that's what every political party do
@Anahat Bhogi opportunistic to largely sabhi parties hai.
@Anahat Bhogi yeah that's how aap does it with delhi. Adverts shows how they are opportunist
@@princerajput3864 still fools beleive in democracy
@@princerajput3864 no actions differ and economy is pretty left
Hindu dharma is intrinsically liberal so this should not be a surprise
Yeah. Tell this to that imbecile Narsinghananda who recently threatened to wipe out minorities from this country.
@@memelord7551 There are fanatic people everywhere in this world. His speach has nothing to do with Hindu religion. There is already a lot of condemnation from the community.
@@memelord7551 Bhai ro le tu ek statement ko lekar pagal bande ke 😂
@@memelord7551 hate speeches are given endlessly everyday in madarasaas. Shouting on one but mukki on thousands.
@@memelord7551 he said about Atmaraksha from a religion whose most sacred book advocates killing of non-believers read Kafirs. But, we only see hate speech in it. But turn blind eye to real hate speech infact murder like crime in the name of religion by pissfools. these are the reality of liberals and seculars.
That's so crystal 👏👏loved it❤️
No new ground broken. This was clear in the first couple of years. The paradigm of left and right borrowed from the west has actually done a lot disservice here in India in terms of understanding our politics better. Surprising still, when we always had Gandhi as an example who had already broken this mould of left and right.
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Absolutely. There is no economic right in our country, thanks to all constraints we work with.
I agree with SG on his view completely. But difference is MS BJPs effective implementation of the schemes and hand out reducing the leakage via middle men. They also prioritize giving dignity to the poor, by creating an impression he cares for poor, by schemes like bank accounts, credit cards, toilets etc which middle class takes for granted.
in the aspect of religion, nationalism, spending on defense, BJP is right-inclined. In other aspects like agriculture, pro-poor welfare schemes, economic policies, levying tax from citizens it is centre-left inclined. BJP is very flexible and versatile. They believe in the horses for courses strategy. They have a set of leaders who hail from different backgrounds and a varied assortment of ideologies. Unlike the congress and other left parties, they are not a party with a fixed ideology. Usually, any party which is either left of centre or right of centre are very flexible who keep shifting from one side of political spectrum to another. Parties which are far of either side are too imbalanced and very rigid in their approach. Centre of any side is ideal for healthy functioning of any democracy.
"I haven't touched alcohol for more than a week now" - Shekhar Gupta, AD 2021
🌲Merry XMAS & Happy New Year🌲 its been always a pleasure to hear the facts. Thank you Sir.
"Indian politics is a left hand drive, some drive near divider, some drive in bus lane" ~ Me
Well I won't say you have gone mad. This is enlightenment, when you leave your biases aside, leave all the reports surrounding aside, and simply look at the facts alone, BJP is actually Left leaning, something I have been trying to say over past year.
In India...
BJP Right Wing..= 3 Crores scholarship to Minority
Congress = Secular = Dis empowering minority
Communist=having 1000's startups in Kerala.....😂😂
Literally the party, that plans to pass a Uniform Civil Code and has successfully implemented mega welfare schemes like the Swacch Bharat, Ujjwala Yojna etc. is called 'Right Wing' in this country.... Lmao
Love how Shekhar Ji amazes us with such unique takes on Politics. This Out-of-the-Box episode has really encouraged me to go for a deep think into the Affairs of our Nation.
@@user-se2pl5hd5s yeah that's true.
I think he's your only source ,people have been saying this for long now
Unique ? This is very popular among the bjp critics.
@@user-se2pl5hd5s Yes. However I still believe that some privatisation will still take place
@@alonzo_go Yes. Both Left and Right always vary slightly between countries and regions.
Thank u very much. You clarified so many doubts of mine. I was always Confused with this Left n Right thing. Now am clear 😀
This is by far the best Cut The Clutter episode topic!
Me feeling smug that i know who the lok pal is.
Shekhar sir: unless you are preparing for USPC.
Me: we'll you got me there. Damn 😹
Good luck to you in coping with PTSD's of UPSC prep.
@@lenovodolby7517 have a back-up career in finance ready, just in case. 😎, Thanks for the advice brother.
Modi is providing for the basics for the masses and infra for the full country. A lot of must do stuff on military, economics etc is being done. Don't waste time trying to read an ideology of Right-Left in his ways.
@Neil Bajwa If everything you said is true, isn't that a good thing?
@@reach2prasanna it's true and it's not at all a good thing
@@ric_yo Why not? Do you want to go back to times when the upper caste were in control, subjugated the lower caste people and the minorities?
@@reach2prasanna We are definitely going into a future where General Castes are being cornered and shamed for the crimes of their forefathers maybe a 100 years ago. General castes despite scoring more than twice an average so-called 'low caste' are deprived of the seats they deserve in the top institutions of India. This is becoming more and more discrimination rather than equality and it is coming to bite India in its ass as you see many many people leaving India who are majority upper castes and contributing majorly to the western economy. Then Indians cry and hate these individuals for leaving India and declare them as anti-national and such. Indians and Indian government prefer lower-quality engineers and doctors and then cry about it when not provided quality services and then run to private hospitals where there is no Reservations given. I recently read a report which said that the IT industry is discriminative because it has approximately 90% people from the upper castes and about how these firms should provide special reservation positions to raise the percentage of lower castes like wtf is wrong with people, the lower castes GET the top institutions easily and they are provided the same environment ,the same faculty and facilities and still are NOT able to secure a seat in these MnCs and its a fault of the firms ?
Gimme a break...!
@@tejamaihunmarkidharhai774 In that case, as much as any, I want to see reservations abolished, starting from education and progressing to government jobs and civil servant jobs.
Shekar, My dear friend, you are now turning into a Genius!!
I am sure you will shine more and become a Super Genius!!
God bless you!!!
In practice, Fascism (at least Mussolini's version) had more in common with socialism and communism than so-called right-wing ideas. But we call it right-wing. The right-wing, left-wing division can be quite murky at times.
Shekhar has suddenly become wise. He has coined the phrase Hindu Left Wing. Now where will Rahul Gandhi and CPM go. Hum do aur bus.
He did not coin this term. It is a well known term.
What did the socialist economy give to Nepal?
Socialism of B.P?
Mahendra King's socialism?
Socialism of Congress, Communists, Madhes?
Socialist to rule! And blaming to Capitalism!
@@jyou6202 china never been a socialist state. They just grew up with the help of America in order to counter Russia in Asian region. But they have shown their true face. So communist and socialist culture never survived.
Great initiative Print, now you plan to divide Hindu Left and Hindi Right.. How do you get these amazing creative novel ideas to divide people? Every day you guys coin new terms or borrow terms from the West and find out new ways to separate people. Great job!
What a fantastic video. For a long time I’ve been waiting for someone to say this. As someone who lives in the U.S. and has watched Modi carefully, his policies and ideologies are incredibly left wing and left of center. There’s not really a right wing in India. Which is why India has the potential to be great. 🇮🇳 Nationalism should be able to go hand in hand perfectly fine.
We need a Hindu Right wing party then after all socialism has failed everywhere and only capitalism can help India truly grow.
Swatantra party was a true right wing
@@Aleksandr_Gelyevich_Dugin I think ncp and tdp economically right
Lmao, Scandinavia is Socialist and they are the happiest in the world
@@r_s_p_t1096 Scandinavia follows Social Market Economy... combination of Free Market and Welfarism, just like Germany.
They are not even minutely socialist 😂😂
read what Socialism is first,
@@Aleksandr_Gelyevich_Dugin sigh, a simple google search will tell you there is democratic socialism in them.
Calling them economically left is a stretch too far. India is still very much third world in basic needs and i dont think water, electricity and gas connections and sanitation dont deserve a socialist label. They are not in the game of nationalisations and expanding subsidies like other left parties. Above all they are election focused. And they know Indians despite a culture of intelligence do not like adversity. We have an expectation government must end of our suffering even though the govt is not a European but a third world one. There are protests demanding jobs (lol) and when liberalising steps are taken to create growth vested interests such as farmers from two states will oppose. They just want govt job. Even if things like loan waiver mean we lose money to build road or hospital they do not care because most Indians think from community or individual interest than long-term national interest. What is the point of being reformist like C Naidu or Vajpayee only to lose an election because our village dominated electorate prioritises caste or schemes such as free laptops over development.
Wtf do you know the morning of third world country can you explain???
@@thenoobdashow7428 poor HDI outcomes. India ranks pretty low. Its got a per capita income of $2000 which is pathetic. There are countless countries in Africa and even ones that had prolonged civil wars like Vietnam, Lebanon, Iraq which have higher per capita incomes. Uzbekistan etc has a higher per capita income. Then theres nutrition, the fact less than 80% of the population is illiterate. How many other countries have an issue of open defecation? Then theres lack of law and order where people openly lynch.
@@thenoobdashow7428 dont shoot the messenger. You can thank the Nehru/Gandhi family for that. Continually making terrible economic and defence choices without learning anything. Zero accountability for poor decision making. If Lee Kuan Yew or Deng Xiapoing developed their countries the Gandhi’s surely kept it impoverished. Seizing Air India from the Tata’s, wasting money on state companies, creating black economy with 90% tax rate, being naive on China, going to UN despite advantage in war against Pak, restrictive labour laws, poor defence procurement, subsidies, Mandal commission. So many mistakes. Only since 2015 have things changed. No - 2017 GSt and IBC done but thats it. Higheay construction good and finally progress on defence. Need some more reforms.
@@karthika560 Irrespective of whoever was in power, literacy percentage is a function of time. All the MPs were always in favor of education. So over the time, literacy will any how reach more than 80 percent.
You hit the nail on the bloody head Guptaji. You are really original. Hindu left right
Main problem is that the terms left and right wing emerged in a Western European context (the French Revolution of 1789, to be precise), and they are ill-fitted to Indian politics. Better to use indigenous terms, like Hindutva.
I think sir Modi don't belong to any ideology instead he focuses only on bhartiyata n the truth.
Left wing right wing not suited in india
Absolutely right sir, you were bang on target in coining the term "Hindu Left". All must see the Print Videos specially SG's CTC & NI. Please do make More such videos.
Thank you.
One of the best episodes, I searched it and watch it again
I have always felt it. But couldn’t coin a perfect word for it. And here you have it 😀
Bjp is deadly combo of right and economically left for opposition party 😂😂
We need a republican style party in India
Who will vote for it. Republicans believe in personal responsibility. Indians believe in things like govt job or reservation being given to them.
@@jyou6202 republican excesses are a problem but they would be good for India. They would put an end to this victimhood mentality that pervades most Indians. Where some well to do castes like Marathas want to claim backward status because they are average rather than rules. They would cut taxes and regulations. End political correctness.
Mehrica nahi hai bhai india hai
Ewww noo that party is anti maskers and anti vaccine . They literally hate science
@@rohang8246 Yeah, they have gone stupid in past 8 years but before that, they were very good. Forefront in science and economics and believed in a wealthy world where everyone can be richer by increasing trade. No, it's plain stupid in some sense but people still prefer them over some liberal democratic states where hypocrisy is ay=t all time high.
I was thinking on the same lines even before I saw this video. Well said
This reminds me of the public interaction ( I think there is video on CZcams also ) of sadguru being asked if he is "left" or "right" . And surprisingly responded by saying he is "left" of centre !
Yes, finally someone from the mainstream making sense of this
Left or Right, we Modi led BJP for several more years to take India ahead
In India...
BJP Right Wing..= 3 Crores scholarship to Minority
Congress = Secular = Dis empowering minority
Communist=having 1000's startups in Kerala.....😂😂
In India there is no right no left every party balance welferism and economic freedom but bjp more leaning to business friendly policies and tmc more leaning towards welfarism policies but they both follow business friendly policies and welfarism 🙂
Excellent video. Shekhar ji kept both sides guessing till the end. Both sides thought ab aayega problem statement....ab aayega ... Par aaya hi nahi 😂 Great way to present facts with sermons or opinions.
Yes totally agree it’s left in terms of governance . No doubt about it. Prices of products will keep climbing. Free market will be a distant dream in this style of governance. Healthcare is one of the neglected area. Dear sekharji can you please do an episode on healthcare in 🇮🇳.
There are no right parties in India I agree with u sg
MIM
@@varg92 Omg that's actually true 😂😭
@@ashutoshbundela3744 😆 🤣 😂 😹 nope japan is a right wing run country. No parties in India right leaning
i think ncp and tdp are economically right.
Modi ji is socially Left and economically right.. which is the need of the time... what previous governments could not provide to the masses..
One more thing other political parties have only one ideology grabbing power by hook or crook.
He is a socialist, both economically and socially.
Gupta ji is a Capitalist in heart !!!
Yes, you are right!
Vajpayee lost after 4.5 years due to anti disinvestment anti rich socialist mindsets and not promoting hindutva for its core voters. Either mistake if done by current bjp folks than in democracy , they are bound to loss due to time based anti incumbency after 10/15 years
The print is a part of my life. I enjoy the content and really appreciate your insight into the current affairs.
As a Pakistani I look forward to seeing peace between India and Pakistan. I believe that Mr modi will be able to make a just peace. He will be a force for good in the long term. Only if he makes peace will the Hindu majority in India accept it. Happy New year to all of our Indian brothers and sisters. And a very peaceful one.
He is an individual, respect his thought.
modi will again win election 2024 i bet you and then he become more leftist
All enemies become friends.. In our case we are very close to each other in culture and language and a shared history. And food. Hate is a evil thing. We must look past that to a positive future.. As there are no winners in a nuclear war. Peace is our joint destiny.. As a great man once said that there are no devils in India or Pakistan. If we only look at the past then we can not go forward. For progress we must look to the future. To look for peace. it's a better solution than a nuclear war.. For there is no 3rd option sadly.. So I believe in a just peace.. India is a great country. Rich history. And it was the richest country on the planet. Inshallah it will be again.. We all love India it's our mother country. Pakistan did not come out of nowhere. The majority of Pakistani people support the Indian cricket team when our team goes out of competitions. It may surprise many of the haters amongst us all.. I can not ask any one to help promote peace. But please ask your self can anyone win a nuclear war.. So for all our sakes a just peace. No terrorist attacks of any kind by any body. Happy peaceful New year to you all.
Merry Christmas bro
@@beonmouth5821 Not possible, way too much diverse. Europe's diversity is peanuts compared to Asian diversity. It takes eons to reach a consensus on any major issues.
At the outset, let me say that The Print offers me the best view into what's happening in India. Now that's out of the way, the state of affairs in India leaves me bearish about its citizen's economic prospects. As long as the Government continues its policy of protectionism, investment in loss-making public sector institutions, and free handouts to certain sections of the population at the cost of other sections, it will propel the country towards a downward economic spiral that will be very hard to overcome. Just as in casinos "the house always wins", in this case the politicians will always win, but the citizens will lose out.
Hindu hriday samrath Shri Shri sheikhar Gupta ji ko mera naman 🚩💥🔥