> Are they, when people opposing one candidate are jailed? And pray tell who that candidate is and what was their platform? > Democracy isn't mob rule, or as

> Are they, when people opposing one candidate are jailed? And pray tell who that candidate is and what was their platform? > Democracy isn't mob rule, or as the saying go, it's not two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. Democracy is about self-determination for each person; if people in minority don't have self-determination, it's not democracy at all. And what is the definition of minority to follow? Caste? Religion? Ethnicity? Each one of these intersectionalities are represented in Indian electoral politics at the local, state, and national level. The BJP itself lost it's supermajority in the Lok Sabha (Parliament) after Muslim voters in UP flipped to the Samajwadi Party in the 2024 election, and the opposition parties have won major state elections such as in Jharkhand. In fact, after the 2024 election results, Indian electioneering is starting to stop using the "Hindu-Muslim" trope because it's been overused, and the primary swing voting bank at this point is women, as was seen with the results of the 2024 General, Maharashtra, and Delhi elections. > if people in minority don't have self-determination, it's not democracy at all. I agree with you that Majoritarianism is NOT democracy. But minorities are not uniformly opposed to the BJP either. Lower caste Muslims (Pasmanda) tend to lean towards the NDA (BJP's coalition) [0] and Muslim women have begun to lean in favor of the BJP due to women first welfare schemes [1] Furthermore, assuming the BJP is India and India is the BJP is an extremely reductive take on Indian democracy that was clearly proven wrong in the 2024 General Elections. If it was then the BJP would have won a hypermajority ("Abki Bhar 400 Paar"), but got a severe drubbing forcing them to build a coalition with secular JD(U) in Bihar and TDP in AP. [0] - https://carnegieendowment.org/2024/02/09/mapping-muslim-voting-behavior-in-india-pub-91579 https://carnegieendowment.org/2024/02/09/mapping-muslim-voti... [1] - https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/elections/india/lok-sabha-elections-2024-bjp-claims-silent-womens-vote-helped-party-especially-in-north-india-3048812 https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/elections/india/lok-s...