India no longer republic

This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial "India's Republic Day: India no longer republic" carried by the newspaper yesterday. The newspaper has argued, among other things, that "As of today, India is no more a republic. Under Narendra Modi India tends to be a one-party state ruled by extremist Hindu nationalists, in line with a Hitlerism mindset. That's why there is the growing apprehension about BJP-controlled India's expansionistic designs in the region, particularly in the context of Pakistan. India's army chief's remark that he is ready to "claim" Azad Kashmir is patently absurd". Little did, however, RSS stalwart Dr Subramanian Swami, who has advocated a two-year closure of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) where anti-BJP government protests acquired a new dimension, in particular know that India will no longer be a republic per se after New Delhi's August 5 actions in occupied Jammu & Kashmir and the passage of highly controversial citizenship law by India's parliament. Moreover, the BJP government seems to have triggered the process of disintegration of Indian Union through its Hindu rashtra pursuit.