THE Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, the entire cabinet and all the MLAs and MPs of the Left Democratic Front sat in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on February 8. The sit-in was to highlight the central government’s discriminatory attitude to Kerala and the hostile actions of the centre to financially strangulate the state government. On the same day, big demonstrations were held over Kerala supporting the Delhi action. In various state capitals, meetings expressing solidarity with Kerala were held.

https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2024/0211_pd/kerala-fights-its-rights

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i've been reading about this, non-BJP states getting screwed over financially. i have to wonder if these policies result in balkanization of India.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think balkanization is possible. Separatism is already a taboo with how much fear mongering their is about Khalistan and anyone who subverts the central government is crushed with sheer force like the Maoists are. This has been the policy since before BJP. The only reprieve I see is that BJP stop being an electoral power at some point when people get sick of them running the country into the ground but I don't know how far away that is.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I don't know, things can spiral out of control pretty quickly especially if BJP decides to enact homogenous Hindutva policies across an extremely diverse country like India.