Dhruv Rathee’s ‘Is India Becoming A Dictatorship?’ Video On YouTube Gets More Than 5 Million Views (Image: X/@dhruv_rathee)
A recent YouTube video of Dhruv Rathee received around 5,84 million views on his channel and was also seen by millions on various other platforms in less than 24 hours. In a 30-minute video, the famous social influencer was seen talking about whether India is moving towards becoming a dictatorship.
Through the latest video, the social influencer explores the intricate dynamics of Indian politics around the ‘One Nation, One Party’ ideology and its implications on democracy in India under PM Modi and BJP’s government.
The content highlights the challenges faced by Indian democracy including cult-based politics, media suppression, misuse of enforcement agencies, weaponization of investigating agencies, MLA horse-trading, and breaking opposition parties via making new laws.
30 minute video of @dhruv_rathee
explaining Dictatorship gets 5+ million views on his YouTube channel and millions of views on other platforms in less than 24 hours.
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Rathee highlighted the importance of public involvement and the role of opposition in a vibrant democracy along with the urgent need for political engagement and accountability. Through the video, he questions the people’s orientation and blind support towards the current government and Narendra Modi. Highlighting the earlier interviews where the public was seen supporting cult politics surrounding Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him Vishnu’s Avatar and a father/brother/Husband.
Dhruv Rathee reported the complex interplay between governance, citizen rights, and the enduring spirit of democracy in the face of adversity. How the opposition leaders are sent behind bars without conviction, the increasing interference of Governors in the State government, and the withholding of funds from the state governments were questioned through the video.
Taking away the citizen’s right to protest, using rubber bullets on farmers, and using electoral bonds are other aspects that are also raised by the influencer. Frauds in the Chandigarh Mayor elections were also highlighted to emphasize the Supreme Court Chief Justice”s wordings about the ‘Murder of Democracy’ and quashing the Chandigarh Mayor election.
Deceitful activities including finding an EVM in the BJP leader’s car and stealing of Control Unit of the EVM in Saswad Tehsil questioned the fairness of elections and showed the compromise with the election process. Election Commission partiality and biases are also discussed highlighting the use of the national army in the election campaign by the current government. Ashok Lavasa, one of the election commissioner’s cases was shown to reflect the lack of transparency of the commission.
Distorting the Separation of Power surrounding the election commission’s appointment by making law by the central government, spending of government during political campaigns, and washing of corruption charges from the politicians were among the other discussed issues by Dhruv Rathee in the video. The role of media was also mentioned by comparing the old media’s functioning process with the new media’s promotion of the government’s agenda. A thin line between majoritarianism and democracy was also highlighted along with the need for accountability by the leaders.
