analysisUpdated: Dec 26, 2020, 19:40 ISTThree events defined India’s political landscape in 2020. Voters continue to invest their faith in the ruling dispensation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity is unshaken, and India’s political opposition remains moribund. Democracy is defined as much by elections as it is by social processes that moderate State power. The pandemic enabled the State to crush protests, use its coercive powers to intimidate citizens and deepen prejudice with “love jihad” laws. Even the most invisible voices can make themselves heard and delegitimise the use of brute State power.

Source: Hindustan Times December 26, 2020 14:10 UTC