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EPISODE · Aug 26, 2026 · 13 MIN

Nehru built parliamentary democracy. Modi has spent a decade dismantling it

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For over a decade, Narendra Modi and the BJP have attacked Jawaharlal Nehru’s legacy, but has Modi overlooked the one institution Nehru helped strengthen: the Indian Parliament? From question hour and opposition space to the functioning of parliamentary democracy, this video examines how Parliament has changed under the Modi government and why the absence of the Prime Minister and Home Minister during the Monsoon Session matters.

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