nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/aaf72f7dba8185a8 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240419s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/aaf72f7dba8185a8 doi eng 342 23 Mukherjee, Gaurav Author aut The Right to Education and Democratic Backsliding in India Mukherjee, Gaurav Verfassungsblog 2024-04-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Since the election of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in the federal elections in India in 2014, the country’s performance in key indicators of democratic quality has suffered. Over the course of its two terms in power, the party has sought to subvert key institutions for accountability, enact an ethno-cultural majoritarian electoral agenda, and use federal law enforcement agencies against their political opponents. While there is extensive literature on the erosion of civil-political rights in the past ten years, the effects of the BJP government on social rights like education and healthcare remain under-explored. Therefore, in this post, I explore three striking dimensions of primary educational policy under the BJP government. CC BY-SA 4.0 Constitutional Law Educational policy India India Right to education (DE-588)1236319109 gnd India Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-right-to-education-and-democratic-backsliding-in-india/ raw object