Ram Madhav

Gulf News: Those against national interest are anti-national: Ram Madhav, general secretary of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party

Ram Madhav, March 13, 2019

Ram Madhav is the national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a nationalist to the hilt. He is the former member of the national executive of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the fundamentalist outfit that is the parent organisation of the ruling BJP. The spin-doctor of the Sangh, Madhav is known for […]

AGP to fight Lok Sabha polls with BJP in Assam: Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav, March 13, 2019

The alliance was finalised in a meeting among BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, AGP president Atul Bora and others that ended post midnight. The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) will fight the Lok Sabha election in Assam in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), two months after severing ties with the saffron party over the […]

After empowerment, freedom and dignity

Ram Madhav, March 8, 2019

The aspirations of women in India have evolved. Policy, public discourse must keep pace. The problem with some policies is that they are at least a decade behind the thoughts and aspirations of the people. Unless we address this mismatch, seemingly noble policies also fail to do justice to the targeted sections of the population. […]

Striding the Path towards a New India – The imperatives of Modi again

Ram Madhav, March 4, 2019

Text of Shri Ram Madhav’s address on “Striding a path towards a New India – The imperatives of Modi again” on March 03, 2019 organised by Forum for free thinkers, Hyderabad Chapter Bharatiya Janta Party Telangana state president Dr Laxman, City President Shri Ramchandra Rao Garu, all the party leaders on the dais, eminent intellectuals […]

Kashmir is ours also means every Kashmiri is ours

Ram Madhav, February 28, 2019

India has a huge problem with the regional narrative in the Kashmir Valley that helps Pakistan enormously India has many neighbours. But Pakistan is different. It is a neighbour that is singularly focused on harming and harassing India, irrespective of whether it benefits or damages its own interests. One former prime minister of Pakistan had […]

Indian Strategic Thought: From Kautilya to Modi

Ram Madhav, February 19, 2019

Text of address delivered at Kautilya Fellows Programme hosted by India Foundation on February 18, 2019 My topic is India’s strategic thought from Kautilya to Modi. One very important question that at the very outset I want to raise is as to whether India has had a strategic thought, ever. Scholars have opined differently. Some […]