Author: Aditya Nanduvinamani, KLE Law College, Bengaluru
Abstract
Sanatana Dharma is no longer a spiritual philosophy, it has become the political manifesto of this party named ‘caste supremacy’, a mask for Hindutva authoritarianism, and the Modi government’s license for “cleansing”. While it hides itself in Sanskrit verses and pseudo-cultural pride, it functions as a violent project to resurrect Brahminical dominance, crush minorities, and erase India’s secular DNA. This article highlights how the Modi regime, armed with religious nationalism and casteist nostalgia, has turned India into a laboratory of saffron authoritarianism. The only way to restore the India is to remove this regime from power, say the critics.
To the Point
Sanatana Dharma has always been an elite conspiracy to protect Brahmins and separate the rest. The Modi government has mainstreamed Hindutva hate while masquerading as a “Acche din” and development regime. Religious nationalism is being used to silence Dalits, Muslims, women, students, and anyone who asks questions. The RSS-BJP thought has deployed mythology and temple politics to erase the very soul of Constitution which is now ceasing be the soul of Independent India as well. India does not need temple-building fanatics in Parliament but it needs Ambedkarites, secularists, and revolutionaries.
Sanatana Dharma: A Weapon of the Few, a Curse for Many
Sanatana Dharma, if seen through the lens of historical reality rather than upper-caste nostalgia, is nothing more than a carefully curated method of social slavery. Its sacred texts, untouchability, caste apartheid, misogyny shows. And yet, in modern India, it is being marketed as a “development.”
To be clear, Sanatana Dharma was not inclusive, it was exterminative. It annihilated the dignity of millions, dictated the food, dress, and speech of the “lower castes,” and ensured that power and purity were inherited by accident of birth.
Now the same Sanatana ideology is being used to re-colonise India’s democratic space with Brahminical fascism. It is no coincidence that every time a Dalit student dies by suicide, or a Muslim is lynched, Sanatana silence screams the loudest.
Brahminocracy is Back: How Modi’s India Mirrors Manusmriti
Dr. Ambedkar’s nightmare has become today’s reality: Manusmriti is not just a book, it is State policy in saffron India. The Prime Minister performs public rituals with Brahmins, speaks Sanskritized Hindi, and invokes “eternal Indian values,” but never utters a word about manual scavenging, caste rapes, or upper-caste violence.
Under Modi, we are witnessing a strategic resurrection of Brahminical rule. Dalits are lynched for riding horses or entering temples. Adivasis are relocated in the name of development. Muslims are tagged as threats. Women are told their dharma is motherhood, not freedom. And all of this is camouflaged under the saffron flag of Sanatana Dharma. This is not spirituality, it’s systematic dominance.
Hindutva: The Political Cancer Eating Democracy
Hindutva, as conceptualised by Savarkar and weaponised by the RSS, has nothing to do with Hinduism. It is a totalitarian take and a direct assault on democracy. With RSS leaders wanting the removal of the words “Secular” and “Socialist” from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution, Sanatana Dharma has become its most useful camouflage.
The Modi government uses temples like military bases, festivals like propaganda parades, and gods like electoral mascots. From Ayodhya to Kumbh to Puri, every religious symbol has been colonised by the BJP to legitimise, mob lynchings in the name of cows, Anti-Muslim laws like CAA, attacks on interfaith marriages (Love Jihad), suppression of critical journalism.
This is not a democracy, it’s a majoritarian dictatorship wrapped in saffron colour.
IV. Modi’s Double Game: Spiritual Slogans
Modi speaks of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” abroad while allowing his ministers to call for ethnic cleansing of Muslims at home. He quotes Gita on international platforms, while enabling bulldozer in minority neighbourhoods.
His rule has witnessed, the highest number of hate crimes against Dalits, Muslims, and Christians, erasure of Mughal, Dravidian, and tribal history from school books, institutional capture of judiciary, media, and academia, dismantling of RTI and parliamentary debate.
Modi doesn’t protect Sanatana Dharma, he manipulates it. He doesn’t worship tradition, he weaponises it to crush resistance. He isn’t a saviour, he is a Brahminical populist with a god-like complex.
Case Study: Tamil Nadu’s Rebellion and BJP’s Brahminical Fragility
When Tamil Nadu’s Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin denounced Sanatana Dharma as a disease, he did what no North Indian party dared to do, speak truth to caste power. The BJP’s reaction? FIRs. Sedition threats. Manufactured outrage. Why?
Because Brahminical Hindutva cannot survive critique; it thrives on reverence, fear, and silence. Tamil Nadu’s Dravidian politics threatens that foundation, and that’s why BJP frames resistance as “anti-Hindu” instead of anti-caste. It comes down to reality; Sanatana Dharma is sacred only to those who were never its victims. For others, it’s a 2000-year-old ideological prison.
The Constitution: Our Only Dharma, Our Only Religion
Dr. Ambedkar, Periyar and Phule all knew that India’s real liberation would not come through Sanskrit or scriptures, but through law, equality, and annihilation of caste. That’s why the Constitution, not Sanatana Dharma, must remain our national scripture.
Today, it is under siege by upper-caste nationalism, religious dogma, and State complicity. If we do not act, we will become a theocracy in everything but name. It’s time to say it without fear: We don’t need a Hindu Rashtra. We need a Republic; We don’t need Bhagavad Gita in Parliament. We need Article 15 in practice; We don’t need a Hindu king. We need a democratic servant.
Conclusion: Burn the Regime, Not Just the Texts
Sanatana Dharma’s political resurrection is not accidental, it is a well-funded, media-supported, government-backed project to transform India into a casteist, majoritarian landscape. The Modi government has shown that it will not reform, will not listen, and will not stop. It is not just enabling fascism, it is the real fascism. And it must go. The time for critique is over. It is time to vote this government out. Replace saffron slogans with constitutional revolution. India does not belong to Brahmins alone, it belongs to everyone.
FAQS
Q1: Isn’t this article anti-Hindu?
No. This article is anti-caste, anti-fascist, and anti-theocratic. Hinduism has many schools, this one opposes the Brahminical, supremacist version co-opted by Hindutva.
Q2: Is it wrong to celebrate Sanatana Dharma?
It’s wrong to glorify any tradition that has institutionalised oppression and inequality for millennia. Reform is not hate, reform is justice.
Q3: What alternative is there to Modi?
Any democratic coalition that respects the Constitution, upholds secularism, and listens to the marginalised is better than a Brahminical monolith crushing dissent.
Q4: Is Hindutva here to stay?
Only if we allow it. With resistance, education, votes, and courage, India can reclaim its soul.
Q5: What should I do as a citizen?
Speak. Resist. Write. Protest. Vote. Reject Sanatana fascism. Reclaim Ambedkar’s dream. Change the regime.
