Will India have a dictator?

No, let me explain why!

This is what most YouTubers and political commentators either get wrong or choose to ignore to further their agendas.

But, in my humble opinion India is too diverse (read divided) culturally, geographically and racially. As people we would never be okay with any one person to have the power to rule over us all.

A gujarathi dictator will be rejected by the people of UP, A Sikh dictator will be rejected by the southern states, A Jatt dictator, well, he will be rejected by everyone :)

For a dictatorship to be successful you need a leader who is supported by an executive, legislative and judicial machinery. Like how hitler replaced all executive and judicial positions by nazi party members. Like how Shia dictator or head of state appoint Shia executive and military leaders and slowly marginalise the other community.

For our luck we are so diverse as country that a dictator from Tamilnadu will not have the support of all Tamilians. He will be judged on his religion, caste and region he hails from. A Tamil Brahmin has to appease to get the support of non Brahmins in a simple local election.

We will survive as democracy for this reason. Whether it’s good or bad is a different discussion. But for what it’s worth our diversity inherently requires a leadership which runs on consensus.

Hence, in our political history we have always seen people with dictatorial tendencies being heavily humbled by our fractured mandates, whether it was Indira Gandhi or Narendra Modi.