"Indian democracy is, in today's conditions, rapidly degenerating into democracy as a right that can only be exercised by the moneyed and the privileged. This does not auger well for the future of our democracy."
The journal said the BJP and the RSS want to convert India from a secular democratic nation to a "Hindu Rashtra".
"They see today an opportunity for an unfolding of their vision which they could not on the earlier occasions when the BJP formed a government at the centre."