British colonialism gave these people too much power. Would have been 50 different countries over there, if it was not for the british, yet they act as if it wasn’t handed to them.

I’ll just drop this here. The whole thing is pretty dumb. They probably did this cause the opposition parties fromed an alliance called the INDIA Alliance.

https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/comes-from-rig-veda-mythologist-devdutt-pattanaik-on-the-origins-of-india-bharat-397162-2023-09-06

Aladeen.

The reason they did this is because they are rattled by the fact that the opposition political parties have united and decided to name their alliance as I.N.D.I.A. (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance).

BJP is rattled by the fact that the opposition is using patriotic rhethoric which they are unable to criticise.

Disputes over “India” versus “Bharat” have gained ground since opposition parties in July announced a new alliance — called INDIA — to unseat Modi and defeat his party ahead of national elections in 2024. The acronym stands for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. Since then, some officials in Modi’s party have demanded that the country be called Bharat instead of India.

Ahh. Ok.