Published : Aug 11, 2026 12:47 IST - 7 MINS READThe thread of the BJP’s hubris runs from Jantar Mantar to Bankipur. To its astonishment, the BJP has discovered that it’s like any other party in a lively democracy: here today, gone tomorrow. Unexpected challengeWhat was barely sensed was that even as the political opposition’s challenge to Hindutva was disintegrating, a spontaneous challenge arose from a wholly unorganised quarter: Gen Z students and unemployed youth. In Tamil Nadu, C. Joseph Vijay, a political novice, has shown that people young and older are no longer enamoured of the old politics. The youth have changed it, not the established political parties.