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Although no political party can ever remove caste and religion from india and that's a fact
With his thick frames, crew-cut hairstyle, and quiet demeanour, Kaushik, 27, is not your typical neta. His podium is podcasts and posts on social media. His ‘office’ is a utilitarian co-working space. But in the year since he launched the Libertarian Party of India (LPI) in 2024, it has acquired nearly 14,000 followers on X alone—Indians like him, fed up with the government’s bureaucracy, high tax rates, caste politics, and intrusion into their personal lives.
“The year 2024 was the moment I had realised it had gone too far. The increases in capital gains tax, the Ladli Behan Yojna (women welfare scheme) and other socialist schemes—the country was moving in the wrong direction,” said Kaushik.
The Libertarian Party of India doesn’t have the financial muscle of the Bharatiya Janata Party or the historical legacy of the Indian National Congress. But disillusioned Indians are increasingly drawn to the LPI’s principles of free markets, deregulation, and individual liberties. With its reels and podcasts discussing everything from freedom of speech to property rights, the new party is gaining traction. Run like a tech startup, it has no official headquarters and is entirely self-funded.
“We are staring in the eyes of communism,” said Kaushik. He doesn’t pound the table with his fists or raise his voice for effect like a seasoned orator. “The concept of private property is being eroded. And this will keep escalating.”
India has flirted with libertarianism before, but it was a different country then. In 1959, C Rajagopalachari launched the Swatantra Party as a counter to Nehru’s socialist policies. For four years from 1967 to 1971, it was the single largest opposition in the Lok Sabha with 44 seats. But by 1974, it had completely dissolved.
https://theprint.in/ground-reports/is-india-ready-for-a-new-libertarian-party-free-markets-free-temples-free-choice/2642427/
Here is the X account: https://x.com/libertypartyind
What's interesting about the Print article is that it points out that India once had a liberal party as the main opposition, with 44 seats in Parliament: the Swatantra Party. It perhaps died because the voters of that party shifted to the BJP, but the BJP is also practising the same socialist and reservation politics, so maybe time for a Libertarian Party once again?