Nitin Deshmukh, a Maharashtra lawmaker, recounts a distressing episode arising from a dinner invitation that turned into a kidnapping. After attending a routine assembly vote in Mumbai, Deshmukh was lured under the pretense of dining with a senior party official, only to be whisked away in a convoy that led him out of state.

Deshmukh describes the ordeal of being taken against his will to a hotel where he was held in isolation and coerced to join a faction aimed at destabilizing the state government. This chilling anecdote highlights what's being termed as "resort politics"—a tactic used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to undermine democratically elected officials.

The method involves seizing control through manipulation rather than election victories. In recent years, BJP has gained dominance in several states by using forceful tactics to recruit lawmakers for breakaway groups, effectively stripping existing governments of their majority. According to insider accounts, the leaders orchestrating these rebellions have orchestrated similar scenarios across various states, ensuring that legislators are confined in luxurious resorts until a governmental coup is realized.

Deshmukh's plight, along with other lawmakers, underscores the lengths to which the BJP is willing to go to consolidate power, raising serious concerns about the integrity of democratic processes in India.