BJP will be determining force in Indian politics for next 15-20 years, says famous historian Ramachandra Guha

New Delhi: Renowned historian Ramachandra Guha has said that BJP will be the determining force in Indian politics, for the next 15-20 years.

"For the next 15 or 20 years, I think, the BJP will be the hegemonic, determining force in Indian politics," Ramachandra Guha said in an interview to The Economic Times.

"The BJP will be like the Congress in the 1960s and '70s; there will be some challengers but the BJP will be overall dominant," the well-known historian added during his interview.

"The BJP emerging as the only national party in the foreseeable future," he said.

Interestingly, in the past, Ramchandra Guha had said that the government at the Centre led by Narendra Modi is the most "anti-intellectual" the country ever had.