Subramanian Swamy
{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Indian patronymic|Swamy|Subramanian}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
| image = Dr Subramanian Swamy photo.jpeg
| imagesize = 250px
| caption = Swamy in 2019
| constituency = Nominated
| constituency2 = Uttar Pradesh
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party {{small|(2013–present)}}
| otherparty = Bharatiya Jana Sangh {{small|(1974–1977)}}
Janata Party {{small|(1977–2003 ; 2003-2013)}}
All India Progressive Janata Dal {{small|(2003)}}
| constituency1 = Uttar Pradesh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|09|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mylapore, Madras Presidency, British India
(present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
| spouse = {{marriage|Roxna Swamy|1966}}
| children = {{Plainlist|
- Gitanjali Swamy (daughter)
- Suhasini Haidar (daughter)
}}
| relatives = Coomi Kapoor (sister-in-law)
Sanjay Sarma (son-in-law)
Salman Haidar (co-father-in-law)
| alma_mater = University of Delhi (BA)
Indian Statistical Institute (MA)
Harvard University (PhD)
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|economist|statistician}}
| term_start = 26 April 2016
| term_end = 24 April 2022
| term_start1 = 1988
| term_end1 = 1994
| term_start2 = 1974
| term_end2 = 1976
| office3 = Union Minister of Commerce and Industry
| predecessor3 =
| primeminister3 = Chandra Shekhar
| successor3 =
| term_start3 = 10 November 1990
| term_end3 = 21 June 1991
| office4 = Union Minister of Law and Justice
| primeminister4 = Chandra Shekhar
| term_start4 = 10 November 1990
| term_end4 = 21 June 1991
| predecessor4 = Dinesh Goswami
| successor4 = Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
| office5 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| term_start5 = 1998
| term_end5 = 1999
| constituency5 = Madurai, Tamil Nadu
| predecessor5 = A. G. S. Ram Babu
| successor5 = P. Mohan
| term_start6 = 1977
| term_end6 = 1984
| constituency6 = Mumbai North East, Maharashtra
| predecessor6 = Rajaram Gopal Kulkarni
| successor6 = Gurudas Kamat
| office7 = President of Janata Party
| term_start7 = 1990
| term_end7 = 2013
| website = [http://swamy39.blogspot.in/ Official Blog]
}}
Subramanian Swamy (born 15 September 1939) is an Indian politician, economist and statistician. Before joining politics, he was a professor of Mathematical Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is known for his Hindu nationalist views.{{Cite news|last=Anand|first=Geeta|date=2016-07-01|title=Taking Down Politicians for Decades, and Rising in India's Government|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/world/asia/india-subramanian-swamy.html|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-04-02|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=6 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506035442/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/world/asia/india-subramanian-swamy.html|url-status=live}} Swamy was a member of the Planning Commission of India and was a Cabinet Minister in the Chandra Shekhar government. Between 1994 and 1996, Swamy was Chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade under former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. Swamy was a long-time member of the Janata Party, serving as its president until 2013 when he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).{{Cite book|last=Hall|first=Ian|title=Modi and the reinvention of Indian foreign policy|date=25 September 2019|isbn=978-1-5292-0462-9|pages=108|publisher=Policy Press |oclc=1090162885}} He has written on foreign affairs of India dealing largely with China, Pakistan and Israel. He was nominated to Rajya Sabha on 26 April 2016 for a six-year term, ending on 24 April 2022.
Family and education
Subramanian Swamy was born on 15 September 1939, in Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, to a family which hailed originally from Madurai in Tamil Nadu in a Tamil Brahmin family.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-25 |title=I am Brahmin, I can't be 'chowkidar': Subramanian Swamy |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/i-am-brahmin-i-cant-be-chowkidar-subramanian-swamy-724996.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230714/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/i-am-brahmin-i-cant-be-chowkidar-subramanian-swamy-724996.html |archive-date=7 November 2020 |access-date=2020-08-31 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}{{cite web|date=19 July 2011|editor-last=Rao|editor-first=Parsa Venkateshwar Jr.|title=The paradox called Subramanian Swamy|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-the-paradox-called-subramanian-swamy-1567157|work=DNA|access-date=2 March 2014|archive-date=6 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106180030/http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-the-paradox-called-subramanian-swamy-1567157|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibtl.in/news/exclusive/1221/subramanian/ |title=Subramanian Swamy : Lets salute the real fighter 'SINGHAM |work=India Behind The Lens (News Centre) IBTL |access-date=15 January 2018 |archive-date=15 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115184755/http://www.ibtl.in/news/exclusive/1221/subramanian/ |url-status=live }} His father, Sitaraman Subramanian, was a bureaucrat and his mother, Padmavathi, was a homemaker. He has one younger brother, Ram Subramanian, as well as two younger sisters.{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/subramanian-swamy-uncovered-doting-wife-leftist-brother-and-more-212638.html |title=Subramanian Swamy uncovered: Doting wife, leftist brother and more |work=Firstpost |date=14 February 2012 |access-date=17 December 2013 |archive-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219075309/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/subramanian-swamy-uncovered-doting-wife-leftist-brother-and-more-212638.html |url-status=live }}
Sitaraman Subramanian was an officer in the Indian Statistical Service who served as the director of the Central Statistical Institute in Delhi, and was a statistical adviser to the Government of India. The family, which hailed from Madurai in Tamil Nadu, moved to New Delhi when Swamy was only six months old. Due to his father's job and the family's Tamil roots, major national leaders like K. Kamaraj, C. Rajagopalachari and S. Satyamurti often visited Sitaraman.{{cite web|last=Arora|first=Sunit|date=1 January 1970|title=The Jury Is Out, Subramanian Swamy: is the man a solution o\r a riddle?|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-jury-is-out/279890|access-date=3 January 2012|work=Outlook|archive-date=13 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313081755/http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-jury-is-out/279890|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Subramanian|first=Samanth|date=1 May 2012|title=The Outlier: The inscrutable politics of Subramanian Swamy|url=http://caravanmagazine.in/Story.aspx?Storyid=1389&StoryStyle=FullStory|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504172103/http://caravanmagazine.in/Story.aspx?Storyid=1389&StoryStyle=FullStory|archive-date=4 May 2012|access-date=5 May 2012|work=The Caravan}}{{Cite web|last=Nadar|first=A. Ganesh|date=2 January 2012|title=Why should I dislike Chidambaram?: Swamy|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/why-should-i-dislike-chidambaram-subramanian-swamy/20120102.htm|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Rediff|language=en|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208074302/https://www.rediff.com/news/report/why-should-i-dislike-chidambaram-subramanian-swamy/20120102.htm|url-status=live}}
= Education =
He attended Hindu College, University of Delhi, from where he earned his bachelor's degree in Mathematics. He then took his master's degree in Statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He was later recommended by Hendrik S. Houthakker and went to study at Harvard University on a full Rockefeller scholarship, where he received his PhD in Economics in 1965, with his thesis titled Economic Growth and Income Distribution in a Developing Nation.{{Cite web | url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=208481 | title=Subramanian Swamy - the Mathematics Genealogy Project | access-date=26 October 2019 | archive-date=6 May 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506035831/https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=208481 | url-status=live }} His thesis adviser was Nobel laureate Simon Kuznets.{{cite web|last=Swamy|first=Subramanian|date=17 December 2009|title=An Indian tribute: Paul Samuelson, Guru|url=http://business.rediff.com/special/2009/dec/17/subramanian-swamy-pays-tribute-to-paul-samuelson.htm|access-date=29 December 2011|archive-date=25 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231530/http://business.rediff.com/special/2009/dec/17/subramanian-swamy-pays-tribute-to-paul-samuelson.htm|url-status=live}} While he was a doctoral student at Harvard, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a cross-registered student{{cite news|last1=Swamy|first1=Subramanian|date=22 December 2009|title=Subramanian Swamy: Samuelson - A genius who was my guru|newspaper=Business Standard India|publisher=|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/subramanian-swamy-samuelson-a-genius-who-was-my-guru-109122200056_1.html|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-date=6 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506041218/https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/subramanian-swamy-samuelson-a-genius-who-was-my-guru-109122200056_1.html|url-status=live}} and later worked at the United Nations Secretariat in New York City as an Assistant Economics Affairs Officer in 1963. He subsequently worked as a resident tutor at Lowell House at Harvard University.{{cite web|last=Dingee|first=William R.|date=2011|title=Harvard Economist Accused of 'Spreading Enmity Between Communities'|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/flyby/article/2011/10/5/indian-india-swamy-current/|access-date=14 September 2019|publisher=Harvard Crimson, Flyby The blog of The Harvard Crimson|archive-date=14 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914113250/https://www.thecrimson.com/flyby/article/2011/10/5/indian-india-swamy-current/|url-status=live}}
=Family and personal life=
Swamy met Roxna Swamy ({{Nee|Kapadia}}), whose father was member of Indian Civil Service (British India), an Indian lady of Parsi ethnicity who was studying PhD in mathematics at Harvard University.{{cite web|title=Perfect co-petitioners|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/J7Ot7WsW7O8cytA908g5zJ/Perfect-copetitioners.html|author=Elizabeth Roche|date=8 February 2013|publisher=Livemint|access-date=1 September 2013|archive-date=19 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919052426/http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/J7Ot7WsW7O8cytA908g5zJ/Perfect-copetitioners.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=The well-regarded Supreme Court advocate on her husband: Sunit Arora Interviews Roxna Swamy|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/his-views-are-those-of-a-patriotic-indian/279891|work=Outlook|access-date=3 January 2012|archive-date=18 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218224453/http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/his-views-are-those-of-a-patriotic-indian/279891|url-status=live}} They were married in June 1966. Journalist Coomi Kapoor is his sister-in-law.{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/it-is-a-myth-that-you-are-more-efficient-under-an-emperor-coomi-kapoor/99/|title=It is a myth that you are more efficient under an emperor: Coomi Kapoor|date=13 June 2015}} Swamy has two daughters. The elder daughter, Gitanjali Swamy, is an entrepreneur and private equity professional. She is married to Sanjay Sarma, a professor at MIT, who is the son of E.A.S Sarma, a retired IAS officer and former secretary of Economic Affairs to the government of India.{{cite news |title=Retired Bureaucrats and Their Causes |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/retired-bureaucrats-and-their-causes/1/5083.html |accessdate=2014-08-13 |publisher=India Today}} The younger daughter, Suhasini Haidar, is a print and television journalist married to Nadeem Haidar, the son of former Indian Foreign Secretary Salman Haidar.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-04-05 |title=Angry Subramanian Swamy says his journalist daughter has not converted to Islam, calls own party supporter buffoon |url=https://www.jantakareporter.com/entertainment/angry-subramanian-swamy-says-his-journalist-daughter-has-not-converted-to-islam-calls-own-party-supporter-buffoon/240257/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Janta Ka Reporter |language=en-US}}
=Academic career=
In July 1965, immediately after obtaining his PhD in economics from Harvard, Swamy joined the Department of Economics at the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences as an assistant professor.{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/hc-swamy-s-plea-for-recovery-of-dues-from-iit_760640.html |title=High Court of Delhi : Swamy's plea for recovery of dues from IIT |date=26 February 2012 |publisher=Zee News |access-date=27 February 2012 |archive-date=28 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228223522/http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/hc-swamy-s-plea-for-recovery-of-dues-from-iit_760640.html |url-status=live }} in 1969, he was made an associate professor.{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/harvard-removes-subramanian-swamys-courses-over-controversial-column |title=Harvard removes Subramanian Swamy's courses over controversial column |publisher=Indiaeducationreview |access-date=6 January 2012 |archive-date=6 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506023520/http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/harvard-removes-subramanian-swamys-courses-over-controversial-column |url-status=dead }} As an associate professor, he was invited by Amartya Sen{{cite web|last=Malik|first=Ashok|date=31 December 2011|title=The Beastly Beatitudes: The rise, fall and resurrection of Subramanian Swamy|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main51.asp?filename=Ne311211Coverstory.asp|website=Tehelka|access-date=13 August 2016|archive-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616203848/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main51.asp?filename=Ne311211Coverstory.asp|url-status=live}} to occupy the chair on Chinese studies at the Delhi School of Economics. He accepted the offer and even travelled to India to take up the position, but his appointment was cancelled at the last minute due to his views on India's economic policy and also its nuclear policy. at that time, India was still partially oriented towards socialism and the "command economy" model instituted by Nehru, and Swamy was a believer in market economy.
Thereafter, Swamy moved to the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi where he was a full Professor of Mathematical Economics there from 1969 to the early 1970s.{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/17sswamy.htm |title=The Rediff Special: The Man People Love to Hate |work=Rediff.com |access-date=25 February 2012 |archive-date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615204718/http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/17sswamy.htm |url-status=live }} He was removed from the position by its board of governors in the early 1970s because of his disapproval of Indira Gandhi's poor economic policies but was legally reinstated in the late 1990s by the Supreme Court of India. He continued in the position until 1991 when he resigned to become a cabinet minister. He served on the Board of Governors of the IIT, Delhi (1977–80) and on the Council of IITs (1980–82). He also taught economics courses at Harvard Summer School{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1455140.ece |title=Swamy to teach at Harvard |location=Chennai |work=The Hindu |date=15 February 2011 |access-date=15 February 2011 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225152306/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Swamy-to-teach-at-Harvard/article15444284.ece |url-status=live }} until 2011, when the Harvard faculty voted to eliminate Swamy's courses as a result of his "offensive" statements about Muslims.{{Cite web|title=Harvard kills courses by controversial summer school instructor|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/12/08/harvard-kills-courses-controversial-summer-school-instructor|website=www.insidehighered.com|date=8 December 2011|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02|archive-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505211939/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/12/08/harvard-kills-courses-controversial-summer-school-instructor|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Harvard Instructor May Face Removal Over Anti-Muslim Op-Ed|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/07/harvard-instructor-faces-removal-over-anti-muslim-op-ed/353487/|last=Sehgal|first=Ujala|date=2011-07-30|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02|archive-date=6 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506115417/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/07/harvard-instructor-faces-removal-over-anti-muslim-op-ed/353487/|url-status=live}}
Swamy currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the SCMS Group of Institutions, which includes the SCMS Cochin School of Business in Kochi.{{cite web |title=Management |url=http://scmsgroup.org/php/showContent.php?linkid=295&partid=2 |work=SCMS Group of Institutions |publisher=SCMS Group |access-date=11 August 2011 |archive-date=16 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916110413/http://scmsgroup.org/php/showContent.php?linkid=295&partid=2 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Politician Subramanian Swamy |url=http://www.in.com/subramanian-swamy/profile-262171.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603024518/http://www.in.com/subramanian-swamy/profile-262171.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-06-03 |work=in.com India |publisher=in.com (web18)}}{{cite web |title=Management |url=https://scmsgroup.org/management |website=SCMS Group of Educational Institutions |access-date=13 April 2020 |archive-date=6 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506064617/https://scmsgroup.org/management |url-status=live }}
Political career
=Early politics=
Swamy's career started with his involvement in the Sarvodaya movement, which was an apolitical movement but which formed the foundation of the creation of Janata Party later.{{cite web |url=http://janataparty.org/articledetail.asp?rowid=8 |title=My Experiences with Jayaprakash Narayan — Subramanian Swamy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828044859/http://janataparty.org/articledetail.asp?rowid=8 |archive-date=28 August 2012 |publisher=Janata Party Website}} The real turn in his political career came after his sacking from IIT. Liberal economic policies put forward by him did not go well with the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who sneered at his plans as 'Santa Claus with unrealistic ideas'. He was later expelled from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. This marked the beginning of his active political career. As a staunch opponent of Indira Gandhi, the opposition part, Bharatiya Jana Sangh sent him to Rajya Sabha – the upper house of Indian Parliament.
He was an elected Member of Lok sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament five times between 1974 and 1999. As a Lok Sabha member, he represented the city of Mumbai North East twice (1977 and 1980) and later the city of Madurai (1998). As a Rajya Sabha member, herepresented Uttar Pradesh (1974) in the Parliament.
= During the Emergency (1975–1977) =
During the period of the Emergency, he fled to the United States, seeking haven with an Indian businessman in Michigan who had become the spokesperson of the opposition in the United States. In 1976, when the Emergency was still in force and an arrest warrant had been issued in his name, Swamy came to Parliament to attend the session and managed to escape India after the session was adjourned. This act of defiance was well received in the eyes of opposition parties.{{cite web |url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/investigation/animosity-between-pc-swamy-spans-decades |title=Animosity between PC, Swamy spans decades |access-date=19 October 2013 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021190232/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/investigation/animosity-between-pc-swamy-spans-decades |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Cables-Swamy-an-ultranationalist/2013/04/13/article1542610.ece |title=Cables: Swamy, an ultranationalist |work=The New Indian Express |access-date=19 October 2013 |archive-date=24 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024034748/http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Cables-Swamy-an-ultranationalist/2013/04/13/article1542610.ece |url-status=dead}}
= In Janata Party =
In 1981, he along with Harish Rawat and 13 others led first pilgrimage to Kailash–Manasarovar after 1962 Sino-Indian War.{{Cite web |last=Pathak |first=Pratul |date=31 October 1981 |title=Kailas-Manasarovar: The abode of Lord Shiva and cosmic centre of the universe |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19811031-kailas-manasarovar-the-abode-of-lord-shiva-and-cosmic-centre-of-the-universe-773386-2013-10-30 |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312181227/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19811031-kailas-manasarovar-the-abode-of-lord-shiva-and-cosmic-centre-of-the-universe-773386-2013-10-30 |url-status=live }} In 1984, Swamy stated his opinion that Janata Party should focus on organisational levels of the party.{{Cite web|last=February 29|first=India Today Digital|title=I am opposed to any electoral adjustments with the communists: Subramaniam Swamy|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19840229-i-am-opposed-to-any-electoral-adjustments-with-communists-subramaniam-swamy-802811-1984-02-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229203813/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19840229-i-am-opposed-to-any-electoral-adjustments-with-communists-subramaniam-swamy-802811-1984-02-29|archive-date=29 December 2021|access-date=2022-02-20|website=India Today|date=29 February 1984 |language=en}} In February 1984, he filed his nomination for Janata Party President against Chandra Shekhar, but lost.{{Cite web|title=As countdown for Janata Party president election begins, infighting comes to the fore|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19840229-as-countdown-for-janata-party-president-election-begins-infighting-comes-to-the-fore-802830-1984-02-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130045049/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19840229-as-countdown-for-janata-party-president-election-begins-infighting-comes-to-the-fore-802830-1984-02-29|archive-date=30 January 2022|website=India Today|date=29 February 1984 }}{{Cite web|title=Janata Party's plenary session turns out to be an out-and-out Chandra Shekhar affair|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19840331-janata-party-plenary-session-turns-out-to-be-an-out-and-out-chandra-shekhar-affair-802912-1984-03-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129181549/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19840331-janata-party-plenary-session-turns-out-to-be-an-out-and-out-chandra-shekhar-affair-802912-1984-03-31|archive-date=29 January 2022|website=India Today|date=31 March 1984 }} In the same year, 1984, Swamy was expelled from Janata Party after he levelled allegations against Chandra Shekhar that Shekhar had manipulated the Janata Party presidency election.{{Cite news |date=15 July 1984 |title=People - Swamy : refusing to kow-tow |pages=194 |work=The Illustrated Weekly of India |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.11912/mode/2up}} Subsequently, he joined Lok Dal, party of former Prime Minister Charan Singh.{{Cite news |last=Nandy |first=Pritish |date=15 May 1988 |title=The Usurpers |pages=1295 |work=The Illustrated Weekly of India |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.13141}} He fought 1984 Lok Sabha election from Mumbai North East Lok Sabha constituency on Lok Dal ticket, but lost.{{Cite web |title=1984 Lok Sabha elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4118-general-election-1984-vol-i-ii/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 February 2023 |archive-date=15 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060558/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4118-general-election-1984-vol-i-ii/ }}
In May 1988, Lok Dal (A) was merged with Janata Party with Ajit Singh as its president and Swamy became general secretary of Janata Party.{{Cite news |last=Nandy |first=Pritish |date=15 May 1988 |title=The Usurpers |pages=1294 |work=The Illustrated Weekly of India |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.13141}}{{Cite web |title=Ajit Singh catapulted as Janata Party president |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19880615-ajit-singh-catapulted-as-janata-party-president-797348-1988-06-14 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=India Today |date=15 June 1988 |language=en |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211085420/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19880615-ajit-singh-catapulted-as-janata-party-president-797348-1988-06-14 |url-status=live }} Later in October 1988, Janata Dal was formed by merging major opposition parties with Janata Party one of its constituent. But Swamy along with Indubhai Patel, H. D. Deve Gowda, Syed Shahabuddin, Sarojini Mahishi refused to accept the merger of Janata Party into Janata Dal and remained in Janata Party.{{Cite web |title=Blundering On |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/19890131-zzz-768512-2013-02-27 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=India Today |date=27 February 2013 |language=en |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211085421/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/19890131-zzz-768512-2013-02-27 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=State chiefs' selection deepens rift in Janata Dal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19890315-state-chiefs-selection-deepens-rift-in-janata-dal-815855-1989-03-14 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=India Today |date=15 March 1989 |language=en |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211085420/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19890315-state-chiefs-selection-deepens-rift-in-janata-dal-815855-1989-03-14 |url-status=live }} In December 1990, he was elected as president of Janata Party by Central Parliamentary Board.{{Cite news |date=19 December 1990 |title=Swamy elected as president |pages=2 |work=Leicester Mercury}}
=Electoral history =
- 1974–1976{{mdash}}Member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, elected on a Jan Sangh party ticket
- 1977–1980{{mdash}}Member of Lok Sabha from Mumbai North-East, elected on a Janata Party ticket
- 1980–1984{{mdash}}Member of Lok Sabha from Mumbai North-East, elected on a Janata Party ticket
- 1988–1994{{mdash}}Member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, elected on a Janata Party ticket
- 1998–1999{{mdash}}Member of Lok Sabha from Madurai, elected on a Janata Party ticket
- 2016–2022{{mdash}}Member of Rajya Sabha, Nominated Category
=Elections Contested (Lok Sabha)=
| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year ! Constituency ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! colspan="3" | Opponent ! Votes ! % ! Result ! Margin |
| 1977
|rowspan=3|Mumbai North East |{{Party name with color|Janata Party|rowspan=2}} | 260,699 | 61.34 |{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} | Kulkarni Rajaram Alias Raja Gopal | 137,577 | 32.37 |{{yes2|Won}} |{{yes2|123,122}} |
|---|
| 1980
| 199,472 | 40.00 | D. N. Chaulkar | 160,566 | 32.20 |{{yes2|Won}} |{{yes2|38,906}} |
| 1984
|{{Party name with color|Lokdal}} | 13,924 | 2.17 | 273,847 | 42.62 |{{no2|Lost}} |{{no2 |
| 259,923}} |
| 1996
|rowspan=4|Madurai |{{Party name with color|Janata Party|rowspan=4}} | 144,249 | 20.06 |{{Party name with color|Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)|rowspan=2}} | rowspan=2|A. G. S. Ram Babu | 334.055 | 46.45 |{{no2|Lost}} |{{no2 |
| 1,89,806}} |
| 1998
| 266,202 | 40.48 | 245,305 | 37.30 |{{yes2|Won}} |{{yes2|20,897}} |
| 1999
| 20,489 | 2.74 |{{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}} | rowspan=2|P. Mohan | 328,204 | 43.85 |{{no2|Lost}} |{{no2 |
| 3,07,715}} |
| 2004
| 12,009 | 1.62 | 414,433 | 56.03 |{{no2|Lost}} |{{no2 |
| 4,02,424}} |
= Minister of Commerce and Law of India (1990–1991) =
During 1990 and 1991, Swamy served as a member of the Planning Commission of India and as Cabinet Minister of Commerce and Law. On 27 December 1990, Financial Times published an interview of Swamy by David Housego in which he claimed that the decision to raise import duties by his government is a "panic reaction".{{Cite news|date=27 December 1990|title=Liberalism with drive in New Delhi, David Housego profiles leading leading free marketeer Subramanian Swamy.|page=4|work=Financial Times|url=https://archive.org/download/FinancialTimes1990UKEnglish/Dec%2027%201990%2C%20Financial%20Times%2C%20%2331338%2C%20UK%20%28en%29.pdf}} In Parliament Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar claimed that Swamy had denied what had been attributed to him in the article, but David Housego who wrote the story stood firmly by it.{{Cite magazine|author=Paranjoy Guha Thakurta|date=January 31, 1991|title=Subramanian Swamy embarrasses himself by threatening Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19910131-subramanian-swamy-embarrasses-himself-by-threatening-lok-sabha-speaker-rabi-ray-813942-1991-01-31|access-date=2022-01-03|magazine=India Today|language=en|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228192322/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19910131-subramanian-swamy-embarrasses-himself-by-threatening-lok-sabha-speaker-rabi-ray-813942-1991-01-31|url-status=live}}{{Cite journal |date=8 January 1991 |title=Re. Reported Interview given by the Minister of Commerce and Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Subramaniam Swamy, to the Financial Times, London. about Taxation |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/handle/123456789/811023?view_type=browse |url-status=live |website=Lok Sabha Digital Library |last1=Gangwar |first1=Santosh Kumar |last2=Chavda |first2=Khemchandbhai |last3=Malaviya |first3=Satya Prakash |last4=Durai |first4=M. Thambi |last5=Naik |first5=Ram |last6=Kumar |first6=Nitish |last7=Shrivastava |first7=Shailendra Nath |last8=Dhumal |first8=Prem Kumar |last9=Jha |first9=Bhogendra |last10=Makkasar |first10=Shopat Singh |last11=Rao |first11=Chakilam C. Srinivas |last12=Anbarasu |first12=Era |last13=Singh |first13=Dinesh |last14=Alampadan |first14=Vijayaraghavan |last15=Kumaramangalam |first15=P. R. |last16=Kuppuswamy |first16=C. K. |last17=Chatterjee |first17=Somnath |last18=Chaudhry |first18=Kamal |last19=Khurana |first19=Madan Lal |last20=Rawat |first20=Harish |last21=Purushottam |first21=Vasant Sathe |last22=Singh |first22=Manvendra |last23=Singh |first23=Jag Pal |last24=Advani |first24=Lal Krishna |last25=Choudhury |first25=Saifuddin |last26=Yadav |first26=Janardan |last27=Kundu |first27=Samarendra |last28=Gupta |first28=Indrajit |last29=Shekhar |first29=Chandra |last30=Ray |first30=Rabi |display-authors=1 |access-date=3 January 2022 |archive-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103183632/https://eparlib.nic.in/handle/123456789/811023?view_type=browse }}
Swamy along with Commerce Secretary Montek Singh Ahluwalia decided to build Trade Policy 1991-92 which would get rid of import licencing for a wide range of import and allow these items to be imported freely against licences earned by exporters. This policy was to be announced in April 1991 but Chandra Shekhar government was pulled down.{{Cite book |title=BACKSTAGE THE STORY BEHIND INDIA'S HIGH GROWTH YEARS |publisher=Rupa Publications India |year=202 |isbn=978-9353338213 |pages=122–123}}{{Cite web |last=IANS |date=2019-09-25 |title=Subramanian Swamy claims role in 1991 economic reforms |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/subramanian-swamy-claims-role-in-1991-economic-reforms |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}
Later years
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Between 1994 and 1996, Swamy was chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade (equivalent in rank to a cabinet minister) under Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. In 1997, he filed a petition against P. Chidambaram in Delhi High Court, which alleged that Chidambaram had violated Prevention of Corruption Act while purchasing shares of Fairgrowth Financial Services Limited in 1991.{{Cite news|date=1997-08-20|title=Hc Notice On Swamy Plea Against Chidambaram|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/hc-notice-on-swamy-plea-against-chidambaram-197082001148_1.html|access-date=2022-02-21|archive-date=21 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221191055/https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/hc-notice-on-swamy-plea-against-chidambaram-197082001148_1.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=1997-09-06|title=Hc Issues Notice To Chidambaram|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/hc-issues-notice-to-chidambaram-197090601218_1.html|access-date=2022-02-21|archive-date=21 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221191054/https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/hc-issues-notice-to-chidambaram-197090601218_1.html|url-status=live}} But in 1998, Delhi High Court dismissed his petition under technical grounds.{{Cite web|title=Chidambaram, a magnet to controversy|url=https://www.rediff.com/money/2005/sep/08pc1.htm|access-date=2022-02-21|website=www.rediff.com|archive-date=14 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214123234/https://www.rediff.com/money/2005/sep/08pc1.htm|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Subraminam Swamy vs State (Nct Of Delhi & Anr) on 23 January, 1998|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/311227/|url-status=live|access-date=22 February 2022|website=Indian Kanoon|archive-date=21 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221191059/https://indiankanoon.org/doc/311227/}}
During 1998 general election, Swamy formed an alliance with J. Jayalalithaa's AIADMK and won from Madurai constituency.{{Cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=K.M. |last2=Natarajan |first2=Anand |date=1998-02-23 |title=Tamil Nadu: Subramaniam Swamy patches up with Amma to contest jointly with AIADMK-BJP |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19980223-tamil-nadu-subramaniam-swamy-patches-up-with-amma-to-contest-jointly-with-aiadmk-bjp-825787-1998-02-23 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=25 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725163616/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19980223-tamil-nadu-subramaniam-swamy-patches-up-with-amma-to-contest-jointly-with-aiadmk-bjp-825787-1998-02-23 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Madurai |first=Constituency Profile |date=1998-02-11 |title=Rediff On The NeT: 'A BJP government at the Centre will protect the minorities' |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/11madur.htm |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Rediff.com |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311175557/https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/11madur.htm |url-status=live }} One year later, on 29 March 1999, Swamy organised a tea party to bring various opposition leaders together.{{Cite news |last=Kaushal |first=Pradeep |title=Encounters of a kind |work=Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/encounters-of-a-kind/289285/ |access-date=11 March 2022 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311175558/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/encounters-of-a-kind/289285/ |url-status=live }} This meeting was attended by various leaders like Chandra Shekhar, P. V. Narasimha Rao, H. D. Deve Gowda, J. Jayalalithaa, Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi etc.{{Cite web |last=Dasgupta |first=Swapan |date=26 April 1999 |title='Managing power not be a bed of roses for Congress unaccustomed to coalition politics' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19990426-managing-power-not-be-a-bed-of-roses-for-congress-unaccustomed-to-coalition-politics-780753-1999-04-26 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311175849/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19990426-managing-power-not-be-a-bed-of-roses-for-congress-unaccustomed-to-coalition-politics-780753-1999-04-26 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Rediff On The NeT: Jaya meets Sonia, warns of 'political quake' |url=https://m.rediff.com/news/1999/mar/29jaya3.htm |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=m.rediff.com |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205165352/https://m.rediff.com/news/1999/mar/29jaya3.htm |url-status=live }} This led to AIADMK's withdrawal from NDA coalition government and the government lost the majority in the Lok Sabha.{{Cite news |last=Dugger |first=Celia W. |date=1999-04-15 |title=India's Ruling Party Loses Its Partner, and Its Majority Standing |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/15/world/india-s-ruling-party-loses-its-partner-and-its-majority-standing.html |access-date=2022-03-11 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311175558/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/15/world/india-s-ruling-party-loses-its-partner-and-its-majority-standing.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Dugger |first=Celia W. |date=1999-04-18 |title=COALITION TOPPLES IN INDIA, DEFEATED BY JUST ONE VOTE |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/18/world/coalition-topples-in-india-defeated-by-just-one-vote.html |access-date=2022-03-11 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311175558/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/18/world/coalition-topples-in-india-defeated-by-just-one-vote.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2015-05-10 |title=When Subramanian Swamy turned his attention to an old enemy and friend – J Jayalalithaa |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/when-subramanian-swamy-turned-his-attention-old-enemy-and-friend-j-jayalalithaa-30587 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=The News Minute |language=en |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311175441/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/when-subramanian-swamy-turned-his-attention-old-enemy-and-friend-j-jayalalithaa-30587 |url-status=live }}
On 15 May 2004, Swamy wrote a letter to President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam raising doubt whether Sonia Gandhi can become Prime Minister of India citing Section 5 of Citizenship Act, 1955.{{Cite web |title=Why Dr Manmohan Singh and not Sonia Gandhi became the PM in 2004 |url=https://www.moneylife.in/article/why-dr-manmohan-singh-and-not-sonia-gandhi-became-the-pm-in-2004/25404.html |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Moneylife NEWS & VIEWS |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=President's Secretariat Releases Dr. Subramanian Swamy's Letter To Dr. Abdul Kalam Regarding Sonia Gandhi {{!}} PDF |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/122446496/President-s-secretariat-releases-Dr-Subramanian-Swamy-s-letter-to-Dr-Abdul-Kalam-regarding-Sonia-Gandhi |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Scribd |language=en}}
On 11 October 2004, Swamy along with Chandra Shekhar and George Fernandes formed Rashtriya Swabhiman Manch to oppose Sonia Gandhi and policies adopted by UPA government.{{Cite web |title=Sonia-baiters yet to reveal agenda |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/sonia-baiters-yet-to-reveal-agenda-1.335393 |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=gulfnews.com |date=12 October 2004 |language=en |archive-date=4 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304180139/https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/sonia-baiters-yet-to-reveal-agenda-1.335393 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=12 October 2004 |title=National Swabhiman Manch formed |work=The Tribune |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041012/nation.htm |access-date=4 March 2023 |archive-date=4 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304180146/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041012/nation.htm |url-status=live }} He continued to be president of the Janata Party till 2013. On 11 August 2013, Swamy officially joined the BJP when its president was Rajnath Singh. His admission to the party would mark the merger of the Janata Party with the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite web |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/subramanian-swamys-janta-party-merges-with-bjp/1153983/?socialmedia |title=Subramanian Swamy's Janta Party merges with BJP |work=The Indian Express |date=11 August 2013 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=7 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507101845/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/subramanian-swamys-janta-party-merges-with-bjp/1153983/?socialmedia |url-status=live }}
On 8 April 2015, Swamy formed Virat Hindustan Sangam, a right-wing cultural organisation to push issues like building Ram Mandir, scrapping Article 370 and bringing Uniform Civil Code.{{Cite news |date=2015-04-08 |title=Subramanian Swamy launches Hindutva outfit |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/subramanian-swamy-launches-hindutva-outfit/articleshow/46852017.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-01-25 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}{{Cite web |date=2015-04-08 |title=BJP's Subramaniam Swamy launches Hindutva outfit |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/bjps-subramaniam-swamy-launches-hindutva-outfit/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
Court petitions
=Complaint against Jayalalithaa=
In 1996, Swamy had filed a criminal complaint against Jayalalithaa which led to her prosecution, conviction and sentencing to four years imprisonment by the trial court in 2014.{{Cite news|date=2014-09-27|title=Jayalalithaa conviction: As it happened|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/live-jayalalithaa-wealth-case-verdict/article11154203.ece|access-date=2022-02-08|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208080816/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/live-jayalalithaa-wealth-case-verdict/article11154203.ece|url-status=live}} Later, on 11 May 2015, a special Bench of the Karnataka High Court set aside the trial court order convicting former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha, who was acquitted of all charges in the disproportionate assets case.{{Cite web|title=Dr. Subramanian Swamy vs J. Jayalalitha on 20 August, 1996|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1137705/|website=Indian Kanoon|access-date=8 February 2022|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208080818/https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1137705/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Jayalalithaa guilty in assets case, Gets 4-year jail term |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jayalalithaa-verdict-assets-case-disproportionate-special-court/1/393035.html |publisher=India Today |date=27 September 2014 |location=Bangalore |access-date=27 September 2014 |archive-date=27 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927054828/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jayalalithaa-verdict-assets-case-disproportionate-special-court/1/393035.html |url-status=live }} An Appeal against the High court verdict was filed in Supreme Court.{{cite news |url=http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/supreme-court-to-hear-karnatakas-plea-against-jayalalithaas-acquittal-1231332 |title=Supreme Court to Hear Karnataka's Plea Against Jayalalithaa's Acquittal |work=NDTV |date=2015-10-12 |access-date=2016-01-18 |archive-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131005445/http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/supreme-court-to-hear-karnatakas-plea-against-jayalalithaas-acquittal-1231332 |url-status=live }} The final verdict of Supreme Court came in February 2017 that indicted Jayalalitha posthumously and upheld the trial court judgement in toto.{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Jayalalithaa-Sasikala-criminally-conspired-at-Poes-Garden-to-launder-ill-gotten-wealth-SC/article17301596.ece |title=Jayalalithaa, Sasikala criminally conspired at Poes Garden to launder ill-gotten wealth: SC |last=Rajagopal |first=Krishnadas |work=The Hindu |access-date=2017-02-19 |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214124736/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Jayalalithaa-Sasikala-criminally-conspired-at-Poes-Garden-to-launder-ill-gotten-wealth-SC/article17301596.ece |url-status=live }}
=Phone tapping allegation=
Swamy released a letter alleging that former intelligence chief had asked DoT to tap the phone of many politicians and businessmen in Karnataka{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Watch-out-Your-phone-may-be-tapped/articleshow/1190723.cms?referral=PM |title=Watch out! Your phone may be tapped |work=The Times of India |date=4 August 2005 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=9 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409204132/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Watch-out-Your-phone-may-be-tapped/articleshow/1190723.cms?referral=PM |url-status=live }} when Ramakrishna Hegde, the then Chief Minister, resigned in 1988.{{cite web |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIBG%2F2010%2F04%2F26&ID=Ar01501 |title=Phone-tapping allegations forced Hegde to quit in '88 |access-date=18 December 2013 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330022638/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIBG%2F2010%2F04%2F26&ID=Ar01501 |url-status=dead }} Hegde then filed a case against him in 1989 and 1990.{{cite web |url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1559770/ |title=Dr. Subramaniam Swamy vs Ramakrishna Hegde on 18 October, 1989 |access-date=30 March 2014 |archive-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330124658/http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1559770/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgs1.aspx?filename=39307 |title=Judgment |language=en |access-date=22 July 2023 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219001856/http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgs1.aspx?filename=39307 |archive-date=19 December 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/scr/2012_v5_piv.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818204917/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/scr/2012_v5_piv.pdf |archive-date=18 August 2013 |df=dmy-all}}
=Hashimpura massacre=
{{Main|Hashimpura massacre}}
In 1987, when Muslim youths were killed under police custody, Swamy spoke against it and sat on a fast for more than a week in Jantar Mantar demanding the institution of an inquiry.{{citation |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/51993-why-is-bjp-always-doing-congress-a-favour?.html |title=Why is BJP always doing Congress a favour? |periodical=Daily Pioneer |date=14 July 2012 |author=Shahroze Tariq Raza |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716233544/http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/51993-why-is-bjp-always-doing-congress-a-favour?.html |archive-date=16 July 2012}} After 25 years he started pursuing the case once again in court.{{citation|last=Das|first=Nairita|title=Subramanian Swamy gets brahmastra against Chidambaram|date=10 July 2012|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2012/07/10/subramanian-swamy-gets-weapon-against-chidambaram-riot-1032579.html|periodical=News One India|access-date=13 August 2016|archive-date=21 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821181639/http://www.oneindia.com/2012/07/10/subramanian-swamy-gets-weapon-against-chidambaram-riot-1032579.html|url-status=live}}
Rebecca John, a counsel for the Hashimpura complainants, told Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Siddhartha who is conducting the trial in the case, that "there is no other motive than politics behind Swamy's plea for further investigation and it would only further delay the trial".{{cite web |author=TNN |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Hashimpura-massacre-case-Victims-oppose-Subramanian-Swamys-plea-for-further-probe/articleshow/17934379.cms |title=Hashimpura massacre case: Victims oppose Subramanian Swamy's plea for further probe |date=8 January 2013 |access-date=19 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119181437/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-08/india/36215347_1_hashimpura-subramanian-swamy-janata-party-president |archive-date=19 January 2013 |url-status=live |work=The Times of India |df=dmy-all }}
=Role in exposing 2G spectrum case=
{{main|2G spectrum case}}
In November 2008, Swamy amongst others wrote the first of five letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking permission to prosecute A. Raja in regard to 2G spectrum case.{{cite news |title=2G chronology |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Chronology-of-events-in-the-2G-scam-case/Article1-805604.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824100351/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Chronology-of-events-in-the-2G-scam-case/Article1-805604.aspx |archive-date=24 August 2012}} After not receiving any response,{{cite web |title=2G Spectrum Shadiness |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/Story/615/Spectrum-Shadiness.html |work=The Caravan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130091658/http://caravanmagazine.in/Story/615/Spectrum-Shadiness.html |archive-date=30 November 2010 |access-date=5 May 2012}} Swamy decided to file a case on his own in the Supreme Court of India regarding the matter, which then asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to produce a detailed report on it.{{citation |date=6 February 2011 |access-date=1 August 2011 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/06/stories/2011020659910600.htm |title=CBI asked to file detailed report on 2G scam |author=Jiby Kattakayam |location=Chennai, India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825071135/http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/06/stories/2011020659910600.htm |archive-date=25 August 2011 |work=The Hindu |df=dmy-all}} He further called on the Indian government to re-auction the 2G spectrum without the involvement of Communications Minister Kapil Sibal.{{citation |url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/auction-2g-spectrum-restrain-sibal-subramanian-swamy-20110110-034015-410.html |title=Re-auction 2G spectrum, restrain Sibal: Subramanian Swamy |work=Indo-Asian News Service |date=11 January 2011 |access-date=1 August 2011 |archive-date=19 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519123818/http://in.news.yahoo.com/auction-2g-spectrum-restrain-sibal-subramanian-swamy-20110110-034015-410.html |url-status=live }}
On 15 April 2011, he filed a 206-page petition with PM Singh seeking permission to prosecute Sonia Gandhi on charges of corruption. He also raised doubts regarding her acquisition of Indian citizenship.{{citation |url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article383222.ece |work=The New Indian Express |title=Permit me to prosecute Sonia: Swamy |date=19 April 2011 |access-date=1 August 2011 |archive-date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227050537/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article383222.ece |url-status=dead }} Swamy filed documents in the court to prosecute Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram by including a 15 January 2008 letter written by Chidambaram to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Swamy also placed on record the certified copy of the minutes of a meeting between Chidambaram, Raja and the prime minister during the tenure of Raja as the MOC&IT.{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/2g-case-subramanian-swamy-submits-documents-against-chidambaram-arguments-on-january-21/articleshow/11399259.cms |title=2G case: Subramanian Swamy submits documents against Chidambaram, arguments on January 21 |work=The Economic Times |date=7 January 2012 |access-date=7 January 2012 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330045759/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/2g-case-subramanian-swamy-submits-documents-against-chidambaram-arguments-on-january-21/articleshow/11399259.cms |url-status=live }} Since criminal charges were filed against the accused, but no evidence was given by Swamy or the CBI, all the respondents have got bail as of July 2012.
==Sanction to prosecute telecom minister A. Raja==
On 31 January 2012, the Supreme Court of India accepted Swamy's petition against the Prime Minister's Office in the 2G case, saying that all public authorities should give a sanction within three months against any public official if a request is made for prosecution.{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/2g-case-sc-allows-swamys-petition-on-grant-of-sanction/articleshow/11696767.cms|title=2G case: SC allows Swamy's petition on grant of sanction|date=2012-01-31|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-01-01|archive-date=22 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322154639/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/2g-case-sc-allows-swamys-petition-on-grant-of-sanction/articleshow/11696767.cms|url-status=live}}
The Supreme Court said that Swamy had the locus standi to seek sanction from the Prime Minister for the prosecution of A. Raja in the 2G case. Sanction by a competent authority for the prosecution of a public servant has to be granted within a time frame, the apex court said. Justice AK Ganguly said that the sanction would be deemed to be granted if competent authority failed to take a decision within four months.{{Cite news|last1=|first1=|title=Prosecuting corrupt officials: SC sets deadline for govt|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Prosecuting-corrupt-officials-SC-sets-deadline-for-govt/articleshow/11696857.cms|access-date=2020-01-01|website=The Times of India|date=31 January 2012|language=en|archive-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402043143/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Prosecuting-corrupt-officials-SC-sets-deadline-for-govt/articleshow/11696857.cms|url-status=live}}
Swamy's arguments were that he wrote to the PMO on 29 November 2008, but it was only on 19 March 2010 the PMO replied that the plea made by Swamy was "premature" as investigation was being carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Raja was arrested by the CBI in the case and got bail on 15 May 2012 after spending nearly 15 months in the Tihar Central Jail.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3421102.ece |location=Chennai |work=The Hindu |title=Raja gets bail, walks out of Tihar jail |date=15 May 2012 |access-date=20 May 2012 |archive-date=18 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518081702/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3421102.ece |url-status=live }}
On 21 December 2017, the special CBI Court Judge acquitted the accused including A. Raja.{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2g-scam-verdict-today/liveblog/62187750.cms |title=2G scam case: All accused acquitted |website=The Times of India |date=21 December 2017 |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-date=22 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222060824/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2g-scam-verdict-today/liveblog/62187750.cms |url-status=live }}
= Petition to strike down "single directive provision" =
In 1997, Swamy filed a petition in the Supreme Court of India to strike down a provision which barred CBI from investigating corruption charges against officers of the rank of joint secretary and above without prior permission of the Government of India called as "Dr. Subramanian Swamy Versus Director, Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr."{{cite news|date=14 February 2005|title=With govt's single directive, law no longer above all|work=The Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/With-govts-single-directive-law-no-longer-above-all/articleshow/1019946.cms|access-date=6 May 2014|archive-date=12 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112235601/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/With-govts-single-directive-law-no-longer-above-all/articleshow/1019946.cms|url-status=live}} on 6 May 2014, a five-judge constitution bench held the single directive provision as invalid and unconstitutional. The court said that "Protection of prior approval for probing graft charges against officers at level of joint secretary and above has propensity of shielding corruption."{{cite news|date=6 May 2014|title=CBI can investigate corruption charges against top babus without govt nod: SC|work=The Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CBI-can-investigate-corruption-charges-against-top-babus-without-govt-nod-SC/articleshow/34726114.cms|access-date=6 May 2014|archive-date=6 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506134446/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CBI-can-investigate-corruption-charges-against-top-babus-without-govt-nod-SC/articleshow/34726114.cms|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Supreme Court Judgement in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 38 OF 1997 |url=http://sci.nic.in/outtoday/41503.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506183826/http://sci.nic.in/outtoday/41503.pdf |archive-date=2014-05-06}} Incumbent CBI Director Ranjit Sinha welcomed the judgement and said, "now a very heavy responsibility has been cast upon us to ensure that no innocent civil-servant is harassed."{{cite news |title=CBI welcomes Supreme Court decision |url=http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail2/story167291/cbi-welcomes-supreme-court-decision-on-investigating-officers-of-jt-secretary-rank.html |access-date=6 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511030532/http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail2/story167291/cbi-welcomes-supreme-court-decision-on-investigating-officers-of-jt-secretary-rank.html |archive-date=11 May 2014 |df=dmy-all}}
=Investigation on EVM=
{{further|Indian voting machines}}
Swamy demanded that an independent committee should be formed to check the security and safety of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to avoid any rigging or tampering. He demanded that a printed receipt should be given to every voter after casting the vote.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/swamy-for-expert-panel-on-secure-evms/article106271.ece |title=Swamy for expert panel on secure EVMs |location=CHENNAI |work=The Hindu |date=13 February 2010 |access-date=23 July 2013 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112235601/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/swamy-for-expert-panel-on-secure-evms/article106271.ece |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/evms-not-tamperfree/article712729.ece |title=EVMs not tamper-free |work=The Hindu |date=18 February 2010 |access-date=18 January 2013 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112235601/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/evms-not-tamperfree/article712729.ece |url-status=live }} His PIL to investigate the working of EVM was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on 17 January 2012. The court refused to give any direction to the Election Commission to bring back paper-ballot system or use of printed receipts. The Commission argued that the use of paper is not feasible due to the huge size of Indian electorate. The court further asked the Election Commission to "immediately begin a process of wider consultations" and the Parliament "to go into this question in depth and decide".{{cite web |author=Anita |url=http://www.oneindia.com/2012/01/17/delhi-hc-says-not-impossible-to-tamper-evm-s.html |title=Delhi High Court says not impossible to tamper EVMs |work=OneIndia |date=17 January 2012 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=21 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821162836/http://www.oneindia.com/2012/01/17/delhi-hc-says-not-impossible-to-tamper-evm-s.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/delhi-hc-rejects-swamys-plea-to-bring-back-paper-ballots/900646 |title=Delhi HC rejects Swamy's plea to bring back paper ballots |work=The Indian Express |date=17 January 2012 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=14 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214065733/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/delhi-hc-rejects-swamys-plea-to-bring-back-paper-ballots/900646 |url-status=live }}
On 22 January 2013 the Election Commission informed the Supreme Court that it would include Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system which is in the testing phase after the court agreed with some points raised by Swamy who was the contender,{{cite web |url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/outtoday/9093.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231056/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/outtoday/9093.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |df=dmy-all}} in the machines so that every voter will come to know who he/she is voting by getting a printed slip after pressing the EVM button.{{cite web |author=PTI |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Voter-to-get-paper-receipt-after-casting-ballot-EC-tells-SC/articleshow/18134882.cms?referral=PM |title=Voter to get paper receipt after casting ballot: EC tells SC |work=The Times of India |date=22 January 2013 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402203349/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Voter-to-get-paper-receipt-after-casting-ballot-EC-tells-SC/articleshow/18134882.cms?referral=PM |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/voter-paper-trail-in-phases-ec/article4333597.ece |title=Voter paper trail in phases: EC |work=The Hindu |date=23 January 2013 |access-date=24 February 2013 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203214457/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/voter-paper-trail-in-phases-ec/article4333597.ece |url-status=live }} The voter paper audit trail has then been in use from 4 September 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/ec-to-use-voter-verifiable-paper-audit-trail-vvpat-system-in-nagaland-bypolls-1376729528-1 |title=EC to use Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) System in Nagaland by-polls |work=Jagranjosh.com |date=17 August 2013 |access-date=18 November 2013 |archive-date=23 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123123325/http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/ec-to-use-voter-verifiable-paper-audit-trail-vvpat-system-in-nagaland-bypolls-1376729528-1 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/new-delhi-voters-can-verify-who-they-voted-for/article5362745.ece |title=New Delhi voters can verify who they voted for |work=The Hindu |date=18 November 2013 |access-date=18 November 2013 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203212718/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/new-delhi-voters-can-verify-who-they-voted-for/article5362745.ece |url-status=live }}
On 8 October 2013 the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to implement audit trail system in 2014 general election in phases.{{cite web |url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/supreme-court-1381300734-1 |title=Supreme Court Directed Election Commission to Install VVPAT System in EVMs for 2014 Polls |work=Jagranjosh.com |date=9 October 2013 |access-date=18 November 2013 |archive-date=23 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123120525/http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/supreme-court-1381300734-1 |url-status=live }}
=National Herald case =
{{Main|National Herald Case}}
On 1 November 2012 Swamy alleged that both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi have committed fraud and land grabbing to a tune of {{INRConvert|20|b}} by acquiring a public ltd company called Associated Journals Private Ltd (AJPL) through their owned private company, Young Indian{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/national-herald-case-where-the-matter-stands/ |title=National Herald case explained: Everything that you need to know |publisher=The Indian Express |date=8 December 2015 |access-date=8 December 2015 |archive-date=19 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219084153/http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/national-herald-case-where-the-matter-stands/ |url-status=live }} which was formed on 23 November 2010.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/congress-to-revive-national-herald-challenges-swamy-to-take-it-to-court/article4058571.ece |title=Congress to revive National Herald, challenges Swamy to take it to court |work=The Hindu |date=3 November 2015 |last1=Gupta |first1=Smita |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227075827/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/congress-to-revive-national-herald-challenges-swamy-to-take-it-to-court/article4058571.ece |url-status=live }} Through this they had got publication rights of National Herald and Qaumi Awaz newspapers, with real estate properties in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/national-herald-case-enforcement-directorate-mulling-probe-possibility/article7959871.ece |title=National Herald case: Enforcement Directorate mulling probe possibility |work=The Hindu |date=8 December 2015 |last1=Pandey |first1=Devesh K. |access-date=8 December 2015 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112235601/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/national-herald-case-enforcement-directorate-mulling-probe-possibility/article7959871.ece |url-status=live }} The acquired place was intended only for newspaper purposes but were used for running a passport office, amounting to crores of rupees, it alleges.{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/personal-finance-news/national-herald-case-heres-how-much-associated-journals-seven-properties-worth/articleshow/50165303.cms|title=National Herald case: Here's how much Associated Journals' seven properties worth|last1=Babar|first1=Kailash|date=2015-12-14|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-01-01|last2=Sharma|first2=Ravi Teja|archive-date=5 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305222034/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/personal-finance-news/national-herald-case-heres-how-much-associated-journals-seven-properties-worth/articleshow/50165303.cms|url-status=live}} Swamy further added that Rahul Gandhi hid the facts in his affidavit while filing nomination for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.{{cite web |author=Sanjay Singh |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/swamy-does-a-kejriwal-targets-sonia-rahul-for-landgrab-511644.html |title=Swamy does a Kejriwal, targets Sonia & Rahul for landgrab |publisher=Firstpost |date=1 November 2012 |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-date=23 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523184238/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/swamy-does-a-kejriwal-targets-sonia-rahul-for-landgrab-511644.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=New Delhi, 1 Nov 2012, DHNS |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/289449/swamy-accuses-sonia-rahul-property.html |title=Swamy accuses Sonia, Rahul of property fraud |work=Deccan Herald |date=1 November 2012 |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-date=26 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426082136/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/289449/swamy-accuses-sonia-rahul-property.html |url-status=live }}
It further alleges that on 26 February 2011 AJPL approved the transfer of unsecured loan of {{INRConvert|900|m}} from the All India Congress Committee at zero interest.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rahul-threatens-to-sue-subramanian-swamy/article4055087.ece |title=Rahul threatens to sue Subramanian Swamy |work=The Hindu |date=2 November 2012 |access-date=8 December 2015 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112235601/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rahul-threatens-to-sue-subramanian-swamy/article4055087.ece |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.indiatoday.in/story/national-herald-case-sonia-gandhi-rahul-will-have-to-appear-in-court/1/540297.html |title=National Herald case: Sonia Gandhi, Rahul will have to appear in court |publisher=India Today |date=7 December 2015}}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Swamy argued that it is illegal for any political party to lend the loan as per violation of Section 269T of Income Tax Act 1961.{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/what-is-the-national-herald-case-all-about/1/541733.html |title=What is the National Herald case all about? |publisher=India Today |date=8 December 2015 |access-date=9 December 2015 |archive-date=20 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220133357/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/what-is-the-national-herald-case-all-about/1/541733.html |url-status=live }} on 2 November, the party responded that the loan was given only for reviving National Herald newspaper with no commercial interest.{{cite news |author=Smita Gupta |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/congress-to-revive-national-herald-challenges-swamy-to-take-it-to-court/article4058571.ece |title=Congress to revive National Herald, challenges Swamy to take it to court |work=The Hindu |date=2 November 2012 |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227075827/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/congress-to-revive-national-herald-challenges-swamy-to-take-it-to-court/article4058571.ece |url-status=live }} Swamy decided to approach the Supreme Court for de-recognising the Congress party, while the Election Commission ordered the probe on 17 November 2012.{{cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/swamy-to-move-court-against-ec/article4073917.ece |title=Swamy to move court against EC |work=The Hindu |date=7 November 2012 |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-date=10 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110190024/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/swamy-to-move-court-against-ec/article4073917.ece |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.news18.com/news/politics/ec-orders-probe-against-rahul-gandhi-for-wrong-information-522167.html |title=EC orders probe against Rahul Gandhi for 'wrong information' about his assets- Politics News- Politics-IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=17 November 2012 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922172350/http://www.news18.com/news/politics/ec-orders-probe-against-rahul-gandhi-for-wrong-information-522167.html |url-status=live }}
The hearing of the case had been taken up thereafter on different occasions{{cite web |url=http://www.oneindia.com/2013/03/16/subramanian-swamy-s-victory-against-sonia-rahul-gandhi-1173225.html |title=Subramanian Swamy's victory against Sonia, Rahul Gandhi |publisher=One India |date=16 March 2013 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=21 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821221121/http://www.oneindia.com/2013/03/16/subramanian-swamy-s-victory-against-sonia-rahul-gandhi-1173225.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/national-herald-acquisition-delhi-court-summons-roc-to-testify-records.html |title=National Herald Acquisition: Delhi Court Summons ROC to Testify Records |publisher=dailypioneer |date=29 April 2014 |access-date=30 April 2014 |archive-date=2 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502010312/http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/national-herald-acquisition-delhi-court-summons-roc-to-testify-records.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/court-summons-sonia-gandhi-rahul-in-national-herald-land-grab-case_942922.html |title=Court summons Sonia Gandhi, Rahul in National Herald land grab case |publisher=Zee News |date=26 June 2014 |access-date=26 June 2014 |archive-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702195725/http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/court-summons-sonia-gandhi-rahul-in-national-herald-land-grab-case_942922.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/National-Herald-case-Delhi-HC-stays-criminal-proceedings-against-Sonia-Gandhi-Rahul-Gandhi/articleshow/39756755.cms |title=National Herald case: Delhi HC stays criminal proceedings against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi |publisher=Times of India |date=6 August 2014 |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-date=17 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917190210/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/National-Herald-case-Delhi-HC-stays-criminal-proceedings-against-Sonia-Gandhi-Rahul-Gandhi/articleshow/39756755.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/national-herald-case-relief-for-sonia-rahul-delhi-hc-stays-summons-till-august-13_952910.html |title=National Herald case: Relief for Sonia, Rahul, Delhi HC stays summons till August 13 |publisher=Zee News |date=6 August 2014 |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808232354/http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/national-herald-case-relief-for-sonia-rahul-delhi-hc-stays-summons-till-august-13_952910.html |url-status=live }} with the court observing prima facie evidence against all the accused.{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/national-herald-case-what-you-should-know/20151209.htm |title=National Herald case: What you should know |work=Rediff.com |date=9 December 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-date=24 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224154817/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/national-herald-case-what-you-should-know/20151209.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/national-herald-case-where-the-matter-stands/ |title=National Herald case explained: Everything you need to know |publisher=The Indian Express |date=10 December 2015 |access-date=8 December 2015 |archive-date=19 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219084153/http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/national-herald-case-where-the-matter-stands/ |url-status=live }} on 1 August 2014 the Enforcement Directorate initiated probe to find any money laundering in the case{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/national-herald-case-trouble-for-sonia-rahul-as-ed-begins-preliminary-probe_951680.html |title=National Herald case: Trouble for Sonia, Rahul as ED begins preliminary probe |publisher=Zee News |date=1 August 2014 |access-date=1 August 2014 |archive-date=2 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802104309/http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/national-herald-case-trouble-for-sonia-rahul-as-ed-begins-preliminary-probe_951680.html |url-status=live }} while on the same day Swamy was served notice by the High Court.{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/national-herald-case-delhi-high-court-serves-notice-to-subramanian-swamy-congress-sonia-gandhi-rahul-gandhi/1/375130.html |title=National Herald case: Delhi High Court serves notice to Subramanian Swamy |publisher=India Today |date=1 August 2014 |access-date=1 August 2014 |archive-date=1 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801134409/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/national-herald-case-delhi-high-court-serves-notice-to-subramanian-swamy-congress-sonia-gandhi-rahul-gandhi/1/375130.html |url-status=live }} on 28 August the metropolitan court fixed 9 December for the next hearing of the case,{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/national-herald-case-delhi-trial-court-to-hear-case-on-9-december-1686177.html |title=National Herald case: Delhi trial court to hear case on 9 December |publisher=First Post |date=28 August 2014 |access-date=30 August 2014 |archive-date=31 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831164442/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/national-herald-case-delhi-trial-court-to-hear-case-on-9-december-1686177.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.oneindia.com/india/court-defers-hearing-in-national-herald-case-1510868.html |title=Court defers hearing in National Herald case |publisher=One India |date=28 August 2014 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=21 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821203219/http://www.oneindia.com/india/court-defers-hearing-in-national-herald-case-1510868.html |url-status=live }} while on 12 January 2015 the judge of the Delhi High Court recused himself from hearing the case stating that schedule of cases has been changed and directed that the petitions be directed before an appropriate bench.{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/national-herald-case-judge-recuses-from-hearing-sonia-gandhi-rahul-gandhi-plea/ |title=National Herald case: Judge recuses from hearing Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi plea |publisher=The Indian Express |date=12 January 2015 |access-date=24 January 2015 |archive-date=15 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115074129/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/national-herald-case-judge-recuses-from-hearing-sonia-gandhi-rahul-gandhi-plea/ |url-status=live }} on 27 January 2015, the Supreme Court asked Swamy to make out a case for the speedy trial in the Delhi High Court since the petition cannot be heard directly.{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/national-herald-case-sc-directs-subramanian-swamy-approach-delhi-hc-2067027.html |title=National Herald case: SC directs Subramanian Swamy to approach Delhi HC |publisher=First Post |date=27 January 2015 |access-date=19 February 2015 |archive-date=30 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130034454/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/national-herald-case-sc-directs-subramanian-swamy-approach-delhi-hc-2067027.html |url-status=live }}
On 18 September 2015 it was reported that the Enforcement Directorate had reopened the investigation.{{cite web |url=http://www.news18.com/news/politics/enforcement-directorate-reopens-national-herald-case-involving-sonia-and-rahul-gandhi-which-was-closed-in-august-1102471.html |title=Enforcement Directorate reopens National Herald case involving Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, which was closed in August |publisher=IBN Live |date=18 September 2015 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922172405/http://www.news18.com/news/politics/enforcement-directorate-reopens-national-herald-case-involving-sonia-and-rahul-gandhi-which-was-closed-in-august-1102471.html |url-status=live }} Following it, on 19 December 2015 Patiala House Court granted unconditional bail immediately on the hearing to all the five accused but one.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gandhis-get-bail-in-herald-case/article8008532.ece |title=Sonia, Rahul get bail, hit out at Modi |work=The Hindu |date=19 December 2015 |last1=Kumar |first1=Nirnimesh |last2=Iqbal |first2=Mohammed |last3=Jeelani |first3=Mehboob |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112235601/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gandhis-get-bail-in-herald-case/article8008532.ece |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/india-gandhis-sonia-rahul-congress-idINKBN0U208Z20151219 |title=Sonia, Rahul Gandhi get bail after rare court date over alleged fraud |publisher=Reuters India |date=19 December 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-date=24 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224103801/http://in.reuters.com/article/india-gandhis-sonia-rahul-congress-idINKBN0U208Z20151219 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/live-national-herald-case-sonia-rahul-gandhi-to-appear-before-court-2157431 |title=National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul Gandhi immediately get bail; next hearing on February 20 |work=Daily News and Analysis |date=19 December 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222015927/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/live-national-herald-case-sonia-rahul-gandhi-to-appear-before-court-2157431 |url-status=live }} on 12 July 2016 the Delhi High Court set aside the trial court order of 11 January{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/National-Herald-case-Relief-for-Congress/articleshow/53172103.cms |title=National Herald case: Relief for Congress |publisher=Times of India |date=12 July 2016 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=17 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717171618/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/National-Herald-case-Relief-for-Congress/articleshow/53172103.cms |url-status=live }} and 11 March{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/national-herald-case-delhi-court-asks-for-balance-sheets-of-ajl-congress/ |title=National Herald case: Delhi Court asks for balance sheets of AJL, Congress |publisher=The Indian Express |date=12 March 2016 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=7 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707124825/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/national-herald-case-delhi-court-asks-for-balance-sheets-of-ajl-congress/ |url-status=live }} based on plea by Swamy to examine balance sheets of Congress party, AJL and Young Indian from 2010 to 2013,{{cite web |url=http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/writereaddata/upload/Announcements/AnnouncementFile_BE5FNPPV.PDF |title=J- 2 Pronouncement of Judgements (Applet. Jurisdiction), 1.CRL.M.C 671/2016, 2.CRL.M.C. 672/2016, 3.CRL.M.C. 1317/2016, 4.CRL.M.C.1319/2016, 5.CRL.M.C.1321/2016 |publisher=Delhi High Court |date=12 July 2016 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=16 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916083151/http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/writereaddata/upload/Announcements/AnnouncementFile_BE5FNPPV.PDF |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/national-herald-case-congress-hopes-delhi-high-court-ruling-will-end-bjp-subramanian-swamys-celebrations-2910408/ |title=National Herald case: Congress hopes Delhi High Court ruling will end BJP, Subramanian Swamy's celebrations |publisher=The Indian Express |date=12 July 2016 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818011313/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/national-herald-case-congress-hopes-delhi-high-court-ruling-will-end-bjp-subramanian-swamys-celebrations-2910408/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/why-is-congress-so-afraid-of-national-herald-papers-will-re-apply-for-same-subramanian-swamy_1908050.html |title=Why is Congress so afraid of National Herald papers? Will re-apply for documents: Subramanian Swamy |publisher=Zee News |date=17 July 2016 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819020234/http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/why-is-congress-so-afraid-of-national-herald-papers-will-re-apply-for-same-subramanian-swamy_1908050.html |url-status=live }} and fixed the date of next hearing on 20 August.{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/will-file-fresh-application-in-herald-case-swamy-to-court-116071600485_1.html |title=Will file fresh application in National Herald case: Subramanian Swamy to court |newspaper=Business Standard India |publisher=Business Standard |date=16 July 2016 |agency=Press Trust of India |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=21 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821071659/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/will-file-fresh-application-in-herald-case-swamy-to-court-116071600485_1.html |url-status=live }} Currently, the case proceedings are on-going in Delhi High Court.{{Cite web| url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/i-have-no-documents-to-prove-that-rent-was-paid-to-young-india-152248| title='I Have No Documents to Prove that Rent Was Paid to Young India': Subramanian Swamy Deposes in National Herald Case| date=February 2020| access-date=3 February 2020| archive-date=3 February 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203065716/https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/i-have-no-documents-to-prove-that-rent-was-paid-to-young-india-152248| url-status=live}}
=Temple cases=
==Nataraja temple case==
Swamy had filed a petition in the Supreme Court with priests of the Dikshitar sect challenging the decision of the Madras High Court on transferring the administration of the Nataraja temple to the then Tamil Nadu government in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/south/tamil-nadu-government-will-not-manage-famous-temple-rules-supreme-court-546936 |title=Tamil Nadu government will not manage famous temple, rules Supreme Court |author=J Sam Daniel Stalin |date=6 January 2014 |work=NDTV.com |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033212/http://www.ndtv.com/south/tamil-nadu-government-will-not-manage-famous-temple-rules-supreme-court-546936 |url-status=live }}
Swamy on referring to the provisions of Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, contended that Podu Dikshitars have right to administer the temple{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nataraja-temple-to-be-managed-by-priest-not-by-Tamil-Nadu-govt/articleshow/28474693.cms |title=Nataraja temple to be managed by priest, not by Tamil Nadu govt |work=The Times of India |date=6 January 2014 |access-date=9 March 2014 |archive-date=12 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912124248/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nataraja-temple-to-be-managed-by-priest-not-by-Tamil-Nadu-govt/articleshow/28474693.cms |url-status=live }} and argued on handing over the administration on mismanagement grounds of temple's wealth is violation under Article 26 of the Constitution of India.{{Cite web |url=http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgs1.aspx?filename=41133 |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 March 2014 |archive-date=9 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109044703/http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgs1.aspx?filename=41133 |url-status=dead }} on 6 January 2014 the Supreme Court ruled that the administration is to be handed over back to the priests of the temple from the state government.{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Nataraja-Temple-to-be-Managed-by-Priest-not-by-Tamil-Nadu-Government/2014/01/06/article1985968.ece#.UxyM0D-Syiw |title=Nataraja Temple to be Managed by Priest not by Tamil Nadu Government |work=The New Indian Express |access-date=9 March 2014 |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819033222/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Nataraja-Temple-to-be-Managed-by-Priest-not-by-Tamil-Nadu-Government/2014/01/06/article1985968.ece#.UxyM0D-Syiw |url-status=dead }}
==State control of Hindu temples==
Subramanian Swamy filed a petition to remove Kerala State government's control over Hindu temples by abolishing Devaswom. In 2018, the Supreme Court agreed to examine the petition moved by him and TG Mohan Das to abolish Devaswom Board. The Supreme Court issued notice to the Kerala government and Devaswom Board of Travanacore and Cochin and sought their response in six weeks.{{Cite web|title=Supreme Court issues notice to Kerala on Devaswom Board|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/oct/13/supreme-court-issues-notice-to-kerala-on-devaswom-board-1884903.html|access-date=2020-11-07|work=The New Indian Express|date=13 October 2018 |archive-date=13 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113172309/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/oct/13/supreme-court-issues-notice-to-kerala-on-devaswom-board-1884903.html|url-status=live}} In 2019, the Kerala government opposed Subramanian Swamy's plea.{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2019-01-23|title=Kerala opposes Swamy's plea to make Devaswom boards free of state's control|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kerala-opposes-swamy-s-plea-to-make-devaswom-boards-free-of-state-s-control-119012301349_1.html|access-date=2020-11-07|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308015400/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kerala-opposes-swamy-s-plea-to-make-devaswom-boards-free-of-state-s-control-119012301349_1.html|url-status=live}}
==Ayodhya temple case==
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{{Main|Ayodhya dispute}}
On 22 February 2016, Swamy filed a petition in the Supreme Court allowing construction of Rama temple at the disputed site where Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992, and expediting the adjudication related to order of the Allahabad High Court on 30 September 2010,{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article8268416.ece |title=Allow 'rebuilding' of Ram temple, Swamy urges SC |work=The Hindu |date=23 February 2016|last1=Rajagopal |first1=Krishnadas }}{{cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/subramanian-swamy-moves-supreme-court-to-build-ram-temple-in-ayodhya/articleshow/51087635.cms |title=Subramanian Swamy moves Supreme Court to build Ram temple in Ayodhya |publisher=The Economic Times |date=23 February 2016 |access-date=23 February 2016 |archive-date=25 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225083506/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/subramanian-swamy-moves-supreme-court-to-build-ram-temple-in-ayodhya/articleshow/51087635.cms |url-status=live }} petition was accepted on 26 February to be later heard by the court.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-allows-swamys-plea-to-rebuild-ram-temple-along-with-ramjanmabhoomi-appeals/article8285368.ece |title=SC agrees to hear plea to 'rebuild' Ram temple |work=The Hindu |date=26 February 2016 |last1=Rajagopal |first1=Krishnadas |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-date=6 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106154409/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-allows-swamys-plea-to-rebuild-ram-temple-along-with-ramjanmabhoomi-appeals/article8285368.ece |url-status=live }}
== Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act, 2019 ==
In February 2020, Subramanian Swamy filed a public interest litigation in Uttarakhand High Court against newly framed law to govern Char Dham and 51 other temples of the state.{{Cite web|title=Subramanian Swamy files PIL opposing newly framed law to govern temples in Uttarakhand|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/feb/24/subramanian-swamy-files-pil-opposing-newly-framed-law-to-govern-temples-in-uttarakhand-2107876.html|access-date=2021-12-28|website=The New Indian Express|date=24 February 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130162353/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/feb/24/subramanian-swamy-files-pil-opposing-newly-framed-law-to-govern-temples-in-uttarakhand-2107876.html|url-status=live}} Swamy in his PIL, requested the court to declare the Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act, 2019 'unconstitutional' which was passed in the legislative assembly of Uttarakhand in December 2019. But the Uttarakhand High Court upheld the constitutionality of the Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act, 2019, dismissing the public interest litigation filed by Subramanian Swamy and Sri 5 Mandir Samiti Gangotri Dham and another.{{Cite web|last=Emmanuel|first=Meera|title=Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act does not amount to interference in religious affairs: Uttarakhand HC upholds validity, reads down S. 22|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/hc-upholds-validity-of-uttarakhand-char-dham-devasthanam-management-act-2019|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news|date=21 July 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite news|title=Uttarakhand High Court judgement in a PIL filed by Subramanian Swamy and Sri 5 Mandir Samiti Gangotri Dham and another .|work=Live Law|url=https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-378551.pdf|access-date=28 December 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202064720/https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-378551.pdf|url-status=live}} However, the Court read down Section 22 of the Act, which was about the acquisition of land for the Char Dham.{{Cite news|title=Uttarakhand High Court dismisses Subramanian Swamy's PIL Opposing Char Dham Law|work=New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jul/22/uttarakhand-high-court-dismisses-subramanian-swamys-pil-opposing-char-dham-law-2172981.html|access-date=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228123749/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jul/22/uttarakhand-high-court-dismisses-subramanian-swamys-pil-opposing-char-dham-law-2172981.html|url-status=live}}
Political positions
= Foreign policy =
== China ==
Swamy has worked towards normalising relations between China and India. According to Swamy, the re-opening of the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage route was announced at a meeting convened by the People's Republic of China paramount leader Deng Xiaoping in April 1981, in which Swamy was in attendance.{{cite news |title=India's China policy off target, says Modi's Mandarin-speaking 'guided missile' |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2047376/indias-china-policy-target-says-modis-mandarin-speaking-guided |work=SCMP |date=26 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214012447/https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2047376/indias-china-policy-target-says-modis-mandarin-speaking-guided |archive-date=14 December 2019}}
== Israel ==
In various speeches and articles, Swamy has expressed his admiration for, and solidarity with, the State of Israel and has credited its retaliatory capacity for its ability to survive as a nation in a hostile Arab environment. Swamy made pioneering efforts towards India's establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/first-israel-visas-from-india-were-issued-from-this-mps-residence/articleshow/59438603.cms|title=First Israel visas in India were issued from this MP's residence|website=The Times of India|date=4 July 2017 |access-date=4 July 2017|archive-date=8 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708053615/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/first-israel-visas-from-india-were-issued-from-this-mps-residence/articleshow/59438603.cms|url-status=live}}
== Sri Lanka and LTTE ==
Swamy, on several occasions, has voiced support for the state of Sri Lanka in its role during Sri Lanka's protracted civil war with the LTTE, for which he was criticised as "pro Lanka" by his political opponents domestically.{{cite web |url=http://www.news18.com/news/politics/india-shouldnt-support-resolution-against-lanka-swamy-454333.html |title=India shouldn't support resolution against Lanka: Swamy |work=IBNLive |date=10 March 2012 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922180942/http://www.news18.com/news/politics/india-shouldnt-support-resolution-against-lanka-swamy-454333.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Karunanidhi enacting drama, says Jayalalithaa on DMK pull-out from UPA|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sri-lankan-tamils-issue-karunanidhi-enacting-drama-says-jayalalithaa-dmk-pull-out-from-upa/1/258563.html|website=India Today|date=19 March 2013 |access-date=14 December 2013|archive-date=14 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214190150/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sri-lankan-tamils-issue-karunanidhi-enacting-drama-says-jayalalithaa-dmk-pull-out-from-upa/1/258563.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Yatawara|first=Dhaneshi|date=8 September 2013|title=Think as Sri Lankans first|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2013/09/08/fea03.asp|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506221510/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2013/09/08/fea03.asp|archive-date=6 May 2016|access-date=25 July 2016|website=Sunday Observer|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/swamy-slams-dmk-chief-for-remarks-on-indo-sri-lankan-relations_793425.html |title=Swamy slams DMK chief for remarks on Indo-Sri Lankan relations |work=Zee News |date=13 August 2012 |access-date=18 December 2013 |archive-date=19 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219052726/http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/swamy-slams-dmk-chief-for-remarks-on-indo-sri-lankan-relations_793425.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/subramanian-swamy-attacked-by-lawyers-in-madras-hc/story-KiCd6SNSbJ9pIT8a3mW0QN.html |title=Subramanian Swamy attacked by lawyers in Madras HC |date=17 February 2009 |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=17 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917094432/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/subramanian-swamy-attacked-by-lawyers-in-madras-hc/story-KiCd6SNSbJ9pIT8a3mW0QN.html |url-status=live }} in an interview given to The Sunday Leader newspaper, Swamy stated that the Indian government should attend the CHOGM meeting held in Colombo despite stiff opposition from Indian politicians in Tamil Nadu concerned for the welfare and human rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka, placing the onus on the LTTE for human rights violations during the Sri Lankan civil war,{{cite web |url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2013/11/03/india-must-ignore-lttes-financial-orphans-dr-subramanium-swamy/ |title=India Must Ignore LTTE's Financial Orphans – Dr Subramanium Swamy |access-date=14 December 2013 |archive-date=14 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214192105/http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2013/11/03/india-must-ignore-lttes-financial-orphans-dr-subramanium-swamy/ |url-status=dead }}[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-may-skip-chogm-meet-due-to-opposition/article1-1148937.aspx PM may skip CHOGM meet due to opposition]. Hindustan Times. 8 November 2013. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111051031/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-may-skip-chogm-meet-due-to-opposition/article1-1148937.aspx|date=11 November 2013}} he had favoured Mahinda Rajapaksa also during Sri Lanka 2015 election.{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/give-rajapaksa-bharat-ratna-for-wiping-out-ltte_757861.html |title=Give Rajapaksa Bharat Ratna for wiping out LTTE |publisher=Zee News |date=11 February 2012 |access-date=27 October 2014 |archive-date=27 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027194811/http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/give-rajapaksa-bharat-ratna-for-wiping-out-ltte_757861.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Tamil-activists-burn-Subramanian-Swamys-effigy-after-he-demands-Bharat-Ratna-for-Rajapaksa/articleshow/44899410.cms |title=Tamil activists burn Subramanian Swamy's effigy after he demands Bharat Ratna for Rajapaksa |publisher=Times of India |date=21 October 2014 |access-date=27 October 2014 |archive-date=27 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027203914/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Tamil-activists-burn-Subramanian-Swamys-effigy-after-he-demands-Bharat-Ratna-for-Rajapaksa/articleshow/44899410.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.itnnews.lk/local-news/large-fraction-of-tamils-will-vote-for-president-rajapaksa-subramaniam-swamy/ |title=Large fraction of Tamils will vote for President Rajapaksa – Subramaniam Swamy |publisher=itnnews.lk |date=28 November 2014 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823030745/http://www.itnnews.lk/local-news/large-fraction-of-tamils-will-vote-for-president-rajapaksa-subramaniam-swamy/ |archive-date=23 August 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
== United States ==
Swamy is a strong supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump, endorsing Trump's presidential candidacy in 2016 and comparing Trump to himself.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-24/modi-s-bet-on-trump-of-india-signals-risks-to-his-reform-push |title=Modi's Bet on 'Trump of India' Signals Risks to Reform Push |work=Bloomberg |date=24 May 2016 |access-date=6 July 2018 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108134835/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-24/modi-s-bet-on-trump-of-india-signals-risks-to-his-reform-push |url-status=live }}
After the Charlottesville riots in August 2017, he posted a tweet urging Indians residing in the United States to "stand with Trump at this hour of his being hunted by cockeyed liberals & Left wing loonies on racism" and praised Trump for "having showed the hypocrites their place by telling it like it is."{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/neon/social-buzz/subramanian-swamy-trolled-on-twitter|title=Subramanian Swamy Gets Trolled on Twitter|date=18 August 2017|access-date=6 July 2018|archive-date=7 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707005852/https://www.thequint.com/neon/social-buzz/subramanian-swamy-trolled-on-twitter|url-status=live}}
Following criticism of Pakistan by Trump, Swamy called for closer relations between India and the United States.{{Cite web|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/after-us-president-trumps-anti-pak-tweet-subramanian-swamy-calls-for-stronger-india-us-relations/1197599|title=After US President Trump's anti-Pak tweet, Subramanian Swamy calls for stronger India-US relations|access-date=6 July 2018|archive-date=7 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707010054/http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/after-us-president-trumps-anti-pak-tweet-subramanian-swamy-calls-for-stronger-india-us-relations/1197599|url-status=live}}
=Domestic policy=
== Kodava Council in Kodagu ==
Since at least 2017, Subramanian Swamy has supported CNC's demand for a Codava Autonomous Region (CAR) and a Codava Development Council for the Kodava tribe in the Kodagu district of Karnataka.{{cite news |title=Subramanian Swamy favours autonomy for Kodagu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/subramanian-swamy-favours-autonomy-for-kodagu/article20946020.ece |access-date=28 October 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=26 November 2017 |language=en-IN}}{{cite web |last1=Service |first1=Express News |title=Kodagu will be an independent council: Subramanian Swamy |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2022/Nov/26/kodagu-will-be-an-independent-council-subramanian-swamy-2522446.html |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=28 October 2024 |language=en |date=26 November 2022}} Swamy discussed the idea of an autonomous development council for the Kodavas with H N Ananth Kumar in 2018 in the presence of Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh and wrote a letter to Karnataka's CM B S Yediyurappa seeking implementation of the demand in 2019.{{cite news |title=Subramanian Swamy backs demand for Autonomous Development Council for Kodagu |url=https://starofmysore.com/subramanian-swamy-backs-demand-for-autonomous-development-council-for-kodagu/ |access-date=28 October 2024 |work=Star of Mysore |date=31 October 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Poovanna |first1=Sharan |title=Subramanian Swamy asks Yediyurappa to initiate 'Codava Development Council' |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/subramanian-swamy-asks-yediyurappa-to-initiate-codava-development-council-11572364770777.html |website=Live Mint |date=29 October 2019 |access-date=28 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=Dont want to be in Karnataka: Nachappa |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/kodavas-don-t-want-to-be-part-of-karnataka-nachappa-118032300034_1.html |website=Business Standard |access-date=28 October 2024}} In 2023, his PIL filed on behalf of CNC caused the High Court to order issue of notice to the State and Central Governments to set up a commission to examine the demand for geo-political autonomy for the Kodava tribe.{{cite web |title=HC notice on plea to set up commission to examine demand for geo-political autonomy for Kodava tribe |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/hc-notice-on-plea-to-set-up-commission-to-examine-demand-for-geo-political-autonomy-for-kodava-tribe/article66748098.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=28 October 2024 |language=en-IN |date=17 April 2023}}
== Cow ==
In March 2017, he brought a private member's bill to punish cow slaughter in India with capital punishment.{{cite news |title=Subramanian Swamy brings bill seeking death penalty for cow slaughter |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/subramanian-swamy-brings-bill-seeking-death-penalty-for-cow-slaughter/601348/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=Financialexpress |date=24 March 2017 |language=en |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726115104/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/subramanian-swamy-brings-bill-seeking-death-penalty-for-cow-slaughter/601348/ |url-status=live }}
== LGBT rights ==
In 2018, when the Indian Supreme Court decriminalized gay sexual acts, Swamy criticised the ruling, saying "It could give rise to an increase in the number of HIV cases."{{Cite web|title='It Will Give Rise to HIV Cases': Subramanian Swamy Frowns at SC Verdict on Section 377|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/it-will-give-rise-to-hiv-cases-gay-bars-bjps-subramanian-swamy-frowns-at-sc-verdict-on-sec-377-1869533.html|date=2018-09-06|website=News18|access-date=2020-05-16|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726223901/https://www.news18.com/news/india/it-will-give-rise-to-hiv-cases-gay-bars-bjps-subramanian-swamy-frowns-at-sc-verdict-on-sec-377-1869533.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=2018-09-06|title=Joy in India as gay sex becomes legal|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45404904|access-date=2020-05-16|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109042531/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45404904|url-status=live}}
== Kashmir ==
In September 2008, Swamy stridently retorted against the contentions of some Indian columnists who voiced their opinions in favor of "peacefully" surrendering Kashmir to Pakistan(source?). He said,
:"I would say that the silent suffering majority of India wants none of this. The 'Kashmir issue,' in fact, can no more be solved by dialogue either with the Pakistanis or the Hurriyat, leave alone the constitutional impossibility of allowing it to secede. [...]Kashmir, in fact, is now our defining identity. It is a touchstone for our resolve to preserve our national integrity. The population of that State may be majority Muslim but the land and its history is predominantly Hindu. for our commitment to the survival of the ancient civilisation of India and the composite culture that secularists talk of, we have not only to win that coming inevitable war but also resolve never to part with Kashmir. [...]
:Pakistanis often cite the United Nations resolutions on Kashmir to argue for a plebiscite. This obfuscates the fact of accession of the State to India. The legality of the Instrument of Accession signed in favour of India by the then Maharaja of J&K, Hari Singh, on 26 October 1947 has to prevail anyway.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/article1345324.ece |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |title=Kashmir defines Indian identity |date=25 September 2008}}
== Tamil Nadu politics ==
Swamy is well known for his critical views against the "Aryan versus Dravidian" politics of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, calling it as the theory forwarded by the British.{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/18/stories/2011061862200200.htm |title=Tamil Nadu / Madurai News : "Caste not birth-based" |date=18 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806095535/http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/18/stories/2011061862200200.htm |archive-date=6 August 2013 |work=The Hindu |df=dmy-all}} He has been a staunch opponent of the armed rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.{{cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Janata-Party-chief-Subramanian-Swamy-appears-before-tribunal-examining-LTTE-ban/articleshow/6828953.cms?referral=PM |title=Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy appears before tribunal examining LTTE ban |work=The Times of India |date=28 October 2010 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-date=3 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403003949/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Janata-Party-chief-Subramanian-Swamy-appears-before-tribunal-examining-LTTE-ban/articleshow/6828953.cms?referral=PM |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ltte-part-of-the-problem-swamy/article1375090.ece |title=LTTE part of the problem: Swamy |work=The Hindu |date=13 November 2008 |access-date=23 July 2013 |archive-date=16 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216191026/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ltte-part-of-the-problem-swamy/article1375090.ece |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.epdpnews.com/articals_content.php?artiid=24&artiname=Subramanian%20Swamy%20addresses%20the%20Sri%20Lankan%20Diaspora%20in%20Toronto&ln=eng |title= << EPDP News >>|website=www.epdpnews.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510114143/http://www.epdpnews.com/articals_content.php?artiid=24&artiname=Subramanian%20Swamy%20addresses%20the%20Sri%20Lankan%20Diaspora%20in%20Toronto&ln=eng |archive-date=10 May 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/article157835.ece |title=Swamy criticises Karuna's statement on refugees |work=The New Indian Express |date=16 May 2012 |access-date=22 June 2014 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112235601/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/article157835.ece |url-status=dead }}
He also urged the Indian government not to support the US led resolution condemning war crimes in the Sri Lankan Civil War, citing it as one-sided and not in the interest of India.{{cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-03-08/news/37561573_1_subramanian-swamy-unhrc-rajapaksa |title=Subramanian Swamy asks US to work with Sri Lanka on resolution at UNHRC |work=The Economic Times |date=8 March 2013 |access-date=13 May 2013 |archive-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109124743/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-03-08/news/37561573_1_subramanian-swamy-unhrc-rajapaksa |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://channelone.co.in/India/india-should-not-support-resolution-against-sri-lanka--subramanian-swamy-839.html |title=India should not support resolution against Sri Lanka: Subramanian Swamy |publisher=Channel One |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109124814/http://channelone.co.in/India/india-should-not-support-resolution-against-sri-lanka--subramanian-swamy-839.html |archive-date=9 November 2013}} Swamy moved the court and got the order restoring quota for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in colleges in the state.{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Higher-Education-Remains-a-Struggle-for-Refugees/2014/06/22/article2293215.ece |title=Higher Education Remains a Struggle for Refugees |work=The New Indian Express |date=22 June 2014 |access-date=22 June 2014 |archive-date=5 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905021841/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Higher-Education-Remains-a-Struggle-for-Refugees/2014/06/22/article2293215.ece |url-status=dead }}
Swamy obtained Supreme Court Stay against the implementation of Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (SSCP). He believes that it would hurt the sentiments of people who believe that this shallow land connecting between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka was built by Lord Rama. He strongly opposes the implementation of SSCP citing that implementing this scheme will be a criminal offence under section 295 Indian Penal Code.{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ram-setu-project-is-illegal-arbitrary-and-unacceptable-subramanian-swamy_1804422 |title=Ram Setu project is illegal, arbitrary and unacceptable: Subramanian Swamy |agency=ANI |date=25 February 2013 |access-date=23 July 2013 |publisher=DNA |archive-date=28 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228144541/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ram-setu-project-is-illegal-arbitrary-and-unacceptable-subramanian-swamy_1804422 |url-status=live }}[http://www.indlaw.com/guest/DisplayNews.aspx?FCD913AA-4308-4C14-9B32-F8696B16303F Demolition of Ram Setu a criminal offence: Dr. Subramanian Swamy tells SC]. UNI. indlaw.com. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303155432/http://www.indlaw.com/guest/DisplayNews.aspx?FCD913AA-4308-4C14-9B32-F8696B16303F|date=3 March 2014}} He wrote letters to Prime Minister of India in June 2009 asking him to stop the project{{cite web |url=http://tamil.oneindia.com/news/2009/06/18/tn-hold-sethu-project-implementation-says-swamy.html |title=Hold Sethu project implementation, says Swamy, சேது.. 'ஹோல்ட் ஆன்': சாமி |publisher=OneIndia Tamil |language=ta |date=18 June 2009 |access-date=16 October 2011 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112235602/http://tamil.oneindia.com/news/2009/06/18/tn-hold-sethu-project-implementation-says-swamy.html |url-status=live }} and had informed the Supreme Court on 14 October 2015 that the government may not continue with the Sethusamudram Project.{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/govt-decided-not-to-touch-ram-sethu-subramanian-swamy-tells-supreme-court/article7758406.ece |title=Govt. decided not to "touch" Ram Sethu, Swamy tells SC |work=The Hindu |date=14 October 2015 |access-date=14 October 2015 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112235601/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/govt-decided-not-to-touch-ram-sethu-subramanian-swamy-tells-supreme-court/article7758406.ece |url-status=live }}
= Hindu nationalism =
Swamy has made several statements in the past that reflect on his Hindu nationalist position.{{Citation|last=Wojczewski|first=Thorsten|title=Conceptualizing the Links Between Populism, Nationalism and Foreign Policy: How Modi Constructed a Nationalist, Anti-establishment Electoral Coalition in India |date=2019|work=Populism and World Politics|pages=251–274|editor-last=Stengel|editor-first=Frank a.|publisher=Springer International Publishing|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-04621-7_10|isbn=978-3-030-04620-0|s2cid=159230600|editor2-last=MacDonald|editor2-first=David B.|editor3-last=Nabers|editor3-first=Dirk}}{{Cite journal|last=Sajjad|first=Muhammad Waqas|date=2018|title=Examining the State of Muslim Minority under Modi's BJP since 2014|journal=Strategic Studies|volume=38|issue=4|pages=19–36|doi=10.53532/ss.038.04.00130 |jstor=48544275|s2cid=248838817 |issn=1029-0990|doi-access=free}} He has called for the creation of an "enlightened secular democracy which redresses all historical wrongs done to Hindus."{{Cite book|last=Anand, D.|title=Hindu nationalism in india and the politics of fear.|date=2016|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-349-37190-7|pages=89|oclc=951515192}} He has claimed that India is the world's most ancient civilization that consists of "an organic cultural core which is Hindu in character."{{Cite book|last=Wojczewski|first=Thorsten|title=India's foreign policy discourse and its conceptions of world order : the quest for power and identity|year=2018|publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-138-29718-0|oclc=1050943305}} He has also claimed that the Hindu foundation of India is what makes India distinctive in the world.
= Muslims =
After the 2011 Mumbai bombings, he wrote a controversial editorial wherein, as a response to Islamic terrorism,{{Cite web|title=Harvard Instructor May Face Removal Over Anti-Muslim Op-Ed|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/07/harvard-instructor-faces-removal-over-anti-muslim-op-ed/353487/|last=Sehgal|first=Ujala|date=2011-07-30|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19|archive-date=6 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506115417/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/07/harvard-instructor-faces-removal-over-anti-muslim-op-ed/353487/|url-status=live}} he called for the removal of 300 mosques built at sites of Hindu temples.{{Cite news|last=Carmichael|first=Mary|date=2012-01-02|title=Pushed out of Harvard, professor returns fire|work=Boston.com|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/01/02/harvard_summer_school_professor_dismissed_by_faculty_after_controversial_column_in_indian_paper_fires_back/|access-date=2020-05-19|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111234101/http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/01/02/harvard_summer_school_professor_dismissed_by_faculty_after_controversial_column_in_indian_paper_fires_back/|url-status=live}} and for the disenfranchisement of Muslims unless they "acknowledge that their ancestors were Hindus".{{Cite book|last=|title=The democratic predicament : cultural diversity in Europe and India|date=14 March 2014|isbn=978-1-317-80942-5|editor-last=Tripathy|editor-first=Jyotirmaya|pages=xv|publisher=Routledge |oclc=873805715|editor2-last=Padmanabhan|editor2-first=Sudarsan}}{{Cite web|last1=Jain|first1=Radhika|last2=Wu|first2=Kevin J.|date=December 7, 2011|title=Faculty Cancel Controversial Summer School Instructor's Courses, Debate Reaction to 'Occupy'|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/12/7/faculty-final-meeting/|access-date=2020-05-16|website=|publisher=The Harvard Crimson|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729223720/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/12/7/faculty-final-meeting/|url-status=live}} After the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard voted to have his classes removed for "demonising" Muslims, his regular Harvard summer teaching sessions were cancelled because of this article.{{Cite news|date=2011-12-08|title=Harvard drops Indian MP's courses|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-16081751|access-date=2020-05-16|archive-date=6 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606114315/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-16081751|url-status=live}}
In a 2020 Vice interview, he stated that under the Indian constitution, "Article 14 guarantees equality of equals" and that "there is no such thing as equal rights, they [Muslim immigrants] are not in an equal category." He added, "We know that where the Muslim population is large, there is always trouble."{{Cite web|date=2 June 2020|title=After UN official, Subramanian Swamy warns of suing BBC HARDtalk|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/06/02/after-un-official-subramanian-swamy-warns-of-suing-bbc-hardtalk.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=The Week|language=en|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510131650/https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/06/02/after-un-official-subramanian-swamy-warns-of-suing-bbc-hardtalk.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=India Burning (Clip) {{!}} VICE on SHOWTIME - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCyBL8dBOEo|access-date=2021-01-15|website=www.youtube.com| date=April 2020 |archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123165820/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCyBL8dBOEo|url-status=live}} He later claimed that this had been misinterpreted in a tweet stating, "One fake quote is that I had declared Muslims are not equal to Hindus under Art. 14."{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-01-16|title=Subramanian Swamy claims he never said 'Muslims are not equal to Hindus under Art 14'|url=https://twitter.com/Swamy39/status/1251039107108597760|access-date=|website=|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125132251/https://twitter.com/Swamy39/status/1251039107108597760|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Subramanian Swamy claims he never said 'Muslims are not equal to Hindus under Art 14'; Twitter brings up earlier interview|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/subramanian-swamy-claims-he-never-said-muslims-are-not-equal-to-hindus-under-art-14-twitter-brings-up-earlier-interview|access-date=2021-01-15|website=Free Press Journal|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121015912/https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/subramanian-swamy-claims-he-never-said-muslims-are-not-equal-to-hindus-under-art-14-twitter-brings-up-earlier-interview|url-status=live}}
= Conspiracy theory =
In September 2020, Swamy said that India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED), and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had "unearthed huge evidence" to prove in court that Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death was "murder by conspiracy."{{cite web |url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/sushant-singh-rajput-death-case-subramanian-swamy-claims-trimurti-agencies-unearthed-major-evidence-to-prove-murder-by-conspiracy-4139683/ |title=Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: Subramanian Swamy Claims 'Trimurti Agencies Unearthed Major Evidence To Prove Murder By Conspiracy' |publisher=India.com |date=12 September 2020 |access-date=4 January 2021 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920154704/https://www.india.com/entertainment/sushant-singh-rajput-death-case-subramanian-swamy-claims-trimurti-agencies-unearthed-major-evidence-to-prove-murder-by-conspiracy-4139683/ |url-status=live }} Swamy also said there had been "systematic destruction" of evidence in the case. Two weeks before, Swamy had said the Mumbai Police were "complicit" in the murder, that Dubai was "involved," and that "the Bollywood Cartel remains to be identified and made as 'accessory before the murder'."{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sushant-was-murdered-subramanian-swamy-says-demand-for-cbi-probe-vindicated-1715277-2020-08-26 |title=Sushant was murdered: Subramanian Swamy says demand for CBI probe vindicated |publisher=India Today |date=26 August 2020 |access-date=4 January 2021 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002084141/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sushant-was-murdered-subramanian-swamy-says-demand-for-cbi-probe-vindicated-1715277-2020-08-26 |url-status=live }} In October 2020, after a medical board from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) ruled out murder, stating that the actor died by suicide, a team of scientists associated with Microsoft Research, India released an independent report, "Anatomy of a Rumour: Social media and the suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput." They wrote, "Perhaps the most interesting case is that of sitting parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy, once a central player in the policy circles, now wilfully [
Honours and awards
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| 2012
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| 2016
| Tamil Ratna | America Tamil Sangam |
Books, research papers and journals
Swamy is the author of several books, research papers and journals. A complete list of papers, books and journals authored by him is given below. He has also co-authored with Paul Samuelson, a paper on the Theory of Index Numbers (American Economic Review, 1974) and another in the Royal Economic Society's Economic Journal (1984).
=Books=
- Hindutva and National Renaissance (Publisher: Har Anand Publication; {{ISBN|978-81-241-1527-5}})
- Virat Hindu Identity - Concept and its Power (Publisher: Har Anand Publication; {{ISBN|978-81-241-1770-5}})
- Economic Growth in China and India, 1952–70 (Publisher: University of Chicago Press; {{ISBN|978-0-226-78315-4}})
- Indian economic planning: an alternative approach (Publisher: Barnes & Noble / Vikas publications; {{ISBN|978-0-389-04202-0}})
- Building a New India: an Agenda for National Renaissance (Publisher: UBS PUBLISHERS' AND DISTRIBUTORS LTD; {{ISBN|978-81-85674-21-6}})
- India's Labour Standards and the WTO Framework (Publisher: Konark Publishers; {{ISBN|978-81-220-0585-1}})
- India's economic performance and reforms: a perspective for the new millennium (Publisher: Konark Publishers; {{ISBN|978-81-220-0594-3}})
- Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: Unanswered Questions and Unasked Queries (Publisher: Konark Publishers; {{ISBN|978-81-220-0591-2}})
- India's China perspective (Publisher: Konark Publishers; {{ISBN|978-81-220-0606-3}})
- Financial Architecture and Economic Development in China and India (Publisher: Konark Publishers; {{ISBN|978-81-220-0718-3}})
- Trade and Industry in Japan: a Guide to Indian Entrepreneurs and Businessmen (Publisher: Prentice-Hall of India; {{ISBN|978-81-203-0785-8}})
- Sri Lanka in Crisis: India's Options (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; {{ISBN|978-81-241-1260-1}})
- Kailas and Manasarovar after 22 years in Shiva's domain (Publisher: Allied Publishers)
- Hindus Under Siege (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; {{ISBN|978-81-241-1207-6}})
- Rama Setu: Symbol of National Unity (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; {{ISBN|978-81-241-1418-6}})
- Terrorism in India: a Strategy of Deterrence for India's National Security (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; {{ISBN|978-81-241-1344-8}})
- Corruption and Corporate Governance in India: Satyam, Spectrum & Sundaram (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; {{ISBN|978-81-241-1486-5}})
- 2G Spectrum Scam (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; {{ISBN|978-81-241-1638-8}})
- Electronic Voting Machines: Unconstitutional and Tamperable (Publisher: Vision Books; {{ISBN|978-81-7094-798-1}})
- {{cite journal |last1=Swamy |first1=Subramanian |title=Predictions and Meditations |journal=India International Centre Quarterly |date=2009 |volume=36 |issue=3/4 |pages=202–222 |jstor=23006413 }}
- [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38589813-the-ideology-of-india-s-modern-right The Ideology of India’s Modern Right] (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; {{ISBN| 978-8124118924}})
- [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48070396-reset RESET: Regaining India’s Economic Legacy] (Publisher: Rupa Publications; {{ISBN|978-93-5333-651-6}}) RESET was top selling new eBook of 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/ebooks-which-sold-most-this-amish-tripathi-devdutt-pattanaik-year-amazon-6191464/|title=The year that was: eBooks which sold most this year|date=2019-12-31|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-01|archive-date=31 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231143340/https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/ebooks-which-sold-most-this-amish-tripathi-devdutt-pattanaik-year-amazon-6191464/|url-status=live}}
- Himalayan Challenge: India, China and the Quest for Peace (Publisher: Rupa Publications India; {{ISBN|978-93-90356-19-5}}){{cite web |title=Himalayan Challenge: India, China and the quest for Peace |url=https://rupapublications.co.in/books/himalayan-challenge-india-china-and-the-quest-for-peace/ |website=Rupa Publications India |access-date=23 December 2020 |archive-date=22 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222165617/http://rupapublications.co.in/books/himalayan-challenge-india-china-and-the-quest-for-peace/ |url-status=live }}
- The Hindu Manifesto for India's Democracy (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; {{ISBN|978-9391504489}}){{Cite web|title=The Hindu Manifesto for India's Democracy - Book Online, Har Anand Publications|url=http://www.haranandbooks.com/book/the-hindu-manifesto-for-indias-democracy/788.html|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.haranandbooks.com|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207063149/http://www.haranandbooks.com/book/the-hindu-manifesto-for-indias-democracy/788.html|url-status=live}}
=Articles=
- "Can India make it? India's path to sustained growth" (Publisher: Harvard Asia Pacific review, Volumes 6–8 by Harvard University. Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2002)
- "The response to economic challenge: a comparative economic history of China and India", 1870–1952 (Publisher: The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 93 by Harvard University by the MIT Press, 1979)
=Research papers=
- Economic growth and income distribution in a developing nation (Publisher: Harvard University, 1965)
- Nuclear policy for India (Publisher: Bharatiya Jana Sangh Publication, 1968)
- Plan for full employment (Publisher: Bharatiya Jana Sangh, 1970)
- Theoretical aspects of index numbers (Publisher: Harvard Institute of Economic Research, 1985)
- Land reforms: an economist's approach (Publisher: Deendayal Research Institute)
- {{cite journal |last1=Samuelson |first1=P. A. |last2=Swamy |first2=S. |title=Invariant Economic Index Numbers and Canonical Duality: Survey and Synthesis |journal=The American Economic Review |date=1974 |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=566–593 |jstor=1813311 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Swamy |first1=Subramanian |title=On Samuelson's Conjecture |journal=Indian Economic Review |date=1970 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=169–175 |jstor=23294448 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Swamy |first1=Subramanian |title=Consistency of Fisher's Tests |journal=Econometrica |date=1965 |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=619–623 |doi=10.2307/1911757 |jstor=1911757 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Swamy |first1=Subramanian |title=Notes on Fractile Graphical Analysis |journal=Econometrica |date=1963 |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=551–554 |doi=10.2307/1909994 |jstor=1909994 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Swamy |first1=Subramanian |title=Optimal Allocation of Investment in a Two-Sector Model with Foreign Aid |journal=Indian Economic Review |date=1969 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=35–44 |jstor=23294380 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Swamy |first1=Subramanian |title=Systems Analysis of Strategic Defence Needs: A Sequel |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |date=1969 |volume=4 |issue=18 |pages=772 |jstor=40739578 }}
See also
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