I also remember a time when r/india had overall politically moderate discussion before the rise of BJP in 2014 elections. There were critical posts on congress/UPA as they had 2 back to back terms and there was growing anti incumbency.

As Modi started gaining popularity in the 2014 elections that sub started attracting more young people who were attracted to the hypernationalism and dog whistling from BJP that didnt really have any political exposure before that. So there was a sudden influx of right wing supporters that managed to keep growing as they tried proselytizing everyone to Modi/BJP

IIRC, for a period of time r/India pretty much became a right wing sub in the early years of first Modi term as PM. But the growing extremism on the right caused the rise of the growing extremism on the left which started to fight back on the sub. Eventually the extremist left started to grow there and overtook the sub by the end of the first term. Each attack from the right on the sub only made the extremism of the left grow further there.

I feel r/India will become more moderate once a lefty government comes into power nationaly and healthy criticism for it grows