The Indian Express presents the most powerful Indians of the year 2015. Here are the top 10 headline hunters in India. 1) Subramanian Swamy From demanding Amartya Sen be prosecuted to threatening to file a case against Rahul Gandhi, the BJP leader makes news for his lawsuits. 2) Sakshi Maharaj The BJP MP caused an uproar when he said that every Hindu woman should have four children to protect the religion and that Nathuram Godse was a “martyr”. 3) Azam Khan “Taj Mahal should be made Wakf property” and “Kargil was conquered by Muslim soldiers” were among many of the SP leader’s controversial remarks. 4) Pravin Togadia The VHP leader, a perpetual rabble-rouser, has been vocal about “ghar wapasi”, “love jihad” and “making India a Hindu Rashtra”. 5) Dinanath Batra The activist forced Penguin India to pulp Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus. The Gujarat government has adopted his books in schools. 6) Imam Bukhari The Jama Masjid imam invited Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif and not Modi for the ceremony making his son vice-imam. Also, asked Delhi Muslims to vote for AAP. 7) V S Achuthanandan The 92-year-old former Kerala CM has become a perpetual rebel. He recently walked out of the CPM state meeting and refused to be placated. 8) Pahlaj Nihalani The Censor Board chief called Modi his ‘action hero’ and sent out a list of ‘cuss-words’ to be banned from movies, before backing down. 9) Yogi Adityanath ‘If they take one Hindu girl, we will take 100 Muslim girls’ was one of the many love jihad cannons the BJP MP fired. 10) Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti While launching the BJP’s Delhi campaign, the Union minister of state asked voters to choose between ‘Ramzaadon’ and ‘haramzaadon’.
