Right! You’ve already built Prime Minister Ishani Rathore—your poised, powerful, centre-left leader.
Let’s now flesh out her main opposition rival: the hardline, right-wing nationalist leader from the Northeast, as teased earlier.
Name: Devika Ghosh
Title: Leader of the Opposition | President of the Rashtriya Dharmashakti Morcha (RDM)
Age: 56
Region: Guwahati, Assam
Religious Background: Devout Hindu nationalist, born into a Brahmin family with deep ties to regional militancy and cultural reform groups
Archetype: The Firebrand Purist
Devika Ghosh is unapologetically intense—the kind of leader who gets standing ovations at rallies and shudders behind closed doors in Parliament. She made her name in Assam as a student agitator during the NRC protests, and now stands as the primary voice of the conservative populist right, championing everything from cultural purity to border control.
She is the mirror opposite of Ishani Rathore—where Ishani speaks calmly and negotiates, Devika commands, blazes, and dares.
Party: Rashtriya Dharmashakti Morcha (RDM)
An ultra-nationalist, culturally conservative, Hindi-first political force sweeping rural North and Northeast India. Under Devika, RDM became more female-facing but equally aggressive.
Her rallies blend Vedic chants, saffron flags, and AI-driven voter targeting. She uses religion as branding, not just belief.
Appearance:
• Always wears saffron or red cotton saris, tightly pleated and armor-like
• Tilak across her forehead, sandalwood beads on her wrist, and thick-framed reading glasses
• Hair tied in a tight braid or bun, and rarely seen smiling
• Carries a folded copy of the Constitution—annotated, highlighted, and quoted for her purpose
Personality & Power Style:
• Speaks in rhetorical lightning—passion, threat, memory
• Known for never backing down, even under fire—whether it’s journalists or judges
• Leverages cultural institutions, nationalist youth groups, and spiritual influencers
• Gets censored often. Gets stronger after every censorship.
She makes Ishani’s cabinet nervous. She calls Zehra “an urban myth.” She once called Amara Ray “a moral virus.”
Key Conflicts:
• Detests Ishani Rathore: Calls her a “foreign-souled technocrat”
• Clashes with Tara Chauhan’s movement: Calls it anti-national
• Rani Baisa funds her—secretly—for protection
• Once accused Bibi Naaz of promoting superstition and demanded a ban on ritual healers
Quote:
“The land remembers. The culture remembers. And I will never let this country forget who it belongs to.”
Want to see her visual next—saffron flame in Parliament, or mid-rally with flags roaring behind her?