The dynamic between these two groups holds great significance for all Indians. The BJP has attempted to open India to foreign investment, much to the outspoken displeasure of the RSS, but it also gave the orders for India's nuclear tests in 1998 and has presided over increased military escalation along India's disputed Kashmir border. Although the BJP members leading the national government, including Vajpayee, have been more secular and centrist than many state governments led by their BJP comrades, they are under constant pressure from the RSS to revert to extremist positions. The BJP, it seems, realizes that it cannot remain in power while fully sanctioning its right-wing leanings, for it will be criticized by the Indian media, educated Indians, and the West. At the same time, the BJP leaders are stuck in the paradoxical position of not being able to fully abandon their old extremist roots, as they will then lose the support of their coalition partners. It is a search for identity, and what the BJP finds could potentially change India and its unique version of secular democracy.