Narendra Modi should know that vitriol of Hindutva, renaming of cities won't woo voters; he has a lot to fix before 2019
6 years, 1 month ago

Narendra Modi should know that vitriol of Hindutva, renaming of cities won't woo voters; he has a lot to fix before 2019

Firstpost  

Whatever good the Narendra Modi government has done these past four years, including putting India right up there on the global map, was getting lost in the dross of religion and Hindutva-oriented sentiments. Changing the names of streets and cities neither generates employment and prosperity, or encourages medical access, nor does the shrill rhetoric over the religious divide and erecting huge statues lead to the basics of roti, kapada and makan and the right to education. Whatever good the Modi government has done these past four years, including putting India right up there on the global map as a nation to reckon with, was getting lost in the dross of religion and Hindutva-oriented sentiments. One would have thought that had Hindutva and the brouhaha over beef and the call to arms over even edifices like the Taj Mahal been as successful and popular as it was projected, these were the states where the majority population would have swamped the polls in favour of the BJP.

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'Lies and deceit suffered a crushing defeat': PM Modi on Mahayuti's landslide win in Maharashtra
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Lies and deceit suffered a crushing defeat': PM Modi on Mahayuti's landslide win in Maharashtra

Firstpost  

The prime minister also noted the contributions made by Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar in Mahayuti’s historic win in Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 Result Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that with Mahayuti’s win in Maharashtra, negative and dynastic politics has lost its place in the state, adding that development and good governance have emerged victorious today. "#MaharashtraElection2024 pic.twitter.com/617gHFvIOY …

Maharashtra Assembly result: The return of 'Brand Modi' after Haryana
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra Assembly result: The return of 'Brand Modi' after Haryana

India Today  

If the 2024 Lok Sabha election result came as a shocker for 'Brand Modi' in Indian politics, then the Assembly outcomes in Haryana, and now Maharashtra, have reaffirmed his leadership. The context: A tougher political terrain The elections in Haryana and Maharashtra were held in different climates compared to the BJP’s Lok Sabha victory earlier in 2024. Furthermore, the BJP’s …

‘Humbling moment’: What will Modi 3.0 look like for India?
7 months, 1 week ago

‘Humbling moment’: What will Modi 3.0 look like for India?

Al Jazeera  

As Modi prepares to be sworn in with a reduced mandate, analysts and critics say allies he depends on could serve as a check on his government. New Delhi, India – Vishal Paliwal, a 57-year-old worker of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, spent Tuesday afternoon sleeping at home as India counted over 640 million votes cast in its …

What the verdict holds for the BJP, its mascot, Modi
7 months, 1 week ago

What the verdict holds for the BJP, its mascot, Modi

Hindustan Times  

At the first meeting of the MPs of the National Democratic Alliance, Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister -elect, touched the Constitution to his forehead before taking his seat. When Modi presided over the consecration of the temple in January, it was widely assumed that this would be the BJP’s Pulwama moment for 2024 — an emotive issue that would define …

Imagine there are no losers: Why 2024 is the John Lennon election
7 months, 1 week ago

Imagine there are no losers: Why 2024 is the John Lennon election

Times of India  

Nirmalya Dutta's political and economic views vacillate from woke Leninist to Rand-Marxist to Keynesian-Friedmanite. The story goes that when the young working-class hero was asked what he would like to be when he grew up, he had replied: “I just want to be happy.” There’s absolutely no evidence to suggest that the story, like Albert Einstein’s imaginary driver one, has …

India elections: Modi declares victory but party faces shock losses in parliament and will need coalition
7 months, 1 week ago

India elections: Modi declares victory but party faces shock losses in parliament and will need coalition

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — India’s transformative yet divisive Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory in national elections on Tuesday evening, but his goal of winning an unassailable majority was left in tatters after voters delivered a shock result that reduced the extent of his party’s grip on power. Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s National Congress, said early election results …

Hinduphobia in Western media: As India goes to poll to elect a new government, global news organisations turn to anti-Hindu prejudice
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Hinduphobia in Western media: As India goes to poll to elect a new government, global news organisations turn to anti-Hindu prejudice

Op India  

As the grand festival of democracy, the general election commences in India on the 19th of April 2024, the Western media is covering India’s election news with the display of its usual Hinduphobic and anti-Modi rants. The foreign media reports played on the palpable insinuation that somehow Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi’s victory is inevitable and the democracy and the minorities, …

View: Modi’s ‘White Paper' shows a mirror to UPA’s misgovernance and corruption
11 months, 1 week ago

View: Modi’s ‘White Paper' shows a mirror to UPA’s misgovernance and corruption

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The ‘White Paper on the Indian Economy’ tabled by the Narendra Modi government in Parliament on Thursday shows a mirror to economist turned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the fiscal mismanagement and corruption done during his 10-year UPA regime. PM Narendra Modi with former PM Manmohan Singh By comparing about 10 years of the Modi government with the …

How a Hindu temple built on the remains of an ancient mosque at Ayodhya could help Narendra Modi win this year's election
11 months, 3 weeks ago

How a Hindu temple built on the remains of an ancient mosque at Ayodhya could help Narendra Modi win this year's election

ABC  

Decades after a sacred mosque was violently demolished by Hindu nationalists, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled a brand new temple on the site, which has been at the centre of a centuries-long religious rift. Mr Modi also called out detractors who said the temple's construction would set off a "firestorm" because of its controversial history. Billboards in Ayodhya …

9 Yrs, 3 Months & 6 Days Later, Brand Modi is Going Strong, Keeping Pro-Incumbency Alive - News18
1 year, 4 months ago

9 Yrs, 3 Months & 6 Days Later, Brand Modi is Going Strong, Keeping Pro-Incumbency Alive - News18

News 18  

It was May 26, 2014. In spite of Congress’ regular press conferences and Rahul Gandhi making it the sole poll issue, election results showed that India stood by the goodwill of Narendra Modi. As of this Friday, it has been exactly nine years, three months, and six days since he took oath as India’s prime minister but PM Modi still …

India First | Rahul Gandhi’s frustrations at Cambridge and Narendra Modi’s triumph
1 year, 10 months ago

India First | Rahul Gandhi’s frustrations at Cambridge and Narendra Modi’s triumph

Firstpost  

Rahul Gandhi’s address at the Cambridge University reflected his desperation and frustrations at not being able to do much to oust the Modi government Two contrasting events were witnessed from a political spectrum. One was the victory rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the party’s spectacular victory in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, and the second was Congress leader Rahul …

Modi’s biggest asset is his legion of city-bred, party-circuit opponents
1 year, 11 months ago

Modi’s biggest asset is his legion of city-bred, party-circuit opponents

Firstpost  

The attack on Modi ahead of 2024 so far has been just like 2014 and 2019: poorly thought-out, in a language that the masses don’t relate to, and reeking of disdain for Hindus and India They speak clipped English, sneer at vernacular India, and articulate their anger like Jager Bomb revolutionaries at a pub. Their ultimate expression of defiance is …

Narendra Modi is weaving religion, nationalism and welfarism to create winning formula for BJP in 2024
2 years, 2 months ago

Narendra Modi is weaving religion, nationalism and welfarism to create winning formula for BJP in 2024

Firstpost  

Should India sustain a year-on-year economic growth rate of near 7 per cent GDP, it will be a harbinger of a near-certain third term for Narendra Modi as of now On 23 October, as dusk dawned on the holy city of Ayodhya, it was a solemn moment. Add to the above, should India sustain a year-on-year economic growth rate of …

India's Religious Polarization Is Seeping Into The US Diaspora
2 years, 2 months ago

India's Religious Polarization Is Seeping Into The US Diaspora

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In Edison, New Jersey, a bulldozer, which has become a symbol of oppression of India’s Muslim minority, rolled down the street during a parade marking that country’s Independence Day. On the other hand, many Hindu Americans feel vilified and targeted for their views, said Samir Kalra, managing director of the Hindu American Foundation in Washington, D.C. “The …

Plain Speak: Why the Opposition Fails To Beat Narendra Modi, His Ideas
2 years, 4 months ago

Plain Speak: Why the Opposition Fails To Beat Narendra Modi, His Ideas

News 18  

The reason Narendra Modi is genuinely loved by the average people on the street is not so much because people believe he has done more than any other PM, but because he taps into their aspirations through the power of ideas. From his very first Independence Day speech, which set forth the ambitious plan of ‘Swachh Bharat’ that included the …

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before
2 years, 5 months ago

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before

LA Times  

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, center in blue mask, and other lawmakers participate in a protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. “And now, 75 years on, to witness it being dismantled systematically and in shockingly violent ways is traumatic.” Modi’s ministers say India’s democratic principles are robust, even thriving. Then he promised: “To the nations and peoples …

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before
2 years, 5 months ago

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The Aug. 5 demonstrations by India’s main opposition Congress party against soaring food prices and unemployment began like any other recent protest — an electorally weak opposition taking to the New Delhi streets against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s massively popular government. “And now, 75 years on, to witness it being dismantled systematically and in shockingly violent ways …

The new trinity: How Yogi, Himanta and Fadnavis are shaping the course of ‘modified’ BJP
2 years, 6 months ago

The new trinity: How Yogi, Himanta and Fadnavis are shaping the course of ‘modified’ BJP

Firstpost  

The year 2014 changed Indian politics forever. The BJP triumphed in the general elections, but carefully hidden a layer below the electoral mandate was the triumph of a particular brand of politics within the party. The North East was the Congress party’s last fortress, since after 2009 it had been the only part of the country where the Congress state …

'Hindutva project' of BJP weakening India: Asaduddin Owaisi
2 years, 6 months ago

'Hindutva project' of BJP weakening India: Asaduddin Owaisi

India TV News  

Highlights Narendra Modi govt at Centre has been pursuing Hindutva politics for last 8-years, says Owaisi BJP, RSS have been working to implement their agenda of 'Hindutva': Asaduddin Owaisi They are encouraging violence to meet their ideological ends, says Owaisi The Narendra Modi government at the Centre has been pursuing Hindutva politics for the last eight years, says AIMIM president …

Assembly election results 2022: Time for new politics, not just new leaders
2 years, 10 months ago

Assembly election results 2022: Time for new politics, not just new leaders

Firstpost  

Narendra Modi has changed the paradigm of Indian politics and initiated a new politics based on economic well-being and last-mile targeted delivery that has dismantled old politics of feudalism, favouritism, casteism and rhetorics Every election since 2014, whether the seemingly invincible BJP has lost or won, has shown that old politics of caste politics and negative campaigns has been marginalised. …

How foreign media reacted to BJP's thumping win in Assembly elections
2 years, 10 months ago

How foreign media reacted to BJP's thumping win in Assembly elections

India TV News  

Highlights International media reacted to BJP's record electoral gains in 4 states They said it shows dominance of PM Modi in Indian politics BJP won assembly polls in 4 states - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur Assembly Election Result 2022 : The international media, which closely followed the crucial assembly elections in India, on Thursday commented that the BJP's …

OPINION | Election results: How Modi changed India’s political narrative
2 years, 10 months ago

OPINION | Election results: How Modi changed India’s political narrative

India TV News  

The remarkable victories of BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa have once again established Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s solid leadership credentials, his rising popularity graph and administrative competence. Simultaneously, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s spectacular win has not only established him as the greatest leader of UP in recent times, but has also underlined BJP’s domination in national politics. …

Modi’s BJP set for big win in India’s state elections
2 years, 10 months ago

Modi’s BJP set for big win in India’s state elections

Al Jazeera  

The state polls are a crucial test for PM Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party before national elections in 2024. India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party looks set to retain populous Uttar Pradesh and is leading in regional elections in three other states in what is being seen as an endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity before general election …

'Agar Congress na hoti…': PM Modi's big attack on Emergency, anti-Sikh riots in Parliament
2 years, 11 months ago

'Agar Congress na hoti…': PM Modi's big attack on Emergency, anti-Sikh riots in Parliament

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack against the Congress party in Parliament on Tuesday. The prime minister said that the biggest threat to India is dynasty politics and urged Congress to give space to democracy within the organisation. Amid protests from the Opposition, PM Modi said that without Congress, India would have been free from Emergency, corruption, anti-Sikh …

Narendra Modi to visit Lucknow today: PM will unveil 75 projects, review Ayodhya's 3D model
3 years, 3 months ago

Narendra Modi to visit Lucknow today: PM will unveil 75 projects, review Ayodhya's 3D model

Firstpost  

The PMO said Modi will digitally hand over keys of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban houses to 75,000 beneficiaries in 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh and will also interact with them virtually Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate ‘Azadi@75 New Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape’ conference-cum-expo on Tuesday in Lucknow and also launch many development projects. According to Hindustan …

Why the Dismantling Global Hindutva agenda against Narendra Modi failed
3 years, 3 months ago

Why the Dismantling Global Hindutva agenda against Narendra Modi failed

Op India  

There has been a concerted campaign against India by western countries since decades. Since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister, the allegations against the Indian dispensation have revolved around ‘fascism’ and ‘authoritarianism’ and other such matters. Nevertheless, while the US bungled from one war crime after another, the panelists at the ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ conference were more concerned with alleged human …

Timing of Narendra Modi’s attack on media and Opposition's COVID-19 politics speaks volumes
3 years, 7 months ago

Timing of Narendra Modi’s attack on media and Opposition's COVID-19 politics speaks volumes

Firstpost  

While the prime minister’s address was no doubt a full-frontal political attack, it was in retaliation to sustained politics of slander More important than the message in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on Monday was the timing. To add salt to the wounds, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has openly insulted the prime minister and got …

How Narendra Modi has moved away from Atal Bihari Vajpayee | OPINION
3 years, 7 months ago

How Narendra Modi has moved away from Atal Bihari Vajpayee | OPINION

India Today  

"The tragic paradox of the electoral route to authoritarianism is that democracy's assassins use the very institutions of democracy -- gradually, subtly, and even legally -- to kill it" -- Steven Levitsky As the Modi-led BJP government completes seven years of being in absolute power, it is worth remembering how a former chief minister, before he went on to become …

Modi: Local media have gone easy on India’s Prime Minister. That’s changing because of the pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

Modi: Local media have gone easy on India’s Prime Minister. That’s changing because of the pandemic

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — Om Gaur is in the middle of the most heart-wrenching story of his career as a journalist. Dainik Bhaskar, one of India’s biggest Hindi-language newspapers, published its story last week with the headline, “Ganga is ashamed.” “I have never seen anything like this in my 35-year-long career,” Gaur told CNN Business. “Mainstream media, particularly broadcast …

Op-Ed: How anti-democratic politics make India’s COVID calamity worse
3 years, 8 months ago

Op-Ed: How anti-democratic politics make India’s COVID calamity worse

LA Times  

Funeral pyres of victims of COVID-19 burn at a lot that has been converted into a mass crematorium in New Delhi on April 24. In the world’s largest democracy, the Modi regime must be held accountable for the terrifying surge of death and disease since March. But it allowed the regime to continue to hold a number of key state …

Narendra Modi’s new political narrative
3 years, 11 months ago

Narendra Modi’s new political narrative

Hindustan Times  

Over the past week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in Parliament thrice — while responding to the discussion on the motion of thanks to the President’s address in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and bidding farewell to retiring Rajya Sabha members, particularly Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House, Ghulam Nabi Azad. The speeches throw up a broad …

Opinion | 2014 made Modi the locus of Indian politics
5 years ago

Opinion | 2014 made Modi the locus of Indian politics

Live Mint  

The parliamentary election in 2014 appeared to be a turning point in the history of Indian politics. After the 2014 election, the BJP presented a critique of Nehruvian centrist politics and prepared the background in which it proposed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as a counter to Nehru’s image. The Modi-led BJP formed broader social alliances among various Hindu caste-based voters in …

PM Modi appeals to Indians to stay away from rumours over CAA
5 years ago

PM Modi appeals to Indians to stay away from rumours over CAA

Op India  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for peace and harmony in wake of the violence perpetrated by Muslim mobs across the country after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act. — Narendra Modi December 16, 2019 The Prime Minister assured the citizens of the country that no Indian citizen had anything to fear from the Citizenship Amendment Act. We cannot allow …

Narendra Modi sends a message to South India: PM is shaping thought process on Tamil language, Christians, Muslims
5 years, 3 months ago

Narendra Modi sends a message to South India: PM is shaping thought process on Tamil language, Christians, Muslims

Firstpost  

By addressing Tamil as the oldest language in the world on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was correcting the misconception that the BJP was a party which favoured Hindi heartland in the north and negated south India A day after returning from his week-long trip to the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Chennai on Monday to attend the …

What does Modi’s return to power mean for India’s Muslims?
5 years, 7 months ago

What does Modi’s return to power mean for India’s Muslims?

Al Jazeera  

After landslide victory India’s PM reaches out to Muslims, who fear they will continue to be target of Hindu hardliners. “Just hours after the results were declared, Muslims were publicly attacked in many places by those celebrating Modi’s victory,” Owasi, the president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party, told Al Jazeera. Author and senior journalist Saeed Naqvi said that …

Hidden within Narendra Modi's masterclass to first-time MPs is a strong critique of the state of India's media
5 years, 7 months ago

Hidden within Narendra Modi's masterclass to first-time MPs is a strong critique of the state of India's media

Firstpost  

Modi himself provided an interesting window to his thoughts while addressing over 300 BJP MPs, many of them first-timers, at Parliament’s Central Hall on Saturday evening. What emerged during the address has been lauded in many quarters as “statesmanlike”, “inclusive” and “empowering” but a key takeaway from the address was the prime minister’s inherent distrust of the media. What emerged …

Election results 2019: Ab ki baar, 300 paar: Modi makes it mumkin for BJP
5 years, 7 months ago

Election results 2019: Ab ki baar, 300 paar: Modi makes it mumkin for BJP

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will govern India for five more years with a new, bigger parliamentary majority granted by millions of voters who pressed the button next to the lotus. - Prime Minister Narendra Modi The previous record-holder was Rajiv Gandhi's Congress, now facing a crisis under the stewardship of his son, Rahul Gandhi. It seems Rahul Gandhi's regular fulminations …

Editorial | For a rediscovery of India: on Modi's return to power
5 years, 7 months ago

Editorial | For a rediscovery of India: on Modi's return to power

The Hindu  

The definitive nature of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in the 17th general election marks an unmistakable inflection point in the journey of the Republic. The 2019 verdict has also dismantled social justice politics in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, two States that together send 120 members to the Lok Sabha. and Bihar, social justice parties with deep-rooted support among the …

Election results 2019: 5 reasons that got Narendra Modi another term
5 years, 7 months ago

Election results 2019: 5 reasons that got Narendra Modi another term

India Today  

Suspense is over and though the counting of votes by the Election Commission was still in progress at the time of writing, it is clear that Narendra Modi will take oath as the prime minister for the second time in a row. The Opposition led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi looked set to pose a tough challenge to PM Modi’s …

Narendra Modi’s landslide reelection in India is another win for religious nationalism
5 years, 7 months ago

Narendra Modi’s landslide reelection in India is another win for religious nationalism

LA Times  

Supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party celebrate the results of India’s election Thursday in New Delhi. #VijayiBharat — Narendra Modi May 23, 2019 Modi’s chief opposition, the Indian National Congress, was on track to win barely 50 seats, the second consecutive dismal showing in a national election for what was once India’s most powerful political party. “Modi and Amit …

Narendra Modi vs Rahul Gandhi: The Negativism Race of Lok Sabha polls 2019
5 years, 7 months ago

Narendra Modi vs Rahul Gandhi: The Negativism Race of Lok Sabha polls 2019

India Today  

From the spring of positive ideas to the vicious, scorching summer of outright name-calling, the political climate of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections can be understood in three distinct segments: Phase 1: BJP's PM-Kisan Vs. Congress's Joblessness The first segment began this year when, in the run-up to the election, the BJP launched, among other welfare measures, the PM-Kisan Samman …

Ab koi rok nahi sakta: Vivek Oberoi blows the conch in new PM Narendra Modi biopic poster
5 years, 7 months ago

Ab koi rok nahi sakta: Vivek Oberoi blows the conch in new PM Narendra Modi biopic poster

India Today  

Vivek Oberoi is now waiting for his upcoming film PM Narendra Modi to release on May 24, a day after Lok Sabha poll results. "Aa rahe hain dobara PM Narendra Modi, Ab koi nahi rok sakta," Vivek tweeted alongside the new poster. During the launch of the new poster with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur, the PM Narendra Modi …

PM Narendra Modi vows to instal Vidyasagar statue at Kolkata college, calls TMC party of hooligans
5 years, 7 months ago

PM Narendra Modi vows to instal Vidyasagar statue at Kolkata college, calls TMC party of hooligans

India Today  

As the Opposition rallied behind Mamata Banerjee over EC ban on campaigning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the Bengal CM saying Trinamool indulged in hooliganism during Amit Shah's rally on Tuesday. Speaking at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh's Mau, Narendra Modi said, "We saw hooliganism by Trinamool workers again during Bhai Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata, they …

'Mamata, TMC fear people's power': Narendra Modi, in exclusive News18 India interview, on Bengal violence, being abused by Opposition and more
5 years, 8 months ago

'Mamata, TMC fear people's power': Narendra Modi, in exclusive News18 India interview, on Bengal violence, being abused by Opposition and more

Firstpost  

The day after BJP and TMC supporters clashed on the streets of Kolkata following a massive roadshow by saffron party chief Amit Shah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sat down for an exclusive interview with News18 India. The prime minister touched upon the violence in West Bengal, the Opposition attacks on the Election Commission and electronic voting machines, and the BJP’s …

Modi government won't return to power: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
5 years, 8 months ago

Modi government won't return to power: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

India TV News  

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said people are unhappy with the government at the Centre. People are unhappy with the Centre," said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after casting her vote at a polling booth in Sardar Patel Vidyalaya at Lodhi Estate here in the national capital. Earlier in the day, Congress president …

10 things Narendra Modi needs to do in his second term to reaffirm his support among the electorate
5 years, 8 months ago

10 things Narendra Modi needs to do in his second term to reaffirm his support among the electorate

Op India  

Narendra Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister after Indira Gandhi in 1971 to return to power with an absolute majority in the Parliament for his party for two consecutive terms. The BJP displayed great commitment towards it in its first term and in it’s second, things must be taken to their logical conclusion. ‘Lock Them Up!’ Narendra Modi and …

At Varanasi roadshow, Narendra Modi put his time-tested 'shock and awe' tactics on full display
5 years, 8 months ago

At Varanasi roadshow, Narendra Modi put his time-tested 'shock and awe' tactics on full display

Firstpost  

Long before the term ‘shock and awe’ found a place in the strategic parlance of the USA during the Gulf War to mean ‘completely blow away the enemy’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had practically internalised this tactic into his politics way back in 1990 Long before the term ‘shock and awe’ found a place in the strategic parlance of the …

Between Rahul Gandhi's pacifism and Narendra Modi's nationalism, it's becoming clear which idea will win, and why
5 years, 8 months ago

Between Rahul Gandhi's pacifism and Narendra Modi's nationalism, it's becoming clear which idea will win, and why

Firstpost  

More than a week ago, while reporting on the struggling lock industry in Aligarh, I ended up having an argument with a local resident. He argued Prime Minister Narendra Modi deserves another term because we need a “strong leader”, instead of a “weak coalition”. He agreed, and said, “Yes, Modi has not even fulfilled 5 percent of his promises.” “But,” …

Religious violence is rising in Narendra Modi’s India. It might not hurt his reelection hopes
5 years, 9 months ago

Religious violence is rising in Narendra Modi’s India. It might not hurt his reelection hopes

LA Times  

People line up to vote at a polling station in Dadri, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, as India begins multi-stage general elections on April 11. When the BJP took over the Uttar Pradesh state government from a rival party in 2017, Modi installed Yogi Adityanath, a hard-line Hindu priest, as the state’s chief minister. India’s Narendra Modi, battling …

OPINION: Opposition parties’ drama in Delhi ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019
5 years, 11 months ago

OPINION: Opposition parties’ drama in Delhi ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019

India TV News  

Just a few months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2019, there is a “wave” of anti-Modi rallies in the national capital of the country. After Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s day-long hunger strike in Delhi on Monday now the Aam Aadmi Party has organised an anti-government rally in the national capital. In …

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