Made what through? I live here, you think that second or third hand view point would hold a candle to my life experiences? Like I said previously in another thread Modi is your typical politician looking to dredge up sometimes religious/communal/caste/language divide in order to win elections. He's no different than 1000 other politicians before or since!
Thing that bugs me in this thread is that if you are not a fan of BJP, Modi or their policies you are labeled a 'leftist'. As opposed to what? Fascist?
Except I didn't use the L word anywhere did I? The contrary is true though in this
echo chamber because even if you don't agree with all of Modi's policies, only some of them, you are a right wing Hindu nationalist nutjob/fascist/Nazi but hey keep pushing the line that you're the righteous ones 👌
And if you were at least "semi" serious about this you would explain how objective/accurate these ranking are? Like journalists being killed in India ~ yes it's unfortunate but a lot of them are victims of reporting local/state issues & then corruption at the national level. Do you seriously think everyone of these political hit jobs was because of BJP?
This seems like a good read and a good summary of the concerns about modi.
Narendra Modi’s war on India’s democracy, explained.
www.vox.com
Yes that explains how Congress won the last elections in Karnataka, if you were half as informed about India as some of you claim to be then you'd know caste+language divide is greater than Hindu/Muslim tensions here but carry on with your enlightening revelations! Modi has lost more elections than he's won the BJP since he took power at the center, BJP probably also has lost 2/3 or more state elections since 98/99 when they first formed a stable govt at the center but yes democracy is at stake because you said so 🤨
And Congress was never as secular as some of you seem to think otherwise partition would likely have never happened!
August 15 remains a day for contemplating whether India’s 1947 Partition was avoidable. Some say the British forced it. Any student of history will say this is laughably false. The most popular narrative says Jinnah’s...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Finally people in India who get "turned on" by this BS probably constitute less than 1% of the population. Most would rather concentrate on their meals next day, housing, fuel costs, food etc. The vast majority of people don't fucking care who's gonna be the next PM of the country & whether it has to be Modi or not.
Indians see religious tolerance as a central part of who they are as a nation. Across the major religious groups, most people say it is very important to respect all religions to be “truly Indian.”
www.pewresearch.org
Here's another pointer for you ~ democracy is roughly the same it has ever been, corruption however IMO has worsened. What used to be done below the table probably gets through now electoral bonds & other more fancy ways, but it goes to all sides & BJP isn't the only beneficiary.
If you think that has weakened the institutions/democracy sure because Modi was supposed to be driving this weed out of the system & he didn't. Everything else you hear or see ~ you must be living in a parallel world where India was the beacon of freedom/democracy/secularism yada yada because that was never the case!
Farm laws you say? Do you have wealthy farmer relatives here ~ no, then you're clearly lying how they would negatively affect farmers!
And if you're still not convinced why don't you come out here & see for yourself what this dying/decaying democracy is all about? Don't restrict yourself to the view point of 0.001% of the population who subscribe to the likes of WSJ, WaPo or NYT. I'll even pay for your trip home as long as its
economy class
If India needs to come out of the same old legacy of 1000+ years of divide & rule we need to recognize that corruption is (for me) the biggest issue in this country ~ which IMO a majority of people already understand. The bureaucrat who asks for a bribe to not "stall" your Passport application doesn't give you a discount if you're a Muslim or Hindu, neither does that Minister claiming to bring the glory of ancient Hindu kingdoms back & if you can't see this then you clearly have no fucking clue about India!