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India's Modi is using Technology to change election campaigning

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Re: India's Modi is using Technology to change election campaigning

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Given how low internet penetration is in India , this kind of thing cannot have much of an impact at the grassroot level.

You're right that internet penetration is low, but I believe that is quickly changing. Almost every person under the age of 35 I know in India (which is a lot, I have a lot of family there) regularly uses the internet, and anyone in the middle class can afford 3g (which is ~1-3 dollars a month).

Also, there's a matter of who is being targeted; you could probably draw strong parallels with Obama's strategy of targeting the young and educated.

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For the uninitiated , Narendra Modi was the CM of gujarat when gujarat violence happened http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Gujarat_violence

And the point is? He has done a lot for his state. Which is India's most progressive and prosperous.

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For the uninitiated , Narendra Modi was the CM of gujarat when gujarat violence happened http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Gujarat_violence

And the point is? He has done a lot for his state. Which is India's most progressive and prosperous.

Gujarat may be prosperous (this is open for debate), but I'm not sure a place that still has alcohol prohibition is India's 'most progressive' state.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

And the point is? He has done a lot for his state. Which is India's most progressive and prosperous.

Gujarat may be prosperous (this is open for debate), but I'm not sure a place that still has alcohol prohibition is India's 'most progressive' state.

You're right. It's disappointing to see that people have a short memory about this just because his state has done well economically.

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For the uninitiated , Narendra Modi was the CM of gujarat when gujarat violence happened http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Gujarat_violence

Its a matter of choosing the lesser evil.

Given a choice which one would you choose - A skilled and able administrator with a dodgy past or a corrupt, bureaucratic and sycophantic bunch of people who have a history of such incidences spread over half a century.

Yes Modi has his faults but he is preferable over the alternative, though I would be loath to see he become more autocratic - a distinct possibility .