India's pro-business Modi storms to historic election win

Post by chaofguan » Fri, May 16, 2014, 4:00 PM UTC

visava wrote: post #59

cstross wrote: post #33

Calling Modi "pro-business" seems like a bit of an over-simplication. He's a member of the RSS ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh ), which is arguably a violently anti-muslim paramilitary group, as well as leading the BJP ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party ). It's not unreasonable to call the BJP centre-right on economic/business issues ... but they have other policies as…

How many Iraq civilians were killed in Gulf war compared to 2000 in Gujrat riots. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/iraq-death-toll_n_4... There have been many communal riots in India since 2002 but Gujrat has been peaceful place since 2002.

Post by chaofguan » Fri, May 16, 2014, 4:03 PM UTC

yepyepyep wrote: post #28

breitling wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From what I've read about this guy, there seems to be a lot more to add to the "ugly" column. - He equates the plight of muslims murdered in 2002 to a puppy run over by a car [1]. - He has been a life long member of party's most militant wing [2]. - He's not shy about delivering flagrant speeches. Seems to be a very divisive figure. If I were one of the minorities in India, this would be a very disappointing day. [1]…

I no longer live in India but have a large extended family that does. Being in the minority, they are filled with paranoia about what this could mean. I'm still skeptical if anything bad will happen but I am also not living there.

Post by chaofguan » Fri, May 16, 2014, 4:05 PM UTC

kang wrote: post #37

A corrupt Business Model. BJP (the party under Modi's leadership) allegedly spent 100 billion Rs on advertisement. Like cunning businessman they exploited a loophole in the law; the parties are exempted from disclosing the source of their income! With this amount of money, every child in India could be educated for free. Imagine that for a second. The huge spendings, presenting a lipstick-on-a-pig development model o…

Post by datacog » Fri, May 16, 2014, 4:09 PM UTC

intull wrote: post #25

It might also be worth mentioning the numbers here. The BJP, party to which Mr. Narendra Modi belongs to, alone has got more than 50% of the seats in the Indian Parliament and nearly 60% with allies. The INC (Indian National Congress) has suffered a historic defeat with not even 10% of the seats. Which also brings the interesting fact that the NDA will not have a Leader of Opposition as none of the other parties hold…

Post by datacog » Fri, May 16, 2014, 4:14 PM UTC

kang wrote: post #37

A corrupt Business Model. BJP (the party under Modi's leadership) allegedly spent 100 billion Rs on advertisement. Like cunning businessman they exploited a loophole in the law; the parties are exempted from disclosing the source of their income! With this amount of money, every child in India could be educated for free. Imagine that for a second. The huge spendings, presenting a lipstick-on-a-pig development model o…