the "mota bhai" (he was senior and fat) who was doing the police verification for my passport issuance was a staunch #bjp supporter. he just would not accept my #aadhar card as my address proof. dude unironically, with a straight face, said that aadhar cards can be faked and people have been doing that a lot.
wah #modi ji, wah! this is the "swabhav mein fakeeri".
"A defining feature of life in India today is the suffocating atmosphere of menace and threat to critics of the government. Shah is the face and embodiment of this fear, which lurks everywhere, from the newsrooms to the courtrooms, and which inspires a sense of alarm that is bigger than the sum of the facts and anecdotes that can be amassed to illustrate it"
Chilling long read on the rise of Amit Shah, Modi's right-hand man.
"Partly owing to his days in Gujarat and partly owing to the Indian government’s widely documented use of Israeli spyware to target journalists, activists and critics, the image of Shah in the public imagination is that of a man who holds everyone’s secrets. “Modi has a certain charm, which is perhaps the most dangerous thing about him,” the Indian novelist and activist Arundhati Roy told me. “Amit Shah is a single-string instrument: the only note he can strike is fear.”
The political landscape in Maharashtra looks vastly different from what it was in 2019. While the BJP on paper is in alliance with the official factions of the 2 biggest regional parties in the state, the factions led by their founders stand against it. The charts below explains how BJP traded uncertainty for influence in Maharashtra.
Its now a common refrain in Indian politics that BJP has no qualms inducting leaders from parties that they have accused of misgovernance and corruption before. But are turncoats really a post-2014 phenomenon? I and Abhishek Jha attempt to answer to this question with the limited data we have available.
As voters in more than 80 constituencies were casting their ballots on April 26 in the second phase of #India ’s mammoth general #election, the country’s Supreme Court issued a critical ruling on the electoral #voting system. Rejecting a petition filed by an NGO, the court ruled that India needs to nurture a "culture of trust" on e-voting. But the lack of trust lies at the heart of the issue, explains France 24’s Leela Jacinto.
At a weekend rally, Prime Minister Modi claimed the opposition wanted to take Hindus' money and give it to "infiltrators." The opposition Congress Party said he meant Muslims, and lodged an official election complaint.
"From a few lines two decades ago to multiple full pages, Lok Sabha #election manifestos of two primary national parties in #India - the #BJP and the #Congress - reflect rising concerns over #ClimateChange and environmental degradation.
Experts, however, have expressed concerns regarding the lack of specific steps in their manifesto to address environmental challenges.
Wahlen in Indien: Modis Erfolge und ungelöste Probleme
Indien wählt ein neues Parlament, und Premierminister Modi wirbt mit wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Erfolgen. Seine Gegner kritisieren, die Armut sei unter Modi noch gewachsen. Und sie fragen nach dem Zustand der indischen Demokratie. Von A. Kammerer.
"Since 2018 there has been a steep decline in the quality of India’s electoral democracy. The V-Dem Institute, which tracks democratic freedom around the globe, now considers India to be an electoral autocracy, which means it still holds regular elections but its government is increasingly autocratic.
V-Dem also says India does not have sufficient safeguards in place to ensure free & fair elections"
India's Modi accused of anti-Muslim campaign hate speech (www.dw.com)
At a weekend rally, Prime Minister Modi claimed the opposition wanted to take Hindus' money and give it to "infiltrators." The opposition Congress Party said he meant Muslims, and lodged an official election complaint.