After a Bollywood-like campaign of appealing to people through overly acted out performances, Modi has won.
Odd how the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
even nominated him as party leader considering he was disliked by those in his
party though. Also his strong commitment to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu
nationalist group accused of violence towards Muslims and Christians, sparks
disgust amongst an articulate Indian middle class.
However thanks to the ruling congress-led government and
their inefficiency in the economy, allowing India’s GDP to slump to grow from
an annual nine to under five percent, a bunch of multi-billion dollar
corruption scams, plus many other crazy issues, India has changed.
Plagued with the need of a messiah towards economic
prosperity, Modi has risen.
Modi has been much attributed towards making Gujarat a
hotspot for investment both domestic and foreign. GDP and Infrastructure to his
credit as Chief Minister of Gujarat have reached to great highs and unemployment
is of the lowest in the province.
As colourful and auspicious Modi may seem he does have a
dark side
In 2002, four months into becoming Gujarat’s chief minister
communal clashes largely aimed at killing Muslims by Hindu mobs erupted.
Violence was incited due a train catching fire, killing Hindu pilgrims and
others, said to be started by a Muslim mob. With these events, those affected,
human rights activists, and some officials have accused Modi of accountability,
and that he asked security forces not to intervene. Modi did well in hiding
much of the evidence before the supreme court of India however.
Indeed Modi owes largely to the vigorous and annoying
campaign towards his prophetic mission towards economic prosperity. Indian
media and lenient interviewers (probably bribed) have painted such a praising
image for Modi to the extent that even Muslims have helped supported him into
power. Oh well, I guess India is desperate, hope Modi doesn’t deal with
Pakistan, China, Kashmir, and other security issues the same way he did in 2002.
Good luck India
