Modi Magic

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