"If the June 4 results lead to the BJP decimating the Rahul Gandhi-led-Congress party yet again, it is likely that Modi's overseas critics will team up with India's opposition to question the legitimacy of the triumph. .... the larger objective is to sow doubts in the minds of business leaders and political decision-makers about India's success story.
Modi is the real target and by taring him with the brush of autocracy, his critics hope to envelop him their yet another murky controversy". -- Swapan Dasputa, former journalist and ex-Rajya Sabha MP
(This article was said to have been written for New York Times after the newspaper requested/commissioned Dasgupta to write -- but was not used as the content did not suit 'editorial line' of the publication....
So that's 'freedom of speech' for you by the firangi intellectuals !!
Dasgupta further wrote: "When the BJP proferred Modi as its leadership candidate, Congress stalwart Mani Shankar Aiyar, a former diplomat who had attended the same school and university in Britain as former PM Rajv Gandhi, suggested he (Modi) go back to selling tea. This snooty put-down of Modi's humble origins was indicative of a mindset of entitlement".
"The twinning of the western liberal establishment concerns over India's democratic backsliding with the opposition Congress party's fighting the polls on a similar platform is significant," runs the piece.
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