"I met nobody in rural India who saw Modi as corrupt and autocratic...," wrote 'Indian Express' columnist Tavleen Singh

Her words should ultimately tell the story of Indian election 2024 .....

Sickular brigade is far off the target. When they say this will happen or that will happen -- especially in the context of Narendra Modi -- they are just clueless !!

" We continue to hope that he (Modi) will be defeated this time and hope that the message that democracy is in danger will resonate with voters. 

When the results come, we are likely to be disappointed again. I met nobody in rural India who saw Modi as corrupt and autocratic." -- Tavleen Singh 

Tavleen Singh is no blind supporter of Narendra Modi and hence one can say ... she is being objective and frank...  

Now let us take a few headlines from the western media and a few from likely Chinese proxies ;;;;  (in the context of elections in India and the functioning of the Modi Govt and PM Narendra Modi in particular) 

'Laments India's descent into authoritarianism' --- Nikkei Asia (Japan)  

** "Is India's BJP, the world's most ruthlessly efficient political party" ?? - 'Financial Times'. 

"The 'Mother of Democracy' is not in Good shape"

*** 'How Indian Democracy developed East Asian Characteristics' 

'Modi's Make in India did not make jobs' - 'Foreign Policy'

'Modi's Slide Toward Autocracy' 

Coming back to Tavleen Singh's article ....:

"What is it about ‘autocratic’, ‘dictatorial’ Modi that attracts ordinary Indian voters more? The answer that I got to this question on my recent travels in rural India is that people have seen changes in their lives, and they believe that these changes have happened because of Modi. 

"These are not remarkable changes. They are simple things like roads, drinking water, electricity, and Internet services but because they were not there before, they seem remarkable". -- she writes.

Tavleen also says:

"Those who have not but wish to continue being relevant cling these days to Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi and hope that somehow, they will be able to defeat Modi. 

Some act as advisors to the current heirs of the Dynasty and fill their heads with grandiose ideas like saving the Constitution and saving democracy. 

"But the truth is that Rahul Gandhi’s main message remains the same as it was in the last general election. This is that Modi is corrupt and that he works only for a handful of rich Indians. He steals your money, he shrieks at his political rallies, and he gives it to his rich friends. 

How exactly does this work?" 

Jaishankar with Russian counterpart 

More firangi headlines:

Jacobin: "Narendra Modi preparing new attacks on Democratic rights"

"Who can stop Modi and his authoritarian vision for India"

Tavleen Singh yet again hits the nail ..... :::: this is also for Delhi elites.... the infamous and somewhat selfishly pushy --- Sickular brigade -- the Jugadu club ---

"When it came to politics and elections, we stuck loyally by the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and its various heirs because they were people like us. We did not care that Parliament had been turned into a private members club. It was our club. 

Nor did we care that the Congress Party under Sonia Gandhi’s stewardship had also become a private club. It was our club. 

In our drawing rooms we talked endlessly of democracy and secularism and saw ourselves as ordained to protect these ideas."

"More worrying for me was that some ideas in the Nyaya Patra (Justice Letter) seemed copied from Modi. The Prime Minister has been saying since the beginning of this election season that in his eyes the four castes in India are: youth, women, farmers, and the poor. 

"The Congress President spoke of the four pillars of the party manifesto being: youth, women, farmers, and workers. His speech was received with such apathy by his colleagues that he asked in a sad voice if people had ‘forgotten how to clap:, Tavleen Singh wrote in another piece. 

On Foreign Policy front:

"For a party that has long been viewed, rightly or wrongly, as reluctant to engage with the US and soft on China, Congress appears to be rethinking the triangular dynamic with Washington and Beijing. The Congress perhaps sees that China’s power poses a great challenge to India and that the US must be a part of the answer. 

"Assuming this conjecture is correct, it is not something that any mainstream party would say aloud. Does the Congress’s tough line on China mean we have arrived at a new normal in India’s triangular relations with China and the US?" -- writes C Raja Mohan