Inside Modi's strategy to win the Indian election | The Story

India's PM Narendra Modi is favoured to win a third term as 970 million voters hit the polls in a six-week general election. Using an aggressive digital campaign, he’s doubling down on Hindu nationalism and promising more development. However, crackdowns on opposition and the press have intensified during his decade-long leadership, raising concerns about the future of India's secular democracy.
Guest: Philip Sherwell, Asia correspondent, The Sunday Times.
Host: Maveen Rana.
Clips: ANI, Reuters, DW News, BBC, CNN, The Wire, Brut India.
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[@user-mw9bd2ey6s]

Such a disappointing podcast. Maybe it shouldn’t be surprising, given how large, complicated and diverse a country India is, but it's always a bit disappointing just how badly we in the west misunderstand India.

[@rizwanhussain645]

🇮🇳 is an majoritarian democracy!

[@harshpatel7250]

😂 UK should take care their island first

[@IndroneelMukerji]

All western media houses are purblind in their ‘opinion’ and narrative of India. The ordinary Indian, entirely ignored by the so called ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ , ‘liberal’ political parties and cynically exploited during past elections, unequivocally does not see Mr. Modi as autocratic, dictatorial, or corrupt. What is also ignored is the progress made for the ordinary Indian in the last ten years on access to drinking water, electricity, safe lavatories for women (yes, the socialist - secular - English speaking elite look at such development with utter contempt), public transportation infrastructure, a digital public welfare - social security framework and other similar work. Moreover, the underlying civilisation of India is Hindu, and successive, barbaric assaults by invaders over time has been exacerbated by the socio-economic - political subjugation of the population over a millennium. These are not subjects that the elites would like to air. India has turned its ship, and is now progressing on its own path - and those who profited immediately after the partition and transfer of power - hate it. Viscerally. And that visceral hate is what the western media hears.

[@silverlineash]

This is what Modi doesn’t do: So socialism with other people’s money, or secularism with other people’s religion! Hence he is authentic - no authoritarian! He is democratic - not demoniac! He is visionary- not a puppet from missionaries!

[@richardcory5024]

Mr. Modi, it is not right for you to pretend to be someone else so you can comment on KZbin incognito!

[@silverlineash]

@@richardcory5024 what incognito?? so you are going to give your full name, dob, passport details and your NI number now - because you call yourself richardcory??? You are not even fit to be the dirt of his foot … he has 72% approval ratings consistently- tell me a UK politician Tory or Labour- even half of that rating right now!!!

[@richardcory5024]

@@silverlineash Mr. Modi, don't get so irate! Concentrate on your election, even though you are bound to win it by a landslide!

[@drbh6331]

​@@richardcory5024 modi will win don't cry

[@richardcory5024]

@@drbh6331 Why did you make such an irrelevant and inappropriate comment? It is not a matter of crying in any way at all. Why do you say that? Do you think it adds weight to your otherwise specious comment?

[@subhash06]

I have been to india for 3 weeks and i have not seen any of the issues mentioned

[@srijandatta287]

Liars will lie. What you gonna do.

[@HIMANSHU79879]

in India nobody cares what these 10th rate cringe people say with sop about hindu tropes and so on

[@mmsapollo]

I first heard Pres Modi speak shortly after his election, and the 'vibe' I got was that this was where he was heading. So sad that the intention of democracy is being erroded world-wide when we are One World Family. Methinks much more could be accomplished thru cooperation than opposition😢

[@vikasm4449]

The Last part was totally fake.

[@RP027]

So much lies and biased coverage...

[@veljishah5094]

Modi is bharat You will have to change Change

[@MoralScienceEducation]

Given India is the largest democracy in the world, it will be interesting to see how its human rights record will be elevated to become exemplary to the world🙏

[@richardcory5024]

It will be interesting to see how it continues its current downward trajectory in human rights and what depths it can plumb.

[@MoralScienceEducation]

@@richardcory5024 Let us hope the wisdom of Vedanta, the science of Yoga and the will to live, shared by everyone, will come to our rescue🧘‍♀️😊🙏

[@richardcory5024]

@@MoralScienceEducation What happens in India will not be merely the result of the inheritance and adherence to the values of its great civilisation. India can choose whether it wishes to become a land empire (ironically it was the British who laid the foundations of the potential for a land empire), in which case it will become authoritarian, or it can follow the British and American models and create a maritime empire, in which case it will value openness, trade and access.. Human rights will not prosper under the former (all the signs are that Muslims are in for a very hard time indeed if things continue as they are) but will thrive if India looks across the seas and embraces trade with all nations. The choice is a stark one. Modi is not taking India in the right direction, unfortunately.

[@RR-pc7yv]

​​@@richardcory5024 You're dead wrong about India and ill-informed. Sad to see so many ignorant Westerners falling for this fake narrative. Do you even know how much appeasement of Muslims PM Modi and his party have engaged in, which gets criticised by their own supporters. Please don't fall for such narratives and study India's history and socio-politics from an Indian POV too. India is progressing and although slowly but old wrong-doings are getting corrected..

[@RR-pc7yv]

​​@@richardcory5024 Being an empire, is a fantasy which is impossible in this age of nation-states. Also India is India. India as a nation is very ancient whose foundations predate British period..

[@maureenstarr5744]

I was India and there were plenty of people that did not approve of him

[@carolthomas8528]

It’s called politics!

[@dmib55555]

@@carolthomas8528 No one said it isn't.

[@silverlineash]

You probably only saw the looters from the Lutyens colony

[@rickfresher]

and there are lot of people i mean a lot who do approve him and like him a lot

[@amalkrishnats8352]

Exactly, it is true that he is liked by a lot of people. But his image is indeed a bit too much boosted by PR work and all. There are lot and lot of people who doubt his intentions are mere for votes only and not for the love of any culture, religion. His recent open hate speech against a community for sure has opened some eyes even within their party, I hope!!

[@srijandatta287]

What a waste of time. Is this journalism or propaganda? No nuance!!

[@HIMANSHU79879]

India does not and should not aspire to adhere to "western values" assuming that there is a standard definition of that term that can capture all the complexity of coastal US, southern US, Canada, UK, Germany, France and Italy, not to mention the smaller western nations and cultures. India is a civilisational state that has its own system of values - as a key example Indians of all religious persuasions will agree that taking care of parents and elderly is the adult children's responsibility and not that of the State. This is so deeply ingrained as to constitute a fundamental value system of its own and that value system in turn drives economics - as it properly must, which is another point of departure from the "economistic" way of thinking that reduces all human relations to economics. Mahatma Gandhi said we must balance "Rights" in the Western sense with "Duties". That notion of Duty is deeply ingrained in our civilisation, duty to our parents and elders, duty to our teachers, duty to broader society, duty to mother nature and so on. This is not some old-fashioned thinking that will disappear with "modernity". It is a deeply relevant perspective the West can usefully learn from.

[@manoharchandrashekar2085]

U don't know anything about the facts tgis is nonsense

[@mayerrathore8132]

India have the same policy as Israel what is why modi supports Israel

[@BRODI-vt5hy]

Mal Nesetu needs to be binned the audio is trash

[@rizwanhussain645]

Modi is the quintessential Mandirchaap!

[@silverlineash]

You are quintessentially a dargah chap!!

[@rickfresher]

olle oh uber

[@aadityaalok2064]

Madarsachap abdul... Ja ke puncture bna😂😂

[@ishowsports008]

Atleast he never took a 6 year old kid to bed like your Prophet Muhammad.

[@PankajKumar-ip3xc]

Much better then being a raand ka baccha Mohamad followers 🤣

[@TCCTeam-jj9rq]

You dare to call it a controversial temple! that is a proof that we are tolerant, and the world is taking advantages of us. I ask you, do you dare to call Mecca Madina a controversial mosque? Everyone makes fun of our religious beliefs. Temples were broken and Hindus were converted. Most muslims in India are converted forcefully, read our history. Do you support this conversion? And christian conversion is on since decades. You christians believe Jesus is the only way to salvation. Muslims believe Mohammad and Koran are the only way to salvation. But we the Hindus, are far more tolerant than you. we accept every religion, and DO NOT believe in conversion. we believe that your "duty" towards mankind is your foremost religion, and you should only follow your own religion, not ours, or anyone else's. Do you think such a person is an extremist? In fact channels like yours are unknowingly supporting extremism. For us Ayodhya Ram Mandir is far more than Mecca Madina is for Muslims (And if your intellect tell you that this is just a false belief, ask yourself how tolerant you are). But this is the pain of Hindus, you call it controversial. This "controversial" Ayodhya and Shri Ram and his character guide every moment of our lives. Countless people sacrificed their lives to get back our temple which was broken 500 years ago. And RSS and Modi are born out of this and many such pains. Our country was big, now broken into religions and castes and regions, because of races like yours, and foreign invasions, and it is still facing attacks from all sides. Western Media cries, because India is awakening. It is rising for the first time in the history. India is synonymous to Hindu (ask ChatGPT how) and this is OUR country. How much do you respect Indians in your countries, the world knows, and every indian knows. So we defend our self respect by claiming our rights! Also read @IndroneelMukerji's comments. They will also give you some insight on the Hindu viewpoint.

[@yeshua64]

Fighting Islam is essential to his victory.

[@techups3082]

so many sensitive modi fans in comments. proving "cult" comments

[@hsuyaarchives2526]

yes as islamist do for their cult.

[@techups3082]

@@hsuyaarchives2526 lol thanks for proving my point LOVE

[@hsuyaarchives2526]

@@techups3082 no the credit goes to you my friend, you can make any conclusion from any statement. Of course you hear what you intend and I say what I intend.

[@techups3082]

@@hsuyaarchives2526 lol sheep. miss me with the ats

[@piyushkumar7063]

Only modi

[@kakatiyawritingsvisuals7927]

Modi 3.0

[@harshmishra2075]

Keep crying 😂😂

[@dmib55555]

Modi sounds like a bit of a rascal to me...

[@rizwanhussain645]

That is putting it mildly.

[@silverlineash]

This narrative spinning is to fool public perception of what they want ppl to believe! The reality is diabolically different from the narrative that is set up by The times here!!! Modi has given india an incorruptible government with prosperity everywhere whereas for the past 70 years- we only ever saw corruption and brokering agents, land mafias!!

[@srijandatta287]

That's how you understand its propaganda. Making up your mind with a single video??

[@HIMANSHU79879]

yeah he is radical about India and its development about India culture , about india right ful position in the world and so do his supporter who vote him which 22 crore or 39% in 2019 general election