The stakes of India’s election as Modi seeks third term

With nearly one billion eligible voters, India is the world’s biggest democracy. Beginning April 19, with voting staggered over six weeks, they will decide their leader for the next five years. Narendra Modi aims to consolidate power with his third term as prime minister, as a coalition opposition looks to unseat him.
Sanjay Ruparelia is an associate professor at Toronto Metropolitan University and Jarislowsky Democracy Chair explains why India’s elections matter for democracy - and the balance of power for the rest of the world.
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[@libshastra]

Why should India take Muslims in Pakistan who openly call for its conquest back into it’s borders? It is a huge existential risk. Secondly, why would India want to re-litigate the partition? The Muslim who live in these countries did not want to live with Non Muslims anyway. The non-Muslims in the same country are citizens we left behind due to the chaos of the partition. It’s not India’s responsibility to care for Muslims in those countries. They made their choice, the exclusion respects that.

[@lalitasubramanian5499]

The original constitution had no reference to religion or otherwise, meaning, 'secular democracy'. This was included in an amendment by Indira Gandhi when she declared a state of emergency, when she came back to power after she was arrested by PM, Morarji Desai's Janata party govt. Neither Hindu nor Secular was worded in the original Constitution of India.

[@atokimruk937]

The Congress trampled democracy by changing the constitution illegally without putting it for a vote in parliament. Now these very crooks act like paragon of virtue and upright democratic values.

[@NeilBiswasT90]

This is so sad those people who left India in fairly congress regime for better future and taken up citizenship of different countries are now bs about India when India is in path of growth, self reliance, resurgence of civilisation and reclaiming of forgotten pride.

[@NeilBiswasT90]

And the most funny thing is Mr. Sanjay described Trudeau as liberal president when world is concerned about Freedom Convoy and other numerous instances. That says everything about his credential being a professor at some random university.

[@libshastra]

Modi inherited a declining economy in his first term. In 2013, India was amongst the “Fragile five”. He restructured it, it was painful but he pulled it off.

[@AmitSharma-gf4gz]

Coming to canada I realised india foreign policy is in good hands with Dr s jaishankar as a foreign minister.

[@drbuddhamd9135]

This is such a hit piece. The idea that they don’t describe what these “family laws” that UCC would do away with, or that the reason for CAA was to reinstate citizenship for those that are being religiously persecuted in Muslim majority countries or even that why it is right that a state deserves special rights. This guy can’t even pronounce the names of the people or places right, he is freaking joker.

[@nodr469]

The cope and seeth has one purpose

[@ianleslie6971]

A good start of what could be a series of reports on India. This was moderate but not unbiased.

[@madhukarmurthi9064]

just make sure you see both sides of a story before you make up your mind. For example, a murdered Canadian "Sikh activist" reported on as such and nothing else by Canadian media might miss out data from overseas (wanted for blowing up a cinema with 42 victims in Punjab), or even Canadian data like how citizenship was provided after Canada rejected 2 fraudulent applications - once refugee, and after a fraudulent marriage based application...and then there's the Canadian data that guys like Sam Cooper have tried to get public about the RCMP's doubts about said individual's connections with organised crime. 1984 dystopia here friend...for you and me both.

[@vikassingh-zg8rc]

😂 just another biased opinion from any other guy

[@ianleslie6971]

@@vikassingh-zg8rc absolutely,,,just like yours 👏

[@madhukarmurthi9064]

@@ianleslie6971 nobody is quite as biased as mainstream Canadian media unless we're talking about the Global Times and that kind of media.

[@PatHand-og9yd]

where is the video l?

[@madhukarmurthi9064]

And the stakes for Indians in Canada in the next election is to elect a conservative govnerment and see if that wil prevent Canada's status as the country with the most attacks on Hindu places of worship in the world with not a single response from the polity...by Jughead's boys, hand in glove with traffickers and our parliament. What a joke it is to comment on others when the emperor has no clothes.

[@Scotian6444]

Rofl knew this whole comment section would be modi boys... keep supporting Russia... India the country that plays all sides of the fence

[@madhukarmurthi9064]

@@Scotian6444 International Relations 101 - threaten to extend a military alliance to a great power's borders and they will react. Too bad NATO's luminaries didn't understand that while they interfered in Ukrainian elections. As for Canada - nobody anywhere in the world cares what this country thinks about anything.

[@Iban-Underground]

@@Scotian6444It really goes to show how far Indias misinformation campaign reaches. When Canada (rightly) accused India's government of nixing someone on our soil, indias disinformation campaign was so strong many immigrants here got texts and calls from their family back home asking them if they were okay because "the rise of attacks on Hindus had increased in Canada." It's bizarre, but unsurprising.

[@NeilBiswasT90]

Producer Manjot Singh! I sense a separatist element there.

[@madhukarmurthi9064]

Canada's entire polity has been infiltrated and converted to serve foreign extremist causes, not Canadian national interest or respectful relations between states.

[@satyam-evajayate438]

It's betterbetter to vote for Modi to protect Bharat aborigine population...

[@rishiverma2432]

Modi Forever❤❤❤

[@GrampiesCorner]

Modi needs to go!!

[@hrishimukherjee1157]

The video goes all the way up to 1901 the year 1901, it shouls go up to at least 2100. Psycho-analytics. This is what people read when they see these numbers in the back of their head. India to the Future!

[@GrampiesCorner]

The partition was forced on them by colonizers!! Before that they lived together!!

[@vijihariharan2023]

Sanjay is looking at India with a western lens. Is out of touch with reality. This was a useless talk.

[@rachelmathew5123]

Why the critics are afraid to say the truth.every one will praise the present person on power.how many lives lost during the 10 yrs.if the lives of rich &famous is valuable poor is nothing.if any one comes as Next P.M things will change.😂

[@rachelmathew5123]

I hope the Next PM should be a person who respects and be strong for all casts&creeds of all types.not only for one religion.please all Indians vote for a person who can lead the country well.those who had education.knoledge and strong will power.😮

[@MicroKommander]

Biased views. He doesnot give the real picture of India. He has limited views .

[@asdfghjk165]

Modi titled central government schemes under the name of the prime ministership (pradhan mantri yojanas), while the previous congress governments named monuments, schemes, playgrounds after the Nehru-Gandhis. Takes immense dishonesty to frame this as modi taking credits for central government welfare schemes when in reality he changed it for better. Very one sided discussion, just unfortunate that media are incredibly partisan and embrace untruth these days.

[@rachelmathew5123]

BJP is majority because of religious basis.not of people.s benefit.even they pay money to poor people and get their votes.low income become attracted with money it doesn't.t matter in their lives.who is in power.they are worried about their daily bread on the table.

[@GrampiesCorner]

Modi needs to go!!

[@Iban-Underground]

Based

[@nodr469]

The cope and seeth. Canadas #1 newspaper.... With a tiny viewership