An article in The New York Times called Modi dangerously incompetent
According to sources Prime Minister Narendra modi’s victory in the national elections will see india’s soul “lost to a dark politics”, and this is bad news for the country and the world, British newspaper the Guardian said in an Editorial on Thursday. Reportedly the editorial said modi had threatened “independent india’s most precious data-facet: a functioning multi-party democracy”.
Meanwhile the newspaper’s criticism of modi noted that he is a “divisive figure” but “undoubtedly a charismatic campaigner”, who “deployed with terrible effect false claims and partisan facts”. The editorial said “The Congress and the Nehru Gandhi family, meanwhile, will have to “seriously rethink” how to defeat him”. Furthermore the editorial said the Hindu nationalism movement that modi is part of is changing india for the worse, with its focus on upper-caste Hindus, pro-corporate economic growth, cultural conservatism, “intensified” misogyny, and a “firm grip on the instruments of state power”.
Moreover the article made remarks about Indian Muslims being “political orphans”, their declining seat share in Parliament, and how Hindutva views them as second-class citizens. Perhaps it said modi had recklessly taken india and pakistan close to war earlier this year, but modi’s victory, despite a “spluttering economy”, should perhaps not be surprising, the editorial said, citing a 2017 survey that showed that india had the greatest support for autocratic rule.