PM Narendra Modi’s silence on Lakhimpur Kheri is typical of his style of ‘brazen-it-out’ and avoid being seen near bad news. But scale of the tragedy and the question mark over his own minister, PM not speaking up borders on insensitivity. Merely ‘taking stock of the situation’ is not enough.
Brazen-it-out style doesn’t work when farmers are run over. PM Modi’s silence is insensitive
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