In the new world, the only idea that cuts across enough vote banks is populism. Its beauty, charm and success lies in its ease of use, in how little it demands from your head or heart.
India's political class unites on economic populism, sidelining market reforms. With welfare schemes dominating, the call for liberalization and deregulation is fading away.
Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal have become icons in this post-ideological populism, one that consistently promises to channel the unified will of the people.
Modi among populist leaders who responded early with ‘wide-ranging, far-reaching’ policies, but approval still declined. Study adds 'no renewed faith' seen in liberal democracy.
Working paper by Sweden's V-Dem Institute says the pandemic policy response score is lower and excess mortality higher in populist governed countries than in non-populist ones.
While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.
Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
He is not a socialist or a communist. A true Muslim can never be one of these.
He is just an Islamist who uses socialism/communism as a mask.
A Hinduphobe to the core, his heart beats for Palestine.
As the saying goes-
Islamism is the snake hiding in the grass, Islam is the grass hiding the snake.
Zohran Mamdani is an Islamist. An apologist for Jihadi terrorism. A Hinduphobe and an anti-Semite to the core of his being.
The socialist/communist facade is a tried and tested one for Islamists. They wear the mask quite beautifully, and once elected, the Islamist in them bares it’s fangs.
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He is not a socialist or a communist. A true Muslim can never be one of these.
He is just an Islamist who uses socialism/communism as a mask.
A Hinduphobe to the core, his heart beats for Palestine.
As the saying goes-
Islamism is the snake hiding in the grass, Islam is the grass hiding the snake.
Zohran Mamdani is an Islamist. An apologist for Jihadi terrorism. A Hinduphobe and an anti-Semite to the core of his being.
The socialist/communist facade is a tried and tested one for Islamists. They wear the mask quite beautifully, and once elected, the Islamist in them bares it’s fangs.