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India's political class unites on economic populism, sidelining market reforms. With welfare schemes dominating, the call for liberalization and deregulation is fading away.
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We must condemn any disrespect toward our President, but the incident involving Droupadi Murmu and Mamata Banerjee raises many questions, some of them uncomfortable.
After dominating India’s crude imports since 2023, Russian supplies slowed amid US sanctions, but a 30-day ‘waiver’ amid West Asia tensions could now push flows back towards 2 mbpd.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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.