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Joel thakkar

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Mon May 19, 2014, 01:34 PM

May 2014

There is no excuse for that...that party is wrong on many things...

Unfortunate part is also that they won 18 seats and it is mainly due to modi wave...otherwise their organization was getting weak..which was seen in the 2009 elections...

I am not understanding exactly this : "Modi allied himself with the Thackeries and Shiv Sena"

The alliance was started in 1995 between BJP and Shivsena when modi was nowhere seen in BJP..However i agree that when he got power in the party last year...he should have broken the alliance..and he did not...and there is no excuse for that...

Hope these Shiv Sena loonies don't get much power or word in the govt as BJP is getting majority on its own and are not dependent on SS to run the govt...

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World's Largest Election Result - India's New PM Narendra Modi - His Views/Policies [View all] Joel thakkar May 2014 OP

Thanks for the background. pinto May 2014 #1

thanks Joel thakkar May 2014 #2

You left out minority rights. My understanding is he's a hardline Hindu nationalist. Donald Ian Rankin May 2014 #3

well Joel thakkar May 2014 #4

It's a fair point; look at the Sikhs and Sonia Recursion May 2014 #6

shiv sena Joel thakkar May 2014 #10

Of course SS is not secular Recursion May 2014 #12

Yes Joel thakkar May 2014 #14

The best comparison to the US is probably Huey P. Long Recursion May 2014 #5

Would Enoch Powell be a useful UK reference point? N.T. Donald Ian Rankin May 2014 #7

Yes, in fact, though probably less well known in the US Recursion May 2014 #9

"Middle-right leaning"? KamaAina May 2014 #8

well Joel thakkar May 2014 #11

Another Thing To Note : Joel thakkar May 2014 #13