Modi’s support was across caste Hindus and Dalits, but not Muslims | The Indian Express

Modi’s support was across caste Hindus and Dalits, but not Muslims | The Indian Express

Written by Meghnad Desai |Updated: July 14, 2019 7:26:50 am

Meghnad Desai loves to cook, watch and write about old Bollywood movies and shuttles between London, Delhi and Goa. He pursues controversies on economics, history and anything else which catches his attention. He is also a British parliamentarian sitting in the House of Lords. He has written over 25 books, over 200 articles in learned journals and hundreds of newspaper columns in UK and India.

Modi’s support was across caste Hindus and Dalits, but not Muslims

India has people with Modi Distress Syndrome (MDS). Whatever Narendra Modi does must be bad, authoritarian, divisive etc. Many believe if the Congress is not in power, democracy has died.

But why should we believe that only Muslims can represent Muslims? All MPs should represent all groups in the population.

In the US, there is a Trump Distress Syndrome. If you suffer from it as many do, you cannot rationally react to whatever Donald Trump does. These people are offended that Trump was elected at all. He got fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. But rules are rules and the rule is that the winner must win enough counties whether he gets a majority of the popular vote or not. Trump won enough counties to get elected.