India's election has left the country more divided than ever

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India is never a safe and peaceful place.

Then you know very little about India, India is not a puny 4 state country like Pakistan. North East India alone has 8 states.

 

[beijingwalker]

Your opinion matters how?

World's Safest Countries 2019
106 India 12.85
https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/non-economic-data/worlds-safest-countries-2019

 

[proudindian20]

India more divided? After 1971 this is the first time a single political party has had such a big majority in polls. This is not possible unless the majority of Indians voted for Modi.

It also gives Modi unprecedented power to take strong decisions without pleasing any allies.

 

[MandarK]

World's Safest Countries 2019
106 India 12.85
https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/non-economic-data/worlds-safest-countries-2019

World super power china with no democracy, no elections and no right to protest and highest standard of living is at 81 with score of 11.11. How come?

 

[Protest_again]

World's Safest Countries 2019
106 India 12.85
https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/non-economic-data/worlds-safest-countries-2019

You said it never can be. How will you prove that?

 

[beijingwalker]

You said it never can be. How will you prove that?

I didn't say it never can be, maybe you think so.

 

[third eye]

Post-poll violence toll in India's West Bengal rises to 15
JUNE 11, 2019 /

KOLKATA/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A bomb killed two people in West Bengal on Monday, taking the death toll in post-election violence to 15, police said, as workers of India’s ruling party clashed with a regional rival in the populous eastern state.

West Bengal, which elects the third largest number of lawmakers to the lower house of parliament, was a key battleground in the general election that Prime Minister Narendra Modi resoundingly won last month, and saw sporadic violence during the 39-day-long poll.

Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) picked up 18 of 42 seats in the state, nine times its previous tally, despite a tough fight from the regional Trinamool Congress party, led by the firebrand Mamata Banerjee.

At an event in Kolkata on Tuesday, Banerjee said that two Trinamool supporters were killed after bombs were hurled by unidentified persons on Monday night.

“There is a concerted effort to incite violence in Bengal by the BJP,” she said. “They will not succeed.”


Since May 23, when election results were announced, at least 15 people have been killed from both parties, a senior police officer said, requesting anonymity since he is not authorized to speak to the media.

On Sunday, India’s federal home ministry, which is led by Modi’s close aide, Amit Shah, issued an advisory to the West Bengal government, expressing “deep concern” over the violence.

The BJP, which had so far been a bit player in West Bengal’s politics, said its workers had been continuously targeted by Banerjee’s party.

“Trinamool is losing, they have lost the people’s favor and they are trying to retain power through violence,” BJP State President Dilip Ghosh told Reuters.


The BJP plans to hold a protest march in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Having consolidated its hold across much of northern and western India, the BJP is trying to make inroads in eastern states like West Bengal.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-indias-west-bengal-rises-to-15-idUSKCN1TC15S

Democracy is alien to Chinese hence they look for straws to clutch to find faults in non authoritarian systems.

Look back over the 70 years , when have such things not happened ? It’s because people have a voice & political parties ( which are also alien to China) are jostling for the state election.

China has tried to make a change in the law in HK & Govt offices are still shut.

Relax and enjoy your weekend. Your quota for making such posts has been met.

 

[beijingwalker]

Democracy is alien to Chinese hence they look for straws to clutch to find faults in non authoritarian systems.
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China was among the first Asian countries having tried democracy from 1911-1949 and it didn't fare well for the Chinese nation so we ditched it. Speaking of alien, UK handed this democracy to India after 1947, that is something really alien to India.

Relax and enjoy your weekend. Your quota for making such posts has been met.

What quota?

 

[third eye]

China was among the first Asian countries having tried democracy from 1911-1949 and it didn't fare well for the Chinese nation so we ditched it. Speaking of alien, UK handed this democracy to India after 1947, that is something really alien to India.

Hmm.. You need to brush up your information , the first elections were held in India not after 1947 but in 1934 where the INC emerged as the largest party, women voted too.

Now, India has been experiencing democracy for 85 years if you take 1934 as the start point & 72 years post 1947.
It works here because we do not have an authoritarian system which does not permit or encourage dissent - something Mao started after the KMT Govt was ousted . This is the reason why posters like you find the goings on in India to be unusual.

HK is an example where attempts to snuff out dissent are being resisted. After all its not Tibet.

I hope this helps

 

[beijingwalker]

Hmm.. You need to brush up your information , the first elections were held in India not after 1947 but in 1934 where the INC emerged as the largest party, women voted too.

Was India a country before 1947? Even so, 1934 was still much later than 1911.

 

[third eye]

Was India a country before 1947? Even so, 1934 was still much later than 1911.

Really, I expected better than this after 19000+ posts.

How does 38 years ( 1911-1949) compare to 85 / 72 years ?

 

[beijingwalker]

Really, I expected better than this after 19000+ posts.

How does 38 years ( 1911-1949) compare to 85 / 72 years ?

As I mentioned, we tried and found it a disaster and we ditched it, India has been stuck in this bad system and that explains the places we are in today's world.

 

[third eye]

As I mentioned, we tried and found it a disaster and we ditched it, India has been stuck in this bad system and that explains the places we are in today's world.

You are welcome to your system & its gulags , we couldnt care less. Our ' bad' system works for us ( the rest of the civilised world).

Meanwhile, stop poking at others when you are living in glass houses yourself.

I reserve my comments on your having 'ditched' it.

 

[beijingwalker]

You are welcome to your system & its gulags , we couldnt care less. Our ' bad' system works for us ( the rest of the civilised world).

Meanwhile, stop poking at others when you are living in glass houses yourself.

I reserve my comments on your having 'ditched' it.

Good, we are both happy with our respective systems and enjoy what they bring to us.

 

[rott]

Then you know very little about India, India is not a puny 4 state country like Pakistan. North East India alone has 8 states.

Ask for a referendum from the North East states. Then we'll talk.