Mamata Banerjee replaces Narendra Modi in Time's 100 most influential peopl

[Shardul.....the lion]

When they nominated him, his fans yelled victory. As Time magazine unveiled its list of 100 most influential people of the globe on Wednesday, his party workers feigned ignorance about it. After all the hoopla, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi failed to make it to the coveted list this year.

What may also burn his heart further is the fact that his counterpart from West Bengal, the mercurial Mamata Banerjee has found herself a place in the list leaving him out in the cold. Mamata is ranked 92nd while the founder and executive director of Naz Foundation, Anjali Gopalan, is way ahead of her.

Modi's nomination in the list had sparked off intense reaction in the cyber world and while he had secured a healthy third position with 256792 "yes" votes online, he had also secured 266684 "no" votes making him one of the most disliked people.

While opposition Congress had gone to the extent of alleging that Modi was manipulating the Time poll to boost his image, even the magazine took notice of the controversy.

"Not surprisingly, Modi's Hindu nationalist backers seemed to have rushed to the poll, helping him soar ahead of well- known US personalities like President Obama and Lady Gaga. But so too did his detractors. In addition to quite a few "Yes" votes, Modi amassed the most "No" votes of anyone featured on the poll - more than 260,000," read an article by Ishaan Tharoor published in Time on April 10.

"Of course, given how heated any discussion of Modi becomes in India, the poll itself turned into something of a hot potato. Eight months ahead of local elections in Gujarat, a politico from the Congress party (in opposition in Gujarat, but in power in New Delhi, where Modi's BJP is its chief opponent) labelled him an "Internet manipulator," using Time's poll to boost his own standing. Seeing Modi's rise up the poll, opponents banded together, in some cases sending mass emails urging Indians to "save the future" of their country by voting "No" against Modi," it read further.

Time said Mamata spent years struggling on the margins but ultimately she proved to be the consummate politician.

Though much of Indian society remains hidebound in patriarchy and tradition, strong women still prevail in the nation's political life. Mamata rose to the fore last year when she led a movement and ending three and a half decades of communist rule in West Bengal.

Called Didi by her supporters, Mamata is labelled by her critics as a mercurial oddball.

 

[Tshering22]

What a joke! Either TIMES has lost it or they clearly have been pacified.

That mercurial lunatic has done nothing except shout and scream, jailed cartoonists, beaten up students and allowed more Bangladeshi infiltration than even CPI(M) did.

WB is in shambles and on the verse of collapse because of her regressive and backward style of gangster ruling. The only saving grace is Kolkata's legacy as the old metro city of the state.

 

[Indischer]

What a joke! Either TIMES has lost it or they clearly have been pacified.

That mercurial lunatic has done nothing except shout and scream, jailed cartoonists, beaten up students and allowed more Bangladeshi infiltration than even CPI(M) did.

WB is in shambles and on the verse of collapse because of her regressive and backward style of gangster ruling. The only saving grace is Kolkata's legacy as the old metro city of the state.

And this article is from 2012. Tsering, you're becoming a bit of an archeologist mate, digging up old threads.

 

[Indo-guy]

And this article is from 2012. Tsering, you're becoming a bit of an archeologist mate, digging up old threads.

He is carrying forward the legacy of @jerves in resurrecting old threads ...

Or may be he is too pissed of with Mamata Banerjee ....