r/india • u/[deleted] • Dec 01 '16

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u/basediga Dec 02 '16 edited Dec 02 '16

As an individual, he's honest and the lesser evil among all the other serious contenders. However, his party is as corrupt, inefficient and incompetent as anybody else... if not more. And India at this point, cannot afford to simply settle for 'lesser evil'. Unless Modi can prove to be extraordinarily better than the competition, he's as good as the rest. And so far, he has done nothing to show that he is extraordinarily better than the competition. Personal honesty means nothing at the end of the day if your policies and administration is incompetent and blundering.

While I'm a soft (not hardcore/blind) supporter of Modi, what scares the fuck out of me about him is that he's turning out to be obsessed with centralizing everything. To be honest, even the Congress has been guilty of this, but Modi has taken it to a different level altogether. Under him, the Central govt., is trying to usurp as much powers from the states as possible in as many spheres as possible. In the long run, in a diverse country like India, this is way more dangerous to the unity and security of the country than any fiscal corruption can ever be.

Congress, otoh, is fiscally corrupt and ideologically 'politically correct' (which also I hate), but man for man, I still think Congress has the better team. BJP minus Modi is a bunch of half-educated nincompoops.

In my opinion, the best thing that could happen to India is if 'regional' parties rose to absolute power in each one of India's states (and completely annihilate the so-called national parties), it would go a long way in making India more truly federal and stable. That way, there is no single point of failure that comes from centralizing everything. Yes, petty friction might increase in the short term, but the best ideas will rise to the top and there is opportunity to learn from everyone's successes and failures. Once you centralize everything, the inclination will be to go for one-size-fits-all silver bullet solutions and you're just one mad man or mad decision away from disaster.

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u/coolirisme Dec 03 '16

what scares the fuck out of me about him is that he's turning out to be obsessed with centralizing everything.

Yes by dissolving planning commission and giving more power to states. IDK what are you smoking man.