Campaign 2019 is in full swing and politicians are hurling accusations at each other. Elections in India have always been bruisingly rough combat but this election shows an altogether new trend. This time ruling party leaders and supporters are attempting to paint 2019 as a fight between those claiming a monopoly over Indian nationhood and those being dubbed as various versions of “Pakistan loyalists”, celebrators of Pakistan National Day, “terror apologists”, or Pak-friendly “anti-nationals”.
When Congress adviser Sam Pitroda recently remarked that incidents like Pulwama happen “all the time”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi countered that the “opposition is the natural habitat of terror apologists and questioners of our armed forces”. Pitroda’s remarks may have lacked political wisdom but is he an Read More
