Re:The Importance of India
by vijaybritto on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:36PM
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The president is not an elected post but a selected post. They selected a dalit exactly for this reason the person above states. For tokenism. The current govt is a Hindutva ideology based govt meaning they literally believe Dalits are just lower humans. The president from a dalit community was just tokenism.
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I anticipated such a reply. Obviously you don't know anything about his law career and work towards the poor sections of the society[1].
As far as the tokenism goes, keep in mind that the current PM is from an OBC. So much for the 'lower human' theory.
1. https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ram-nat...
Re:The Importance of India
by vijaybritto on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @10:06AM
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Theory. Yes
Re:The Importance of India
by tsimionescu on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:12PM
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Oh, OK, I wasn't aware, sorry. Thanks for the explanation!
Please ignore their reply. Our Prime minister, which is the most powerful position in the country, is also from a 'lower class'. They're deliberately giving it a negative spin as it suits their policial viewpoint.
Re:The Importance of India
by tsimionescu on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @06:20AM
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I understand that possibility, but their reply is still right in that a named position is fundamentally different than an elected position, which I assumed the president to be. That of course does NOT mean that someone being named to such a position is automatically tokenism.