Re:India’s Government Wants Total Control of the Internet
by gautamdivgi on Monday February 13, 2023 @11:52AM
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Ummm - Modi is from one of the backward classes. Amit Shah is a Jain not Hindu upper caste. The president is a tribal woman. This whole upper caste bashing doesn’t reflect reality.
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Re:India’s Government Wants Total Control of the Internet
by 1sembiyan on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:28PM
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Amit Shah is not a Jain. Agree otherwise. Caste is a very lazy lens to apply to the situation. Indian political parties are about power, every one of them has been illiberal. There’s BJP, but also DMK and Trinamool, who are just as intolerant of dissent at state level.
In Telangana, someone was arrested for making fun of the CM’s nose: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/andhra-student-arre...
These are all parties that are opposed to the BJP. I wish there were parties that are committed to liberalism, rule of law and institution building in India. Not very optimistic at the moment.
Re:India’s Government Wants Total Control of the Internet
by jaldhar on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:10PM
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FYI, Though the ideologies are different Jains socially are just another Hindu sect and definitely upper caste by any definition.
But otherwise agree with you. Yogi Adityanath another possible successor to Modi is also not from a privileged background.