When a mass murderer can become India's Prime Minister

Two of India's biggest industrialists (also two of the world's richest people) have backed Narendra Modi for the candidature of the Prime Minister's post.


A quick Google search will tell you Mr. Modi is an ubiquitous name in Indian politics. Businesses all over India love this man. He has turned around Gujarat's flagging economy, the state he is Chief Minister of, and made it one of the best states in the country for start up businesses. Very recently he wooed Tata's Nano project into Gujarat after it ran into a thicket in West Bengal.


But I have always held a rather strong opinion when it comes to mass murderers. That however great their accomplishment be or generous their contribution to science or mankind itself, if they have the blood of innocent lives in their hands, they aren't worth two pennies to me.


It was Hitler's hegemony that gave us tanks, V2 rockets and a host of other inventions. But are we going to succumb in his awe or are we going to remember he gave orders to murder 6 million people? Mr. Modi's position is very similar.





In 2002 he blatantly supported the religious riots that took place in Gujarat between Hindus and Muslims. He being a staunch Hindu and member of the ultra-religious right, he incited the people in his state to riot and kill. Of course the incident of a train carriage full of Hindu worshippers being burnt, allegedly by Muslims, is Mr. Modi's justification for the carnage. Irrespective of what religion the victims belonged to, both the riots and the train incident, it was a sad way for a Chief Minister to act.


So yes, India has her own version of Hitler. As you might except, Mr. Modi has ardent supporters throughout the country. And surprisingly very few people seem to be perturbed by his past actions. Even big industrialists like Mr. Mittal and Mr. Anil Ambani. Sad will be that day for Indians when a mass murderer like Mr. Modi will run for Prime Ministership. The son of that very state, Gujarat, which begot a truly great man but now almost forgotten, Mahatma Gandhi.