Is Narendra Modi another Sanjay Gandhi?

March 05, 2013 16:17

"To Sanjay Gandhi, the means were not as important as the end...The appeal that someone like Narendra Modi holds is precisely this -- that he gets things done. Don't ask too many questions about how he gets it done though... But that's exactly what is dangerous because that is how authoritarianism comes in. It always comes in with public consent." Vinod Mehta, editor extraordinaire, speaks to Rediff.com's Saisuresh Sivaswamy. Read

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