Spike in voter turnout: A parallel from Hitler's times

April 25, 2014 14:03

The higher-than-usual voter turnout so far in these Lok Sabha polls reminds political scientist Rekha Saxena of the March 1933 German elections that catapulted Adolf Hitler to power, reports Charu Sudan Kasturi in The Telegraph, Kolkata.

However, 'unlike some of Narendra Modi's critics, Saxena is not comparing the BJP's prime ministerial candidate to the Nazi leader who pushed the world into its deadliest ever war. What she spots, though, is a parallel that points to one of the clearest trends political scientists agree has emerged from the 2014 general election so far -- a spike in Indians queuing up to cast their vote,' she writes, here.

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