'It would be wrong for a man who has thrived on division to become PM'
April 04, 2014 10:46
Narendra Modi will probably become India's next prime minister. That does not mean he should be, says an editorial in The Economist.
Modi could be no different from his Congress rival Rahul Gandhi.
Modi might start well in Delhi but sooner or later he will have to cope with a sectarian slaughter or a crisis with Pakistan -- and nobody, least of all the modernisers praising him now, knows what he will do nor how Muslims, in turn, will react to such a divisive man.
If Mr Modi were to explain his role in the violence and show genuine remorse, we would consider backing him, but he never has; it would be wrong for a man who has thrived on division to become prime minister of a country as fissile as India, says the newspaper.
India deserves better.
Read the full editorial here
Modi could be no different from his Congress rival Rahul Gandhi.
Modi might start well in Delhi but sooner or later he will have to cope with a sectarian slaughter or a crisis with Pakistan -- and nobody, least of all the modernisers praising him now, knows what he will do nor how Muslims, in turn, will react to such a divisive man.
If Mr Modi were to explain his role in the violence and show genuine remorse, we would consider backing him, but he never has; it would be wrong for a man who has thrived on division to become prime minister of a country as fissile as India, says the newspaper.
India deserves better.
Read the full editorial here
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