India elections: PM Narendra Modi claims he has been chosen by God
India elections: PM Narendra Modi claims he has been chosen by God
Indian leader tells interviewer God ‘just keeps making me do things’ but that he ‘cannot dial him directly’
Indian leader tells interviewer God ‘just keeps making me do things’ but that he ‘cannot dial him directly’
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has said he believes he has been chosen by God, as the multi-stage Indian electionnears its completion.
“I am convinced that ‘*Parmatma’ *(God) sent me for a purpose. Once the purpose is achieved, my work will be one done. This is why I have completely dedicated myself to God,” he told NDTV news channel on Sunday.
Modi, who is hoping to win a third term when the results of the general election are announced on 4 June, said that while God guided him to do a lot of his work, he did so without revealing a larger scheme.
Why are insane authoritarians still popular?
They're all the weak man's idea of a strong man
They give simple answers to difficult questions, and many people that have a pretty black-and-white view of reality really like that.
because they use populist rhetoric to mask their plans while scapegoating marginalised people and blaming them for the problems of the country
Same reason far-right is rising in Europe. Most of us are just morons.
Sounds familiar.
George Bush has claimed he was on a mission from God when he launched the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a senior Palestinian politician in an interview to be broadcast by the BBC later this month.
Mr Bush revealed the extent of his religious fervour when he met a Palestinian delegation during the Israeli-Palestinian summit at the Egpytian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, four months after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
One of the delegates, Nabil Shaath, who was Palestinian foreign minister at the time, said: "President Bush said to all of us: 'I am driven with a mission from God'. God would tell me, 'George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. And then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did."
Mr Bush went on: "And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East'. And, by God, I'm gonna do it."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/07/iraq.usa
I hope Modi won't have a comfortable retirement where he paints shitty pictures and ends up actually paying for his crimes... because decades of war and millions dead was what resulted from Bush thinking he was chosen by his god.
And that purpose? Murdering or expelling all Muslim Indians.
... sigh, I wish he'd lost.
Funny how people who think they're chosen by God so often believe God wants them to kill the people who are inconvenient to them. Funny how God always strongly resembles the believer and shares their views and prejudices.
This God stuff is getting old.
I thought hindus had like a thousand gods. Anyway I just wanna say Modi is a piece of shit and fuck BJP.
Hindus believe in one God, who is known variously as Paramatman, Parameshwar, Parabrahman, Purushottam and so on. Even though God is one, He manifests in infinite forms, but this should not to be confused with the belief that there are multiple Gods.
They do but he is generalising here, anyway fuck BJP
It is my understanding that all gods (and, in fact, all things) are aspects of one thing- Brahman. Some Hindus (not all) worship that as a god. I'm guessing that's what he's meaning here.
i don't think god approves of the genocide against kashmir muslims in kanda
Which God? There's literally hundreds of them.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Modi, who is hoping to win a third term when the results of the general election are announced on 4 June, said that while God guided him to do a lot of his work, he did so without revealing a larger scheme.
At the inauguration of the temple in Ayodhya in January, it was Modi, rather than Hindu priests, who played the leading role in the rituals.
Nonetheless, this is believed to be the first time that Modi, who rarely gives interviews and has held no press conferences in his ten years in power, has spoken about himself so candidly as a divine instrument.
“The wily weaving of religion with politics for a country where faith is an inextricable part of everyday life is the BJP’s USP [unique selling point].
Mr Modi’s claim is the logical culmination of the BJP’s dominant theme,” the Indian newspaper The Telegraph wrote in an editorial.
Asked by a TV anchor whether Modi was suffering from a “God complex”, BJP spokesperson Sanju Verma replied by extolling his energy.
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Let’s hope it’s a Jim Jones situation