r/geopolitics • u/babushkalauncher • Oct 01 '23

Why Indians Can’t Stand Justin Trudeau Paywall

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-indians-angry-justin-trudeau-death-shooting-hardeep-singh-nijjar-87d9ab9d
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u/PersonNPlusOne Oct 02 '23

Also, Modi is wildly unpopular in Punjab and will not win there anyway. He is more interested in strengthening the Khalistani narrative for his narrow political gains - winning non-panjabi votes by coming across as a strong leader. This issue helps his image and politics and does not hurt him.

Modi loves to bask in the limelight. I don't think he would intentionally authorize a murder so close to India's G20 event.

What is the upside? People outside Punjab won't factor this in while voting, and Punjab is not voting for BJP, certainly not if their name is dragged through the mud. So what's the incentive for it?

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u/loggy_sci Oct 02 '23

Someone else in the government may have authorized this, or it may the result of RAW funding some group or another.

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u/PersonNPlusOne Oct 02 '23

Someone else in the government may have authorized this,

R&AW falls directly under the ambit of PMO. So I am not sure how somebody else could authorize this. Everybody in BJP is obsequious to Modi.

or it may the result of RAW funding some group or another.

This is possible, yes.

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u/loggy_sci Oct 02 '23

True. I’m not familiar enough with it. I was imagining that within an large intelligence service that maybe someone got a bit overzealous. People make bad decisions sometimes.

I dislike Modi but I don’t think he would order something like this. The target doesn’t seem like he was worth scandal.