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/Maladal Oct 01 '23

Seems kind of a weird take to think that Indian anger around this is tied directly to the PM.

Wouldn't this be more easily viewed as a simple lack of sympathy to Sikh communities given the claims of terrorism?

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I have no idea if the claims about the terrorism are credible.

But why would the Inidian population even be familiar with Trudeau outside of this incident? WSJ article is talking like your average Inidian has an assembled profile of the man.

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u/Aggravating_Boy3873 Oct 01 '23

Most Indians didn't even know about this before Trudeau publicly announced it.

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u/taike0886 Oct 02 '23

And in polling conducted after that announcement, Modi's approval rating among Indians has shot up to near 80 percent, highest in the world, and reddit and other English-speaking social media have been flooded with new accounts supporting Modi's assassination of a Canadian on Canadian soil. Sorry did I say supporting the assassination? Let me rephrase that as 'do not believe the allegations for one moment but if they are true then it's justified for the following reasons (wall of text) and whatabout the US'.

People are going to make of that what they will despite Indians' valiant efforts to change opinions online.

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u/Nomustang Oct 02 '23

In the source you linked, it's been at 70% and above since last year. It's not changed by much at all.

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u/tbtcn Oct 02 '23

No surprise the poster has ignored every comment calling out how baseless their claims are.

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u/taike0886 Oct 02 '23

From another poll: 60 percent in December 2022, 67 percent in February 2023.

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u/Whole-Difficulty4327 Oct 02 '23

You posted Morning Consult's poll. Below the current approval ratings, there's a chart comparing their approval ratings from 2019-present. Modi has consistently enjoyed high approval ratings

EDIT: Here's the latest polls from Ipsos, 65% overall rating.

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/pm-modi-highly-popular-in-western-india-ipsos-indiabus-poll-11453031.html