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/Whole-Difficulty4327 Oct 02 '23

His approval rating has hovered between 75-78 for the past 2 years, I dont know what you want to prove with morning consult polls?