India elections: PM Narendra Modi claims he has been chosen by God
theguardian.com
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.
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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.