India and Ukraine are said to be discussing bilateral
ties. And in the same breath India is reported to be having plans to
broker a peace deal in Ukraine as well. How much leverage does India
have in the Ukraine War I just wonder. I suspect the latter narrative is
just trying to pull wool over people's eyes and not to antagonize
Russia for the time being for its coming ties with Ukraine.
India
is now perceptively moving West and slowly away from Russia, with the
military hardware and oil payments issue demanded by Russia, and the
move by Indian refiners now said to be ditching Russian oil. India is
trying to benefit by playing USA and the West against Russia and China.
It is learning very well from the USA. Did people already said that when
you see two fish fighting in a pool of water, look around and you will
see a' White Man' standing nearby? India is trying to play the same
game, thinking it wants to be the 'Black Man' standing nearby waiting to
reap the benefits, using the USA to fight Russia and China.
If
you follow closely Indian politics, Modi is morphing into a ruthless
dictator right before our eyes. India is becoming the biggest democracy
in the world in name only, not in substance. The coming election has
seen Modi already erecting hurdles and crushing the Opposition,
especially the Congress Party, by freezing its money in Indian Banks
just before the coming election.
And the 'Electoral Bond' scam,
touted to be the biggest scam in human history, is just being brought to
light after the Supreme Court of India put its foot down, demanded
transparency and allowed its discussion, which showed how corrupted Modi
and BJP are in silencing entities, using its privilege position to
punish or reward pro or anti-BJP campaign contributors. Those that do
not support the BJP were punished using the administrative arm of the
Government to carry out, using fabricated fake evidence against them.
The scam was supposed to prevent 'Black Money' from exerting influence
over elections, but it turned out to do just the opposite, with the BJP
having benefited by reaping the lion's share of the scam. But you can be
sure the BJP and Modi will fight tooth and nail to clamp down on those
who are now exposing the scam.
That brings me to relook at
Xiaomi's case in India and why it suffered so much harassment from the
Indian Government. Xiaomi, being a Chinese company, probably would not
have reason to contribute to the BJP's coffers or any other party in
India, while doing business in India. Foreign companies are allowed
political contributions in India. For not supporting the powers that be,
various charges relating to infringing foreign exchange laws were
raised against Xiaomi and eventually leading to having US$676 million of
its assets frozen in India, probably all the money it made over the
years in India.
The Congress Party of India now calls tax issues
raised against them to freeze their bank accounts as 'Tax Terrorism'
created by the BJP. So, we can see that what can be used or applied to
foreign companies not paying to support the BJP, can also be applied to
domestic companies, individuals and entities like the Congress Party as
well. The USA and the West will of course just turn a blind eye to all
this. Modi is too valuable an asset they cultivated to be brought to
justice.
Anonymous
The way things are working, Modi is going to be ruling India forever. He knows it, leveraging on the vastly majority Hindu support, and he can do things like a dictator without transparency, restraint or face opposition.
ReplyDeleteDictators come in two categories - there are those Dictators who still govern better than democratic leaders and do good like lifting people out of poverty and looking after the country, but will still be condemned as Dictatorial, and there are those that plunder the country, leaving the people wallowing in poverty but who will not be condemned, if they just toe the line of the USA and the West. Keep the population poor and it will be easier to control.
It worked well for the Anglo-Saxon Imperialist clique all over the world and over the centuries controlling the countries they seized and colonized. Modi is just taking a leaf from the Imperialist playbook and using it domestically. And the Indian Hindus are eating out of his hand.
India - graveyard of MNCs
ReplyDeleteNo Chinese MNC will now invest in India. Xiaomi stand as an example of what will happen if they do.
Apple will one day be next. Goodluck to them.