Why Are Indians Unhappy With Modi's Reception in Washington?

[RiazHaq]

Why Are Indians Unhappy With Modi's Reception in Washington?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Washington on September 23rd for a bilateral meeting with President Joseph R. Biden followed by ...

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Washington on September 23rd for a bilateral meeting with President Joseph R. Biden followed by a 4-nation summit involving Australia, India, Japan and the United States. An unhappy meme of his visit went viral on social media as Mr. Modi wrapped up his visit to the United States.

Modi Washington Visit Meme

It highlights four key complaints about how the Indian prime minister was treated by the White House:
1. President Biden did not receive Prime Minister Modi at the White House porch. This is in sharp contrast to the reception President Donald J. Trump gave Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan during the latter's visit in 2019. President Trump greeted Prime Minister Khan in the driveway as the latter emerged from his car.

2. US media did not cover Modi's visit. (Pakistan's Imran Khan was on the Newsweek cover while Modi was in Washington). The media coverage Modi did receive in the US media was about lectures from the US leaders.

3. Kamala Harris reminded Modi of the pressing need for real democracy in India. Here's an excerpts of the US Vice President's remarks released by the White House: "Finally, as democracies around the world are under threat, it is imperative that we defend democratic principles and institutions within our respective countries and around the world and that we maintain what we must do to strengthen democracies at home. And it is incumbent on our nations to, of course, protect democracies in the best interest of the people of our countries".

4. Joseph Biden lectured Modi on tolerance. The President said to the Prime Minister: "As the world celebrates Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday next week, we’re all reminded that his message of non-violence, respect, tolerance matters today maybe more than it ever has".

President Biden offered a back-handed compliment to the Indian media when he said at the White House: "The Indian press is much better behaved than the American press...And I think, with your permission, we should not answer questions because they won't ask any questions on point" .

Biden may have said this to help Modi evade tough questions from the press that the Indian Prime Minister can not answer. He has never held an open press conference nor has he ever agreed to be interviewed by independent journalists.

Here's a video clip of Biden's statement to the White House press corps before the beginning of the closed-door meeting with Mr. Modi:

Here's a video clip showing what Modi doesn't like about facing tough questions like why he didn't even express regret about massacre of Muslims in Gujarat:

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Why Are Indians Unhappy With Modi's Reception in Washington?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Washington on September 23rd for a bilateral meeting with President Joseph R. Biden followed by ...

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[maverick1977]

56 inch ka seena has shrunk…

 

[8888888888888]

He did preach the killing of Muslims is OK

 

[salute]

He was there for UN summit. He was not a state guest to be given a state welcome. He is adored among the Indians. He is the most popular leader in India. We give two hoots to what Kamala or Biden think about his leadership. They are no one to stand in judgment. India and US will have a strong relationship going forward because of Indian-americans. When is Imran getting his call @RiazHaq ? You are again doing propaganda by just picking a screen grab of him alone. Please question Imran's lack of diplomacy as well. Here is the eye opening video.

 

[K_Bin_W]

Ah... Kutay ko hadi nahin dali.... Major disappointment...

 

[Keysersoze]

He was there for UN summit. He was not a state guest to be given a state welcome. He is adored among the Indians. He is the most popular leader in India. We give two hoots to what Kamala or Biden think about his leadership. India and US will have a strong relationship going forward because of Indian-americans. @RiazHaq is again doing propaganda by just picking a screen grab of him alone. Here is the eye opening video.

When you idolize leaders like him you will always have my contempt.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Pak won the Cold War for the USA.....

What has India done for the USA so far???

 

[STREANH]

He went with his good friend Dolaan and endorsed him by saying this line: “Ab ki baar, Trump sarkar.” which means “This time it’s the turn of the Trump administration.”; in the election year.

Our PM should have no business in interfering with another country's democratic process. If Joe wasn't such a senile old man, Modi would probably get a much more severe scolding. Remember, Modi was banned in the US before he became PM, so he isn't exactly a favourite amongst the political elite.

 

[Novus ordu seclorum]

Kamala Harris diplomatically reminded Modi of democratic principles. She should say it directly, Hindutva lynch mobs should not be part of democracy. Why are Bharati Hindutva lynch mobs abusing, beating, and killing people to chant Jai Ram.

 

[Paitoo]

Indian media has been doing a 'Veni vidi vici' circus since his visit to the US. If we are going to blow things out of proportion in one direction, we should be prepared to hear criticism as well. Apart from news channels no one is really bothered about UN meets any more. They achieve nothing except induce yawns.

 

[RiazHaq]

#Hindu Mobs, anti-#Muslim Boycotts: In #Modi’s #India, the Echoes of 1930s #Nazi Germany Are Growing Louder. Real threat to India is from a radicalizing Hindu majority fueled by the increasingly brazen, violent anti-Muslim bigotry of Modi’s own #BJP party.

Hindu mobs, anti-Muslim boycotts: In Modi’s India, the echoes of 1930s Germany are growing louder | Opinion | Opinion

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by Debashish Roy Chowdhury

In reality, the radicalization of the majority is a much bigger threat confronting India than minority extremism.

Lynching of Muslims by Hindu mobs have become so normalized that they rarely make news anymore. New laws against beef and interfaith love – termed "love jihad" by Modi’s party – now allow Hindu vigilante groups to attack Muslims with impunity. A pliant civil administration and police force mostly look away, if they’re not actively collaborating with the vigilantes.

Ever since Modi’s thumping re-election in 2019, he has doubled down on the Hindu majoritarian project of remaking India’s secular republic as a Hindu state, and arm’s-length vigilante groups allied with the ruling party’s Hindu-first world view play a significant role in asserting the new order.

 

[PradoTLC]

He was there for UN summit. He was not a state guest to be given a state welcome. He is adored among the Indians. He is the most popular leader in India. We give two hoots to what Kamala or Biden think about his leadership. They are no one to stand in judgment. India and US will have a strong relationship going forward because of Indian-americans. When is Imran getting his call @RiazHaq ? You are again doing propaganda by just picking a screen grab of him alone. Please question Imran's lack of diplomacy as well. Here is the eye opening video.

indian adore a mass murder and who has a hateful ideology...

Jinnah was so right....

 

[Deltadart]

56 inch ka seena has shrunk…

his 56 inch pichwaray has always been open.

He was there for UN summit. He was not a state guest to be given a state welcome. He is adored among the Indians. He is the most popular leader in India. We give two hoots to what Kamala or Biden think about his leadership. They are no one to stand in judgment. India and US will have a strong relationship going forward because of Indian-americans. When is Imran getting his call @RiazHaq ? You are again doing propaganda by just picking a screen grab of him alone. Please question Imran's lack of diplomacy as well. Here is the eye opening video.

Pajeet, please!.... Modi will always be a turd to the Anglo-Saxons, just like most of your kind.
PS. Hindutvas' favorite Nazi hero,Hitler, was just adored by the German masses too . ......you know how that ended up......

 

[Imran Khan]

please try to understand its human nature . even today the great german lady's party lost in election . even after few years elexender the great's solders refuse to countinue fight along with him . modi kya cheez hai ? his charm is over long ago .

 

[RiazHaq]

#Modi #Bhakts making up #fakenews to spin failed visit. New York Times didn’t feature Modi on front page or call him ‘last hope’. Image is fake. In fact, the 26 September front page of the newspaper did not feature any story on PM Modi.

https://theprint.in/hoaxposed/new-y...e-or-call-him-last-hope-image-is-fake/741036/ via @ThePrintIndia

A screenshot of what looks like the front page of the US daily The New York Times, featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been doing the rounds on social media and WhatsApp groups.

The screenshot features a large photograph of PM Modi along with the headline “Last, Best Hope of Earth” and the strap “World’s most loved and most powerful leader is here to bless us”, referring to Modi’s US visit on 24-25 September. The edition is dated 26 September 2021.

The image of the purported NYT front page was circulated en masse on Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp group chats, with messages like “Proud of my PM” accompanying it.

National general secretary of the BJP Youth Wing, Rohit Chahal, who has over 76,000 followers, also retweeted the screenshot posted by another user.

One WhatsApp forward of the photograph states: “Modi ji on the frontpage of the United States’ biggest newspaper. What could be a greater matter of pride than this?”

Fact check
The screenshot in circulation, however, is not the front page of The New York Times. In fact, the 26 September front page of the newspaper did not feature any story on PM Modi.

Furthermore, none of the social media posts provided an accompanying URL that linked to the newspaper page.

A closer look at the screenshot itself, as well as the pattern of social media posts, also reveals that the image is morphed.

The font style of the headline in the screenshot does not match the NYT stylesheet, which proves that the image has been altered. The date of the story also features a typo — 26 “Setpember” instead of 26 September.

The image of PM Modi used in the fake front page appears to have been taken from a Zee News story published last month, titled, “PM Modi to chair UNSC high-level open debate on enhancing maritime security.”