Parliamentary elections in India: frozen accounts, media "purchased"… The completely muzzled electoral campaign of the opposition to Narendra Modi
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din
Hindered, weakened, but still there. Faced with the electoral machine developed by Narendra Modi, the Indian opposition united within the “India” coalition is having all the difficulty in the world to exist. Congress, the main opposition party led by Raoul Gandhi, scion of the dynasty that dominated Indian politics for decades, was unable to run a campaign worthy of the name.
However, despite the obstacles that have accumulated in recent months, they continue to believe that they can still reverse the trend giving the Hindu nationalist Prime Minister the clear winner of the election.
“There is a clear and visible lack of a level playing field. Why do I say this? Because our accounts have been frozen. Even today, much of our money is still seized by the ruling party. Additionally, mainstream media is not giving us the type of coverage we should be giving to all parties“, denounces Pawan Kheira is the spokesperson of the Congress party.
It is enough to look at the front page on Wednesday April 17 of Times of India, the country’s leading English-language newspaper published the outline of the Prime Minister’s party program with the photo of Narendra Modi, with this headline “BJP resolutions“, without any further comment.”It is a party rich in resources. They can afford to buy all the papers…and they did. They therefore bought the media and we do not have the means to finance this type of campaign“, smiled Pawan Kheira nervously.
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