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Fri Dec 20, 2013, 07:36 AM Dec 2013

(Indian) Congress hatchet job on Modi fails

http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/SOU-02-201213.html



Congress hatchet job on Modi fails
By Bipin Shah
Dec 20, '13

Indian voters are asking when are they going to realize freedom from the corruption and the poverty that has affected since independence was granted in 1947 from the British.

The Congress Party, which marched into narrow victory at the last general election, is mired in corruption scandals. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a head of state appears powerless to act without party chief Sonia Gandhi’s consent, and her immature and inexperienced son Rahul seems not even ready to win the trust of the Indian voters.

Corrupt media tycoons have forgotten their enshrined responsibilities and have become mouthpieces for politicians. Journalists who write for their well-connected bosses are being paid off one way or another, disseminating misinformation to the public on behest of the politicians.

The ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) have repeatedly used national investigative agencies to taint opposition Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Narendra Modi - and found nothing.
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