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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Rummana Hussain

India’s Modi is a right-wing despot — not a rock star like Springsteen

President Joe Biden, right, gestures with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment meeting at the G20 summit, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Biden is expected to host Modi this week for his first official state visit. (AP)

Hate and fear coated with the veneer of economic prosperity sells.

So Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, like his far-right contemporaries and fascists from the past, has the ability to draw large, adoring crowds in his own country and from the diaspora overseas. That includes the United States, where he will be flying in this week for his first official state visit.

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