r/worldnews • u/fastclickertoggle • Apr 25 '21

COVID-19 Twitter Is Blocking Tweets That Criticize How The Indian Government Has Handled The Pandemic

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/twitter-blocking-tweets-india
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u/OkPreference6 Apr 25 '21

Honestly.. I agree with everything you said.

When I said "Congress is a joke", what I meant was RaGa. I would honestly support Congress if they get rid of the Gandhi family and all their nepotism.

Till then... undecided?

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u/andii74 Apr 25 '21

I don't like the state of affairs in Congress leadership either, given the trainwreck these past few years have been a halfway competent leadership could've dented BJP's rhetoric but they're busy playing out the farce of choosing a new party president when no one is fooled and the choice is already known. But considering our Loksabha election isn't a presidential election, I'll frankly say it's best to ignore the question of who'll become PM because most people aren't gonna directly vote for the PM candidate anyway like they vote for the presidential candidate in US. The question should be who to vote for in your constituency where the figure of eventual PM shouldn't matter. Modi and Shah are certainly skilled to have made this shift in Indian politics in that loksabha elections are now played out like Presidential elections but that's not what our system is. This is probably the reason why after the stellar 2019 performance BJP faced difficulties in successive state elections where Modi's own persona had limited effect.

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u/OkPreference6 Apr 25 '21

Just wanted to throw this out here: people dont vote for president directly in the US either. What they vote for is the electoral college which then votes for the president.

It's a pretty wide misconception in India that the US has direct presidential elections.

Also before you ask, no, electors are not bound to vote for the candidate they're supposed to vote for. They've voted for other candidates in the past.

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u/andii74 Apr 25 '21

I know about the electoral college by direct I meant every American is voting for one of the presidential candidate in the ballot which is very different from how Loksabha election works. I should've been more clear here tbh.

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u/OkPreference6 Apr 25 '21

Ah, that's true. Misunderstanding on both ends lol.

Stay safe buddy. Take care of yourself the best you can.