Modi’s silence on scams By Deepak Parvatiyar August 10, 2015 5.00/5 (100.00%) 1 vote Published in elections.in (http://www.elections.in/blog/modi-silence-on-scams/) At least two arguments are in circulation to explain Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cryptic silence over the scams and controversies that dog his government. First, that his silence is premeditated and born out of calculations so as to prevent the trap laid for him by the Congress-led Opposition; second, that he has been tightlipped so as to nail his detractors within his own Bharatiya Janata Party. Let’s discuss the second argument first. The prominent names that figure in the scams are of those who are considered Modi’s political adversaries within the Bharatiya Janata Party. Hence a conspiracy theory emanating from the precincts of the South Block cannot be dismissed either. Much is already written about how the victims of the scams and their uncomfortable past equations with Modi could be a re
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