[lbo-talk] Roy on Indian election

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri May 14 10:33:25 PDT 2004


uvj at vsnl.com wrote:


>Doug Henwood posted:
>
>Arundhati Roy:
>
>> None of the pundits and psephologists predicted the results. The
>> rightwing BJP-led coalition has not just been voted out of power, it
>> has been humiliated. It cannot but be seen as a decisive vote against
>> communalism, and neo-liberalism's economic "reforms".
>
>Compare the difference in votes polled by BJP led coalition and Congress led
>coalition in this election. The respective shares are 36% and 37.7%, mere
>1.7% difference in the votes polled.

How does Roy's political writing play in India?

Doug



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