Israel Exultant Over Modi Victory

http://www.thecitizen.in/israel-exultant-over-modi-victory/
THE CITIZEN BUREAU
Mon May 19, 2014

NEW DELHI: Israel stood out amidst the congratulations pouring in for Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi from world leaders (Read: The World Welcomes Modi, World Page) across the globe with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being amongst the first to wish the BJP leader on his electoral success. Modi has reportedly assured Israel that he will be the first Indian premier to visit Jerusalem, according to the Israeli media.

Narendra Modi and the rise of India’s neo-fascist Far-Right: The facts

http://www.loonwatch.com/2014/04/narendra-modi-and-the-rise-of-indias-neo-fascist-far-right-the-facts/
Narendra Modi is campaigning as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (“BJP”). Due to ongoing geopolitical events elsewhere, the implications of Modi’s impending rise to power have received comparatively little media publicity outside South Asia, especially in the West. This is despite the fact that nuclear-armed, 1.2 billion-population India is currently undergoing a political and cultural takeover by that country’s version of the Far-Right, if the claims of Modi’s opponents and critics are accurate.