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Modi Claims 2004 to 2014 Was India's ‘Lost Decade’. Is That True?  https://thewire.in/economy/modi-claims-india-saw-a-lost-decade-between-2004-and-14-is-that-true Santosh Mehrotra

1. The so-called lost decade saw the creation of 7.5 million (75 lakh) jobs in the non-farm sector annually; the 2013-19 period saw only 2.9 mn (29 lakh) non-farm jobs created until 2019 (before COVID-19) (based on government PLFS data). It fell to even less after COVID-19.

2. Youth unemployment has tripled or at least doubled before, and even after, COVID-19, compared to the UPA period.

3. Real wages rose during the so-called ‘lost decade’ (despite higher inflation), they fell in recent years (according to PLFS data).

4. The number of poor fell sharply during this earlier period, and has risen in recent years.

योगी के 'इस्तीफे' पर अड़ा पूरा देश? बुलडोजर खिलाफ टूट पड़े लोग! | PM Modi | CM Yogi | Godi Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka4mWaIZcrg 

Mother-Daughter Dies during bulldozer action in UP's Kanpur, Congress stages protests in Lucknow Yashwant Bhaskar Feb 15, 2023  https://zeenews.india.com/video/india/mother-daughter-dies-during-bulldozer-action-in-kanpur-congress-protests-in-lucknow-hindi-news-2573505.html
A heart-wrenching case has come to the fore in the Kanpur countryside of Uttar Pradesh. A fire broke out during the bulldozer action on the hut, in which the mother and daughter died. Congress party is protesting in Lucknow against this incident.

Eviction, yet another weaponised tool of the state in New India https://sabrangindia.in/article/eviction-yet-another-weaponised-tool-state-new-india MP, UP, Uttarakhand and Assam continue ‘Bulldozer action’ Tanya Arora 14 Jan 2023

अडानी मामले में आया नया मोड़! सारे भाजपाइयों के उड़े होश! जल्दी देखिए। https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2EhPVJcgro HNP NEWS 19 Feb 2023 Youth Congress Rally

In a rather longish speech in Munich, Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros, presenting his account of the world scenario -- in the process -- makes pointed references to India too as he has done to a number of other countries.
In the speech, he has claimed moral superiority of "open societies" over the "closed" ones and also pleaded that the "open" ones must actually live up to their promises.

<<I have distinguished between open and closed societies. This leaves out many countries that have gone to great lengths to avoid tying themselves irrevocably to one side or the other.

India is an interesting case. It’s a democracy, but its leader Narendra Modi is no democrat. Inciting violence against Muslims was an important factor in his meteoric rise.

Modi maintains close relations with both open and closed societies. India is a member of the Quad (which also includes Australia, the US, and Japan), but it buys a lot of Russian oil at a steep discount and makes a lot of money on it.
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Reverting to India, Modi and business tycoon Adani are close allies; their fate is intertwined. Adani Enterprises tried to raise funds in the stock market, but he failed. Adani is accused of stock manipulation and his stock collapsed like a house of cards. Modi is silent on the subject, but he will have to answer questions from foreign investors and in parliament.

This will significantly weaken Modi’s stranglehold on India’s federal government and open the door to push for much needed institutional reforms.

I may be naïve, but I expect a democratic revival in India.>>

(Excerpted from: <https://www.georgesoros.com/2023/02/16/remarks-delivered-at-the-2023-munich-security-conference/>.)

Here's the response of Smriti Irani: <https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/smriti-irani-slams-george-soros-for-his-revival-of-democracy-remark-101676616259672.html>.
Of Jaishankar: <https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/soros-is-old-rich-opinionated-and-dangerous-jaishankar-783644>.
Of Jairam Ramesh: <https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nehruvian-legacy-ensures-people-like-soros-cannot-determine-indias-electoral-outcomes-congress/articleshow/98005092.cms>.
BJP response to Congress reaction on Soros: <https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/jairam-ji-is-this-hum-saath-saath-hain-bjp-slams-congress-for-backing-billionaire-george-soros-remarks-on-pm-modi>.

What's the essential point made?
Only a citizen of a country is entitled to comment on the goings-on in that country!???
Too funny or too funny or too dangerous?
Of course the views of Soros or whoever can be very legitimately challenged on merit.