Ashutosh Varshney likens Modi to Indira Gandhi; Yogendra Yadav agrees

Yogendra Yadav, the national president of the Swaraj India party, and political scientist Ashutosh Varshney on Friday drew parallels between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former prime minister Indira Gandhi. They believed that Modi is culturally a “right-winger” but his economic policies are more “Left-leaning”, whereas Gandhi was more Left of Centre.

Varshney said populist leaders such as Modi, Gandhi and the US president Donald Trump don’t like constitutional restrains.

“All populist leaders don’t like any constitutional restraints. The populists try to reject and undermine oversight institutions like judiciary, press and independent intelligence agencies,” said Varshney while speaking at a panel