Vol. 11, Issue : 10
October, 2019
What Howdy, Modi Event For?
Narendra Modi’s ‘Howdy, Modi’ event of Sept
22, 2019 in Houston, US became a point of debate
and controversy even before he returned to India.
But Modi was not bothered by it. He patted his own
back in commendation. He said that the event was
a great success and it raised India’s respect and
image to new heights in the world.
Modi was overwhelmed by joy to meet and
shake hands with US President Donald Trump in
Howdy, Modi event. It was a historic and
unforgettable memory for him. Addressing the
audience, he said: “You can hear the heart beat of
the great partnership between India and US in this
celebration of the world’s largest democracies. You
can feel the strength and depth of human bonds
between our great nations.” “We in India have
connected well with President Trump.” “Trump is my
friend, a friend of India who has left a deep and a
lasting impact everywhere.”
Trump did not lag behind. He complimented
Modi as “a great man and a great leader.” “PM Modi
and I have come to Houston to celebrate everything
that unites America and India – our shared dreams
and bright future.”
Here, both leaders claim to represent largest
democracies, shared dreams and great partnership.
But it is a sheer illusion to believe that they are on
an equal footing. One leader, i.e; of India represent
the big bourgeois and landlord classes who are
subservient to imperialism. The BJP had taken the
mantle of power from the Congress in 2014 on the
promise to provide all opportunities for the imperialist
loot and turn the working class and toiling people of
our Country into voiceless cogs and screws in the
whole profit – spinning production and trade
mechanism of imperialist and corporate looters. In
the sphere of politics, the Indian ruling classes allow
the imperialist looters to dictate the internal policies
of our Country. They extend the support to the
politics of domination pursued by the imperialist
powers in general and US in particular in the world.
India’s rulers joining the US – Japan – Australia
alliance in Asia is neither a partnership among the
equal partners nor it is in the interests of our country
and people. This alliance, in reality, is an instrument
in US strategy to impose its domination over the world
and Asia in particular. It is aimed at draining India’s
soil, economic, human and military resources in the
interests of US imperialism.
Democracy in the view of Indian ruling classes
is almost a closed book for the overwhelming masses
of Indian people. It is virtually a play ground for the
exploiting ruling classes to decide among themselves
who must occupy the seat of power for a definite
period of time. Here too, one’s greater ability to out
beat the opponent in using money, muscle power,
communal, casteist, diversionist and other foul
methods and in impressing upon the imperialist
patrons that they alone can serve them better will
decide the outcome of the game. Ever since the BJP
had come to power it had been revealing its real
face more nakedly. It had shown its ability in blowing
up the national chauvinist frenzy among the people
and reap votes. BJP and its regime had gone to
intolerable levels in scuttling the dissent, democratic
voices, wiping out even the remote traces of
Organ of the Central Committee of CPI(ML)