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It’s a legacy feature of Indian democracy. Prior to this almost every public building (universities, Stadiums, Zoos, Office Buildings, Parks, etc) were named af

by setum 5y ago

It’s a legacy feature of Indian democracy. Prior to this almost every public building (universities, Stadiums, Zoos, Office Buildings, Parks, etc) were named after Nehru, Gandhi or someone else from ruling family. Those names still exist.

perfectstorm 5y ago
except they are all dead people who did good and it's a way of honoring their 'legacy'. this is much much different.
- dhanvantharim1 5y ago
  did good part is arguable but to answer your question Indian democracy is very personality driven (for the most part). We took the presidential election and merged it with parliamentary election. People in most states still vote for the leader of the party and not necessarily for the candidates in their constituency. Its like we took the worst part two systems and put them together.
- cuteboy19 5y ago
  Every bench in every park in India comes inscribed with the name of the Mayor who installed it. This is different, but not much different.
- rdedev 5y ago
  You can take the state of Tamil Nadu as a counter example. A lot of welfare schemes have photos of politicians both dead and alive. Mostly presented in a way that implies the old guard is passing on something to the new one. It's there in a lot of other states come to think of it. But of course no one did it to such an extent at the national level than modi. Almost every other scheme is under his name
  - naruvimama 5y ago
    A lot of schemes coming from Modi & central budget is passed off as schemes from the state with picture of Stalin (DMK TN chief minister). So much so that DMK is called the sticker party, at least among the well informed.
  - a22a-dev 5y ago
    can you name one such example?
    - rdedev 5y ago
      https://th.thgim.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/article16908326.ece/ALTERNATES/FREE_355/TH_AIDMKSASIKALAa https://th.thgim.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/article1690832... This is probably the most representative i can find online
      - a22a-dev 5y ago
        I meant regarding modi
      - a22a-dev 5y ago
        >But of course no one did it to such an extent at the national level than modi. Almost every other scheme is under his name Here you said, that schemes are under his name, But I didn't see any

by setum 5y ago

perfectstorm 5y ago

except they are all dead people who did good and it's a way of honoring their 'legacy'. this is much much different.

dhanvantharim1 5y ago
did good part is arguable but to answer your question Indian democracy is very personality driven (for the most part). We took the presidential election and merged it with parliamentary election. People in most states still vote for the leader of the party and not necessarily for the candidates in their constituency. Its like we took the worst part two systems and put them together.
cuteboy19 5y ago
Every bench in every park in India comes inscribed with the name of the Mayor who installed it. This is different, but not much different.
rdedev 5y ago
You can take the state of Tamil Nadu as a counter example. A lot of welfare schemes have photos of politicians both dead and alive. Mostly presented in a way that implies the old guard is passing on something to the new one. It's there in a lot of other states come to think of it. But of course no one did it to such an extent at the national level than modi. Almost every other scheme is under his name
- naruvimama 5y ago
  A lot of schemes coming from Modi & central budget is passed off as schemes from the state with picture of Stalin (DMK TN chief minister). So much so that DMK is called the sticker party, at least among the well informed.
- a22a-dev 5y ago
  can you name one such example?
  - rdedev 5y ago
    https://th.thgim.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/article16908326.ece/ALTERNATES/FREE_355/TH_AIDMKSASIKALAa https://th.thgim.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/article1690832... This is probably the most representative i can find online
    - a22a-dev 5y ago
      I meant regarding modi
    - a22a-dev 5y ago
      >But of course no one did it to such an extent at the national level than modi. Almost every other scheme is under his name Here you said, that schemes are under his name, But I didn't see any