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6 Nov, 2013

Ramesh likens Narendra Modi’s rise to Third Reich – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The government stepped up its criticism of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime-ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Tuesday, painting him as a dangerous extremist and comparing his rise to the birth of Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

Jairam Ramesh, a senior cabinet minister close to the leadership of the Congress party, said Modi’s career reminded him of the rise of the Third Reich, the strongest comments yet by a minister of his rank.

“Political autocracy, social divisiveness and economic liberalism. That’s Mr Modi reduced to three dimensions,” Ramesh told Reuters. “Exactly what created the autobahns and the Volkswagens in the 30s but also created the disaster of Germany.

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