"All the fantastical claims are coupled with the fact that Mr Modi has not given a single press conference, or an unscripted interview. This makes it impossible to question the PM on critical policy matters, and his grasp of them. [...] Ultimately, I see this as a part of the greatest exercise in anti-intellectualism, propaganda/fake news seen in Independent India, in which it is normal to defend the most absurd statement, and in which it has become impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood."
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As quoted in Why the joke is not on Modi but on his 'educated supporters' by K.M. Rakesh And G.S. Mudur, published online in 14 May 2019, The Telegraph
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