In the context of democratic regression and the rise of the right wing, having Narendra Modi as the guest of honor on our national holiday, a few months before India’s elections, was Emmanuel Macron’s big mistake, believing in a personality environmental policy.

The Elysée announced a few days ago that Narendra Modi, the current Prime Minister of India, will be the guest of honor on our upcoming national holiday on 14th July. It is quite understandable that in the current geopolitical context of escalating tensions between China and the United States, France needs to maintain good diplomatic relations with India, which last month officially became the most populous country on the planet according to the United Nations. . Nevertheless, one must either be completely ignorant of the subcontinent’s current internal political context, or be utterly cynical about making Mr Modi the guest of honor of the French Republic on the most symbolic day of the year. .

Firstly, the current Prime Minister’s party, the BJP (for Bharatiya Janata Party – Indian People’s Party) is a political movement that claims to be Hindu nationalism at its most virulent, clearly on the far right of India’s political spectrum. You should know that this party is more than just a respectable political showcase of the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, National Voluntary Organization), an ultranationalist paramilitary group founded in 1925 on the model of the Nazi party in Germany. Mahatma Killer