[unmole]

I'm not even remotely a BJP supporter, as my comment history will attest to.

The union government's Covid response has been spectacularly bad, anyone who argues otherwise is a brainwashed idiot.

If INC was in government some of the more megalomaniacal screwups might have been avoided. Lockdown wouldn't have been announced just hours before it went into effect for example.

However, I don't see the overall results being much better. Be it Sanghis, Commies, Congressis or any flavour of regional satraps, I can't think of a single state government that actually did a halfway decent job.

[lucian1900]

Kerala did much better than other states in terms of a rational and effective response to covid.

[yunohn]

This was a narrative, but not necessarily true?

Early 2020: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53431672

Late 2020: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/compelling-que...

[lucian1900]

The failure narrative is not necessarily true either. Are we to trust British state propaganda of all things?

[yunohn]

I never claimed it was false. I said it’s not entirely true. I think like most states, Kerala has a lot of misplaced pride, and fail to see that their politicians are similarly problematic. Just like the common criticism of BJP, they too neglected COVID policies during voting periods.

[lucian1900]

By pretty much any metric Kerala handled the pandemic better than other states. It’s worth looking at the material interests behind narratives. British imperialism (as export of capital at usury rates) is still heavily invested in India and communists winning in other states would threaten profits.

The CPI (M) can hardly be compared to the BJP, they’re complete opposites.

[yunohn]

Nobody is saying the metrics are identical, nor the parties. I’m saying that politicians are fallible, and commit similar injustices to their citizens. I believe it’s crucial to have a nuanced discussion where any side is criticized for their shortcomings.

From the Hindu, a decidedly anti-BJP, left news org: “Political exigencies also led the government to deliberately delay conducting a serosurveillance study till local body poll results were out”.

[unmole]

> British imperialism (as export of capital at usury rates) is still heavily invested in India and communists winning in other states would threaten profits.

What?