George Soros

A speech by George Soros at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gautam Adani has caused a huge uproar in the BJP.

The Adani group has in turn denied the Hindenburg accusations as “malicious”, “baseless” and a “calculated attack on India”. He also made a brief, two-minute, reference to India, Modi and Adani, which has caused a huge uproar in the [BJP](https://indianexpress.com/about/bjp/). In fact, SEBI or MCA should order a forensic audit of the Adani Group to calm the markets and assure foreign investors. The BJP has also strongly countered the Soros statement as an attack on Indian democracy and said people like Soros wanted to effect a regime change in India. Soros has been critical of Prime Minister Modi in the past as well. In the US, he is a major donor to the Democratic Party and supports progressive causes.

Among Soros' Indian friends, clearly there are as many astrology buffs as there are weak-minded Leftists.

It is only the Indian middle class that is interested in the stock market. The poorer classes, whose interests do not cover the stock market, notice that Modi is perhaps the only major Indian politician who is not promoting his children (he has none) or his nephews or nieces and who has no interest in amassing wealth for himself or his family. Soros predicts that the decline in the share prices of Adani companies will hurt Modi. He thinks that this law is directed against Indian citizens of the Muslim faith. The Indian government passed a few laws that were progressive, pro-poor and supportive of the attempt to improve the prospects of Indian agriculture. Finally, the government actually gave in to these misguided agitators and withdrew the laws, admitting that the government had failed in its messaging. The [property rights of women](https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/kashmir-article-370-women-cheer-equal-property-rights-1577637-2019-08-05) were curtailed in a blatantly discriminatory manner. The trial of this young man is in the works and the debate as to whether he is being treated with kid gloves has been openly and vociferously joined. We on the Right side of the political spectrum are often accused of attacking the messenger and not paying attention to the content of the message. That is simply not the case. My one takeaway from the meeting was that Soros was very upset about the squalor and poverty in urban India. [democracy is on the decline](https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/bjp-congress-slam-soros-for-indian-democracy-remark-11676657445481.html).

In hindsight, it turns out India was a role model on all fronts, from its management of the economy to vaccination and containing casualties.

In hindsight, it turns out India was a role model on all fronts, from its management of the economy to vaccination and containing casualties. With the global economy in the doldrums, the West needs India more than ever before. Seen as a continuum of critical coverage of India across several Left-leaning global media brands, it appears to be a part of a well-orchestrated and concerted campaign to defame the present dispensation. From being a member of the “fragile five” during the pandemic, India had the resilience to come out as “anti-fragile”. This is far too serious a matter to be left for the media to decide, and the government has done well to take the proverbial bull by its horn or, in this case, the bear by the ears. There is enough evidence to indicate that apart from journalists, even politicians were in the pay of the CIA and KGB. The government seems to think it is a sinister attempt to supplant the mandate with the designs of a minuscule minority who have traditionally held sway over the country’s affairs. Jaishankar later said in an interview that the timing of the documentary was not accidental. Consider a hypothetical situation in which an Indian tycoon commits his resources to destabilise the government in a neighbouring country. Many felt a sense of déjà vu hearing these statements, which echoed the frequent reference to the ubiquitous “foreign hand” repeatedly invoked by Indira Gandhi in the Seventies. It is suspected that there were moles in Indira Gandhi’s council of ministers as well. It said the BBC was a habitual offender trying to impose its Leftist agenda on former British colonies.

So, here we are. This time, we can blame that champion of free media, Arnab Goswami. Here's how it played out. First, Arnab's rant on digital media. Everyone ...

The majority of posts about Soros being a Nazi point to the fact that, when asked by Kroft if he felt guilt, he said “no”. A 14-year-old hid his identity to protect himself from sure death – something thousands of Jews tried to do at the time (see , , , and , for example). If you’d like to read other fact-checks about how George Soros was not a Nazi, see , , and . Now, George Soros is a Nazi because he was with the Nazis.” Among other things, at the 6:50 mark, Kroft took viewers “back to the beginning” to explore Soros’s family. At the 31-minute mark, Arnab asked whether the “losers are beginning their campaign for 2024 in New York and London”. And that he pushes “discredited theories” like fascism existing in India. , even if Arnab thinks not even “one rupee” should be given because we’re all apparently living the high life thanks to “Uncle Soros”. Recently, he popped up in India’s collective imagination again because he that Modi and Adani are “close allies” and that Modi is “no democrat”. You got to pay to keep the news free! Independent media is not the villain here – independent media is the only entity holding these charlatans to account. He explained that #SorosMedia was dishonest about taking money from Soros through forex transfers, entities operating in tax havens, escrow accounts, and debt financing.

I have just seen his interview with Smita Prakash of ANI, and heard his earlier comments on George Soros, and the BBC documentary which was blocked by the ...

The author is a former diplomat, an author and a politician. Moreover, we also have to realise that as India’s global importance grows, and the world looks to what is happening here, we are like a fish in a glass bowl visible for everyone to see. The old mentality — and tactic — of the 1970s, which Indira Gandhi used to rally internal support by constantly alluding to a ‘foreign threat’ to India, has to be replaced by a restrained gravitas. India must understand that as it emerges into the league of the most powerful countries in the world, we have to show greater balance and maturity in our responses to such provocative statements, because by overreacting we give them undeserved importance. In fact, she went further to say that a ‘war’ has been initiated against India, and asked society to ‘denounce the intention of this individual who seeks to demonise our democracy, weaken it and bring onslaught (sic) to the economy of our country’. S Jaishankar is a colleague from the foreign service — a year junior — and a good friend for whose abilities and intelligence I have great respect.