I wonder why the prime minister felt the need to announce this himself. If I remember correctly the Chinese premier did not announce their test.
1. https://www.isro.gov.in/about-isro/organisation-structure
What's curious is that he seems to go missing when there's a fuck up. Who was responsible for demonetization? No idea, blame anyone you want but don't blame him!
Finding personal faults with any public person is pointless (as in having an effect on you). What matters is whether the results are good/bad.
* His list of achievements is absurd and factually incorrect, and he rarely gives credit to others who contributed.
* He hates criticism and tries to muzzle it. A politician should not interfere with the press but he does so. He has gotten journalists fired because they criticised him.
Just read the tweets on his profile... A sample: https://mobile.twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1110862796437...
It's like... Damned if you do, Damned if you don't.
If you're going to blindly criticise anyone without considering things out of your bubble, that's your prerogative.
Adding a link. Sorry about creating a new comment. Am on mobile
Don't be too quick to find faults!
Don't be too quick to overstate others' positions!
As far as overstating positions go, the opposition in India was quick to jump to conspiracy theories after the Pulwama attack saying that Modi orchestrated the entire attack for political gains. This ridiculous conspiracy theory mongering has gone on to unprecedented levels this election. After failing at making a dent for the past 1 year by parroting Rafale lies, the opposition is now trying to find a new issue to latch onto.
It can't be that you keep throwing darts until one of them sticks! That is not how a responsible opposition should behave!
Talk about skewed perspectives.
China managed to not have Xi Jinping announce when they did it.
Which test you're talking about? Xi wasn't leading China back in 2007. And thanks to the ignorance of their top brass, the Chinese received considerable negative reaction after the test.[1]
1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_...
You're right - I was confusing it with the more recent non-destructive tests that were also not explicitly announced.
And I don't think they received negative reaction because they didn't announce. It's no secret that the West is not full of fans of China
You realize that nobody is fooled right? Everyone except for Modi's supporters sees through this
I'm not about aware about any change in the Code of Conduct since the EC made that statement. Correct me if I am wrong.
And the question isn't whether it is permissible, but rather was it an obvious opportunistic move? The answer to the latter is yes to pretty much all of the outside observers.
> And the question isn't whether it is permissible, but rather was it an obvious opportunistic move?
I don't know.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokhran-II
And point to be noted is that this one was just after the election. So it seems like elections have not been a major factor in these kinds of announcement in India.
So the first, the US, was a travesty, but everyone else is legitimate self-defense?
To be clear, I'm not objecting to the weapons existence. I'm objecting to the tests, which are potentially worse than above-ground nuclear testing. The kessler syndrome, if realized, would permanently destroy our ability to deploy, access, and use space resources.