Here's what the US Presidential elections 2020 taught India

The US is ridin on Biden after the Democrats brought in a blue wave In India the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP has come in for direct walloping and snidesnickers from the opposition Believed to be cut from the same cloth as the Republicans many gleefully carp that the Narendra ModiDonald Trump bromance is punctured They use the Trump loss as a message and harbinger for a BJP downfallOpinions differNiranjan Shetty BJP spokesperson laughed and acknowledged that he was aware of the sentimentThis is a personal view and as individuals everybody is entitled to have an opinion There is no problem with airing a view and we respect that Yet it is important to remember that the US elections and Indian elections are very different In USA there were platforms like joblessness and the way COVID was dealt with Think about how India has handled the COVID situation It has been much better than many countries Earlier Trump had not imposed a lockdown We had a lockdown in March and today the rates are attested by the wisdom of calling for an early shutdown So you see the success in this call by the central governmentMatter of perspectiveTaking the larger election picture in mind Shetty said Elections are fought to be won but a lot depends on the mood of the voter till the last day You may recall during the 1990s post the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi the Congress won the election on a sympathy wave At that time they were going to lose and one could discern a BJP wave Yet sympathy played a huge part in turning the tide He further explained Today some people look at the glass as half full and some others as half empty It is a matter of perspective I do not think there is any comparison between the US mandate and India and we will see Modi and the BJP emerge stronger with flying coloursBalasaheb Thorat Maharashtra Congress president said There are definitely some takeaways Recently we have seen a wave wherein there is a tendency to divide society Whether it is on white black or religious lines We have leaders like Turkeys Erdogan who is doing this now We have Narendra Modi here Development has taken a backseat Not just now even just before Corona things were bad in India In Bihar too development was not mentioned but only the religious plank was pushed Today the US election results are reflective of a changing global mindset that is not for division but developmentLeft centreMumbai Youth Congress president Ganesh Yadav said We are seeing a shift from the right wing leaning that the world has demonstrated and the US results are a big indicator of that There has been a tilt towards right wing politics look at Macron in France Boris Johnson in the UK the Trump ideology and Erdogan in Turkey but people have started to realise that this politics does not bring peace Instead we have polarisation which is not conducive to development The Congressman sees a shift of the political pendulum to Left Centre politics and we will soon experience that here too he finishedA stingerAshok Dhawale from Mumbai central committee member of the Communist Party of India Marxist stated This is a very welcome development and an authoritarian bigoted and racist person like Trump has been shown the door Joe Biden should heed the advice of people like Bernie Sanders who said that we hope the new administration will work for all Americans and not just for a moneyed fewWhen asked about a perception that the new US administration may not augur well for India Dhawale shot back I do not think that is true Kamala Harris is of Indian origin In fact India must not give in to the imperialist demands of USA and go with economic agreements that are being imposed on us and not in our best interests he finishedAam Aadmi Party national joint secretary Ruben Mascarenhas said with a chuckle The right wing extremists have been defeated in the worlds oldest democracy and we truly hope it also happens in the worlds larges democracyKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news