Modi Brings Bad Luck? Modi’s Numerous Overseas Buddies Facing Criminal And Civil Charges!

Modi and Bad Luck

The Congress party announced its intention to mark PM Narendra Modi’s birthday (September 17) as “Bad Omen Day”. Can this be justified in any way? Let us look into it.

Donald Trump, one of Modi’s closest overseas allies, is facing sexual assault charges.

A minimum of 22 women have filed sexual misconduct complaints against President Donald Trump. The claims against him have resulted in a total of three cases of litigation: his then-wife Ivana initiated a rape claim during their separation litigation in 1990 but later retracted that claim; businesswoman Jill Harth filed a lawsuit against Trump in 1997 claiming violation of contract in addition to accusing for sexual harassment nevertheless agreed to drop her sexual harassment claim as a component of the agreement to settle she obtained with respect to her previous suit; and, in 2017, former The Apprentice participant Summer Zervos initiated a defamation claim.

After the October 2016 disclosure of the “Access Hollywood” tape, wherein Trump was captured bragging about groping women’s genitals in 2005, a flood of women rendered their claims public. Others told their tales days before the audio was released, while others came out only recently in December 2022.

All of the charges, consisting of ogling, harassing, groping, and rape, have been denied by Trump as false as well as politically driven tales propagated by the press as well as his political adversaries, and he has pledged to file a suit against every one of those who accused him, however till now this has not been done. In several situations, he and his attorney have claimed that Trump did not participate in the alleged conduct with a particular lady due to the fact that she did not seem to be beautiful enough.

Modi‘s interactions with Donald Trump have reflected the existing unbalanced power relations, demonstrating yet another time that leaders in politics simply do not really care. Political engagement with Trump reinforces and normalizes his behavior. The ‘tight connection’ between the country’s Prime Minister and Donald Trump, combined with the celebratory atmosphere of the occasion, renders Modi morally culpable and an enabler.

Furthermore, according to a survey conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has the largest number of party officials with charges of crimes against women. Hence, the BJP entertaining and maintaining close ties with a serial sexual harasser cannot be termed as something new.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Modi’s close Israeli friend faces criminal charges for corruption

On the occasion of India’s 72nd Republic Day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed his Indian counterpart, Mr. Modi, stating, “our friendship grows from year to year.” Modi and Netanyahu have been developing a tight “bromance” since 2014, with Israel being India’s second largest supplier of defense equipment. Netanyahu had been the very first leader of the nation to publicly commend Modi on his election win in 2019.

On top of that, when Modi ended up being the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel, Netanyahu himself was there to receive him at Ben Gurion Airport. Following a lavish official greeting, Netanyahu embraced the prime minister while saying in Hindi, “Aapka swagat hai mere dost.”

Three distinct charges have been filed against Netanyahu. Case 1000, which was initiated in December 2016, contains significant presents and gifts which Netanyahu along with his wife had received throughout the years from a couple of affluent businessmen. Recordings of talks between Netanyahu as well as Arnon Mozes, chairman and editor of Yedioth Ahronoth, which is among Israel’s leading newspapers, were mentioned in Case 2000.

They discussed the potential of legislation that would affect Israel Hayom, Yedioth’s main rival. Case 4000 concerns the interaction between Bezeq as well as its regulator, the Communication Ministry, that was led by Netanyahu at the time of the incident. Netanyahu was formally charged with fraud and violation of trust in Cases 1000 and 2000, as well as fraud, breach of trust, and collecting bribes in Case 4000, on November 21, 2019.

Netanyahu claims to be not guilty, has denied any wrongdoing whatsoever, and has further made it clear that the planned judicial reforms have nothing to do with his corruption prosecution. However, several observers have pointed out how Netanyahu may utilize the measures to get out of legal trouble. Does this pattern of changing laws to suit oneself, influencing the judges, and engaging in corruption remind you of anyone?

David Cameron, another friend of Modi, faced allegations for breach of lobbying laws

When British PM David Cameron met Modi in the past, he has been always full of admiration for him. The quantity of votes Modi received appeared to Cameron to be a tremendous job for any sort of global leader. Cameron even repeated it in the same number of words when India announced its findings. No politician in the entire globe could have garnered nearly as many votes, Cameron remarked. When Cameron and his party fought elections to the British Parliament for the second consecutive time, Modi offered his assistance. A friend in need, is a friend indeed!

However, in 2021, David Cameron had been subjected to an inquiry for suspected lobbying law violations. An official inquiry had been initiated to determine if David Cameron violated lobbying regulations while working for Greensill Capital.

Mr. Cameron had been suspected of attempting to profit from private ties with former government associates. The former Prime Minister lobbied ministries and former colleagues through private channels. During the period ranging from 5 March to 26 June 2020, he and his team wrote 45 emails, SMS, and WhatsApp messages on Greensill.

There were nine WhatsApp communications to Chancellor Rishi Sunak as well as 12 SMS messages to the Treasury’s senior civil servant, Sir Tom Scholar. The Bank of England has made public emails revealing that Mr Cameron approached top officials on multiple occasions in a futile attempt to get backing from them. Mr. Cameron and Lex Greensill had a personal drink with Health Secretary Matt Hancock in 2019 to talk about a new remuneration structure for NHS personnel.

However, according to a report by the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, while no lobbying laws were breached, Mr Cameron’s activities demonstrated that there was a solid argument for tightening them, with the present ones providing inadequate strength.

It also stated that while the Treasury was correct in rejecting the previous Prime Minister’s ideas, it should have urged him to engage in more official channels of communication straight away after it had recognized his personal financial motives. Mr. Cameron was also reprimanded in a Cabinet Office assessment commissioned by Boris Johnson, which found that he had overstated his connection with Greensill while pressing the Treasury.

“Maybe PM Modi Brought Bad Luck”- Kumaraswamy on Chandrayaan-2

PM Modi had traveled to the ISRO facility to see India’s maiden soft-landing operation on the moon. However, the ‘Vikram’ lander lost touch with the orbiter before it came to just 2.1 kilometers away from the moon’s surface.

On September 12, 2019, former chief minister of Karnataka HD Kumaraswamy made a light mockery comment addressed to PM Narendra Modi, claiming that when he entered the Bengaluru headquarters of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), he probably carried bad luck with him. The presence of PM Modi, according to Kumaraswamy, is what caused ISRO to lose contact with Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan-2 in the early hours of September 7.

He portrayed as if he himself was landing Chandrayaan-2, even though it were the scientists who worked hard on this for 10-12 years and the cabinet approval for the project was given in 2008-09.

He came here and tried to claim that the moon mission began because of him. I do not know, maybe his stepping into the ISRO centre brought bad luck to the scientists.

-Kumaraswamy to media reporters in Mysuru

These are just a few of the times Modi has been deemed to be unfortunate for someone or something. We are all aware of the scams that run domestically by Modi’s best friends- whether it be Ambani and Adani, or Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi. It is exceedingly unlikely that all of these are merely coincidences. Either PM Modi brings bad luck to events and individuals, or he aligns himself with people and situations that are already troublesome. This is something that may be debated!