Straight-talking Swamy takes aim at India's old elite

[WhiteTara]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/straight-talking-swamy-takes-aim-indias-old-elite-072215227.html?nhp=1

He's been called India's Donald Trump: a media-savvy right-wing populist who is unafraid of upsetting everyone from the ruling elite to religious minorities as he rails against corruption.

And after returning to parliament following a 15-year absence, Subramanian Swamy says he won't temper his shoot-from-the-hip style that has made him one of India's most popular if divisive politicians.

"The country's mood has changed, like in America," the 76-year-old told AFP in an interview at his home in New Delhi.

"You know Donald Trump -- I would never have thought that a politician in the US could even get out of the first round (of the presidential primaries) with the kind of bluntness that he has shown.

"But people now want to know the truth and I have established that what I say I mean, I mean what I say.

[truebrit71]

1. Ugh, apparently stupidity is contagious...

[WhiteTara]

2. a world wide contagion!