According to Siddiqui, "Four distinct groups coalesced around Modi -- his Hindu base, corporate India..., the middle class fed up with corruption and dysfunction; and the young who feel India has been squandering its chance, not creating enough jobs."
There is a travel ban on Modi that was imposed by the US and several European countries, following the Gujarat riots in 2002.
"As for that American, Canadian and European travel ban on Modi, it'll disappear in a flash. How do you refuse to deal with the elected leader of the world's largest democracy, with a sixth of the world's population, and the 10th largest economy in the world?," it stated.
"That's why Canada, the US, Britain and others have been cosying up to him for months. The Stephen Harper government, in fact, has been one of the sponsors of Modi's biennial trade show for business bigwigs, called Vibrant Gujarat. Last year, Canada was 'a partner country'..."
