Watch | “Modi is 80% a Dictator and a Darpok”; I Call on Indian Voters to Throw Him Out

Dhruv Rathee, a widely followed and admired YouTube video-maker, whose last two videos on dictatorship have together achieved nearly 50 million views, has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “70-80% a dictator”, adding that like all ‘tanashahs’ he is “a darpok”, insecure and lacking in confidence. He’s called upon the Indian people to throw out the Modi government.

In a special interview to talk about himself, his childhood and upbringing, his training as a mechanical engineer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, his marriage to his wife Juli and also what motivates him to make videos and the extent of preparation and effort put into each of them, but also to talk about political issues such as his view of Modi whether India is becoming a dictatorship, Rathee said that his message to the Indian people is brief and simple: “Vote karne jayen to sarkar ko nikal phenke (When you go to vote, throw out the government).”

Rathee says that he has faith that his 2.5 crore audience will heed his request for each person to share his video with another 100 people who, in turn, will respond to his message to vote out the Modi government.

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