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India preps for G20 summit of world leaders by bulldozing homes (www.nbcnews.com)

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The annual summit of the Group of 20 economies is the largest gathering of world leaders ever in New Delhi, with attendees including President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and others.

They will be greeted by some of the cleanest streets New Delhi has seen, ornamented by hundreds of thousands of lush flowers potted on freshly painted pavements. What they will not see are the hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced, or the slums that have been flattened or obscured by temporary fences bearing the G20 summit’s logo and photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi’s government hopes the beautification project will help showcase the best of what the world’s most populous country has to offer, further cementing its position on the global stage.

Anything that might disrupt that effort is unwelcome.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

These houses were there for several years without a problem, paying utilities and housing poor children and women, suddenly they are illegal because someone wants to use this opportunity for their own disgusting motives. While we're discussing G20, you know what's really ironic, it's that in a country where 80% of the population would die of hunger if not fed by public welfare. They are serving delegates of foreign countries in utensils made up of gold and silver.