The delay in the counting of votes in the 2020 American elections has left Americans and the rest of the world in a state of alert anticipation. And while anxious Americans wait with great anticipation to find out who their next president is, it appears that observers in an unlikely part of the world are also losing sleep over the results of the American election: India.
Despite the fact that Democratic challenger Joe Biden and Republican President Donald Trump continue to clash in various US states, it seems that the Indians have taken a great interest in who will be the next US president. On social media or legacy news media coverage, the US presidential election has dominated Indian news channels.
Whether it’s the Indian government’s good relations with the Donald Trump administration or the fact that Kamala Harris could end up becoming the first of Indian descent to become Vice President in the US, if Democratic challenger Joe Biden won the polls. , the 2020 elections have been highly viewed in India.
So much so that many on Twitter are now joking about the “extra” attention Indians are paying to the elections of a foreign nation.
While polling experts (both legitimate and self-proclaimed) in India busied themselves with calculating who was winning in the swing states, many chose to create memes to poke fun at Americans. Others made clever jokes linking the current state of the US elections to Indian politics, where such exciting scenes occur in almost every major election at the central or state level.
In class 5, when we were playing bat, there was a boy who used to pick up his bat and go home if he felt like he was losing. That kid could be president.
– Lebrown James (@Naa_Cheese) November 4, 2020
Big break: Devendra Fadnavis rushed to Washington DC to take the oath as polls are unclear.
– Scotchy (Team) (@scotchism) November 4, 2020
One user smartly noted that in India, only those who watched ‘House of Cards’ were able to understand the American elections.
India mei US elections sirf House of Cards dekhne waalo ko samajh aa jaata hai.
– Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) November 4, 2020
As of Wednesday night (in India), Democratic candidate Joe Biden had won Hawaii, with four votes in the electoral college, to extend his small lead over President Donald Trump in the race to reach the 270 votes needed to win the elections. presidential election. In an incredible turn of fortune, the former vice president has also taken a sudden lead in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Meanwhile, at home, Bihar Chief Minister and JDU Chairman Nitish Kumar, who held multiple demonstrations across the state in the run-up to the crucial Legislative Assembly elections in Bihar, was the recipient of an attack by onion in one of those concentrations in Madhubani. district on Wednesday. The polls, which started on October 28, will end on November 7 when the new Bihar CM is expected to be announced.
Indirect elections are also taking place in several states where the BJP and other parties are waging a key battle in states like Madhya Pradesh. Voting began on Tuesday in 54 assembly seats spread over 10 Indian states.
But for now, it seems that the Indians are more interested in knowing what is happening in the White House.
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