¡°It doesn¡¯t want poverty to be visible to the people who come here.¡±
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But activists have questioned the timing, claiming instead that the demolitions are part of a ¡°beautification¡± project – a campaign to rid the city of its¿¹»êÃâÀå¼¥ beggars and slums – to impress foreign dignitaries.
The image of India that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to project at the G20 is one of a modern superpower, a leader of the Global South, and ažÈÃâÀå¼¥ voice for impoverished nations. But the government has been accused of hiding one of the country¡¯s own most entrenched and enduring problems.
¡°What strikes me most is that India, the Indian state, is ashamed of ostensible poverty,¡± said Harsh Mander, a social activist who works with homeless º¸ÀºÃâÀå¼¥families and street children. ¡°It doesn¡¯t want poverty to be visible to the people who come here.¡±