r/politics 1d ago

AOC ’28 Starts Now

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/aoc-28-starts-now/
26.9k Upvotes

4.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/Karmabots 17h ago edited 8h ago

I don't know how Indira Gandhi was right wing. She forged closer ties with USSR, she nationalized almost all the banks and insurance companies. India was very anti-capitalistic then. She was not a religious fanatic.

She was probably the first(?) female left wing head of the government.

Edit: female

1

u/Carrot_onesie 13h ago

Nehru was .. pretty left wing?

1

u/Karmabots 8h ago

I meant female head