Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'India will benefit if Hillary Clinton becomes US President' that was published in Newsband

India will benefit if Hillary Clinton becomes US President

Hillary Clinton has been nominated by Democratic Party as its candidate for the U.S. presidential election. This is a moment of pride for both the Democratic Party and Ms. Clinton. This is the first time a major American party is nominating a woman as a presidential candidate. Historical day for America as the Democratic Party has nominated a women candidate for the presidential race. It shows in developed country, it has taken over 200 years a women to become a candidate.

What people like about Ms. Clinton is that she “understands” the concerns of the working people and the need to invest more in education. Ms. Clinton has overcome a major hurdle in the presidential race. She is in a better position to win than her adversary. Ms. Clinton appears to have the edge over Mr. Trump. She got the most number of votes in the primaries. She is in a better position to win women and minority votes than Mr. Trump. Ms. Clinton represents a more inclusive, democratic and efficient America. Everybody believes Ms Clinton is the lesser evil than Trump. Hence Ms. Clinton stands a fair chance to become the first woman president of the U.S.

America needs iron hands to deal with terrorism. At this juncture the USA requires someone with experience in Government. Hillary has it. If elected, she has to build consensus on major issues. The top rich have to be persuaded to be more realistic. The rich are too rich and cannot contribute to mass consumption nor to build industry. The professionals are not getting their reward adequately. There is greater scope for improving the incomes of people at middle and lower levels. Working women require support. The weaker sections of the population require much greater attention. Greater immigration is required to balance the human resources as part of globalization. Start-ups require special attention. The developed world would have to borrow some of the ideas of the developing countries. Consumption leads an economy to grow. Consumption-orientation is possible only when incomes grow in real terms at lower levels and all over the country. Hope Hillary will rise to the occasion.

Mrs Clinton has a lot of personal baggage to clear as well including a probable perjury allegation among others that could become the prominent theme in the contest as the fight now starts. Free thinking people will have some reluctance against a dynasty tendency in the democracy as well. There is much to watch in the ensuing months.

As far as India is concerned, Ms. Clinton’s inclusive way of handling Indo-Pakistan relationship is remembered by all Indians. For India, Ms. Hillary Clinton is an old friend, she would pick up the components of the bilateral relationship effortlessly. The key point for Hillary Clinton to succeed is convince people that she can be trusted. More than any previous election, this is one where the world feels almost as much of a stakeholder as the American people.