Today’s Times of India [31 Aug] reports that according to a survey conducted in 28 cities of India by a Hindi news channel Narendra Modi is the favourite choice as the country’s next Prime Minister. We all know that surveys, like most other statistics, emulate the bikini by concealing more than what they reveal. Nevertheless, I was left wondering why the people wanted Modi, of all people, as the PM. I refuse to believe that these people are against the minorities in the country whom Mr Modi can eliminate by hiring some Ms Kodnani or Mr Bajrangi who will in turn hire the goons and potential criminals of the society to do the job. I hope that these people who wish to see Mr Modi in the PM’s chair are laying their eggs in the much-vaunted development basket. Development became the catch phrase in Gujarat after the pogrom against the Muslims there orchestrated by Mr Modi in 2002 and for which he is paying a heavy price these days. But did Mr Modi...
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