Bihar let down Mr
Modi. No other Prime Minister of the
country had ever committed him-/herself as wholeheartedly to the elections in
any state as Mr Modi had in Bihar this time.
BJP’s defeat in Bihar is Mr Modi’s defeat, however much his supporters
might argue otherwise.
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The whole agenda of
development that Mr Modi had promised to the nation, the only objective for
which the people of India elected him to the most powerful post in the country,
was rubbished by Dadri and Bahari and other such affairs which caught the fancy
of the entire Sangh Parivar while Mr Modi was making a world tour except when
he mouthed some utopian slogans about development once in a while.
The people of India are
not concerned about rewriting the country’s history or converting the country
into a theocratic nation. They have
understood that the world has moved on well into the 21st century
where real science and technology matter much more than the rocket technology
of Ravana or the plastic surgery of Sushruta.
The abrasive mockery that
Mr Modi espouses passionately cannot go down well with people for long. His jokes and sarcasm often hit his enemies
below the belt. His style heaps indignity
on the honourable position he is supposed to uphold: the Prime Minister’s. He has still to learn that the romanticism of
the chaiwallah background cannot
enchant a whole nation beyond a very limited point.
I know it is not fair to
put the whole blame on Mr Modi. He
probably wanted to work on the development agenda and let the Hindutva agenda
work in the background. But many of his
ministers and party people indulged in a whole lot of hitting people below the
belt. With total impunity except for a schoolmaster type lecture from Amit Shah
recently on the PM’s advice.
The people of India want
very simple things. Peace and
prosperity. Give it to them and they
will vote for you. Whether you are Mr
Modi or Mr Nitish Kumar.
Now and then just jumbling.No big change prevails for a long time.
ReplyDeletePerhaps there is a pattern in that jumbling. The desire for permanent values like peace?
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