1983-2011 Posted March 4, 2013 Author Posted March 4, 2013 Rahul Gandhi's electoral performance till date: Oh wait.....................he has no performance to speak of!!!!! its gonna be PC as PM anyways, congress does not declare a PM candidate before the elections anyways.
Sachin=GOD Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 its gonna be PC as PM anyways' date= congress does not declare a PM candidate before the elections anyways. even the Kaangress is not that foolish!!! PC is corrupt and most people know that so why the hell would they take such a huge risk with a post like Prime Minister?? I would think someone like AK Antony might be a better choice if they do come to power and Rahul Baba is (as always) "not ready".
1983-2011 Posted March 4, 2013 Author Posted March 4, 2013 even the Kaangress is not that foolish!!! PC is corrupt and most people know that so why the hell would they take such a huge risk with a post like Prime Minister?? I would think someone like AK Antony might be a better choice if they do come to power and Rahul Baba is (as always) "not ready". voters did not expect MMS to become in 2004 elections so it could be anybody tbh this #modi4pm is becoming farcical now, just declare him the PM candidate and see the results in 2014 GE, congress does not declare its candidate before the election so dont wait for them to do so
Sachin=GOD Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 voters did not expect MMS to become in 2004 elections so it could be anybody tbh this #modi4pm is becoming farcical now, just declare him the PM candidate and see the results in 2014 GE, congress does not declare its candidate before the election so dont wait for them to do so yeah but with MMS there was the thing about his unimpeachable integrity and honesty - Congress would be foolish to name PC as PM when there are serious question marks regarding corruption.
Sachin=GOD Posted April 4, 2013 Posted April 4, 2013 Modi, the man and the message - HARISH KHARE Democratic voices have so far allowed the Gujarat Chief Minister to get away with the invocation of his “development†mantra. India needs to know more about him During a recent three-week stay in the United States, I was often asked to explain the Indian media’s current obsession with Narendra Modi. The only reasonably cogent answer to give was the convergence between the corporate ownership of the electronic media and Mr. Modi’s corporate bank-rollers. The Gujarat Chief Minister’s induction in the Bharatiya Janata Party central set-up has been celebrated as if he has already been invited by the Rashtrapati to form the next government at the Centre. Like most Indian political leaders, Mr. Modi is a non-biodegradable entity. He will not disappear. Machinations by the BJP central leadership may delay his storming the party headquarters, but he is not going to be talked out of his national ambitions. It is only the voters who can knock the stuffing out of him and his outsized pretensions. Mr. Modi promises to do things differently and better than what is being done in New Delhi or even in the other BJP ruled States. Not only is he contemptuous of the Manmohan Singh style of consensus approach to resolving contentious issues, he is also derisive of his own party and its leadership. He believes the BJP has become too flabby as an organisation and that most of its impresarios are compromised and tired. That is between him and the BJP. It is another year before the country goes to the national polls, and 12 months is a long enough a time to smoke Mr. Modi out of the comfort zone of the so-called Gujarat model. Democratic India is now obliged to look beyond and beneath the veneer of the Gujarat model. Leaders like Nitish Kumar may or may not be able to reconcile to the Narenda Modi-Amit Shah approach to the fundamental secular nature of our constitutional and political design. The vast majority of the decent majority will find it difficult to put aside the Gujarat Chief Minister’s unreconstructed stance to what happened to the minorities under his watch in 2002. What is more, Mr. Modi remains unapologetic and unrepentant, even as a gaggle of public relations experts has been deployed to put a gloss over the massacre and its narrative of cultivated intolerance. Just as Mr. Modi remains unbent, Decent India will remain unimpressed and unconvinced. But the 2002 violence is only a small part of the Modi offer. Apart from a tough, designedly anti-Muslim line, the country would want to know what he stands for. So far the Gujarat Chief Minister has trafficked in the “development†slogan. He has half-heartedly sought to revive Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s shout of “Indian centuryâ€. HEADY PROPOSITION The bottom line is that Mr. Modi is supposed to be endowed with such outstanding leadership qualities that he would transform India in the same decisive manner as Gujarat presumably stands transformed. A heady proposition, especially for the upper middle class consumers of the “national†media discourse. Two key ingredients in this Gujarat leadership business need to be underlined. First, the Chief Minister has enthralled the Gujarat voters as the mascot of “Gujarati asmita.†In other words, a gentle stoking of Gujarati sub-nationalism. This foray into parochialism is a perfect fit for a parochial leader. But the rest of India is not entirely without its pride; and, it remains to be seen whether the Modi project has the capacity to plough the asmita message in the vastness of a plural and diverse India. It is a minor detail but a significant one: for all his alleged charismatic gifts, outside of Gujarat Mr. Modi has not been able to make any difference to the BJP’s electoral fortunes. So far Mr. Modi has marketed himself as the uncompromising custodian of an uncompromising Gujarati pride, but now he is being advised to reposition himself as an “India First†salesman. Perhaps his media consultants mistakenly believe that the India of 2013 suffers from some kind of national identity crisis and that slogan would help position Mr. Modi as the new national shaman. Unless the country finds itself in a catastrophic situation before the next general election, it is difficult to appreciate what vulnerabilities and fears Mr. Modi can be made to be seen as addressing. No doubt, there is anger and anxiety which manifest spectacularly from time to time but India is also strangely at peace with itself; there is no sense of national fragility, no sense of national ignominy whereas the rest of our neighbourhood continues to flirt with anarchy and instability. PERSONALITY CULT The second element of the Modi leadership is the unmistaken personality cult. Admittedly, all Chief Ministers get to dominate their State governments. Strong personalities like Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu, Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, Navin Patnaik in Orissa or, earlier, Ms Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh define the tone and tenor of the State government and its working habits and practices. Authoritarianism in different shades and colours can be felt in all State capitals. But Mr. Modi is the first Chief Minister to make a virtue out of it. Now that Mr. Modi and his cheer-leaders have decided to field him in the national arena, questions would need to be asked about his commitment to democratic values. The Chief Minister has given sufficient indications that his model of leadership means absence of institutional restraints and accountability. The new edition of the Lok Ayukta passed in Gujarat is only a curtain-raiser. A “strong†leader will not countenance any checks on his powers. Politically, he has already made his friends and rivals irrelevant in Gujarat. What is amusing is that the BJP’s assorted spokespersons, who otherwise very articulately and passionately demand accountability, transparency and answers from all and sundry, find themselves having to rationalise the Gujarat Chief Minister’s authoritarian proclivities and record. The other day, Uma Bharti, the newly anointed general-secretary in the BJP, allowed herself to recall on a Hindi television channel that even Subhash Chandra Bose had said that after Independence India could do with a spot of dictatorship. These are early days but the Modi group-think is already performing its tricks. SELF-STYLED AUTOCRAT A party that has for the last three decades — from the time of the Emergency in 1975 — taken pride in its opposition to anti-democratic manifestations and claims is now saddled with a self-styled petty autocrat. Mr. Modi has cultivated for himself an image of a leader who does not believe in routine civilities. Nor is he averse to taking offence or giving offence. Very much like Nana Patekar, the comic criminal in the movie, Welcome, telling a frightened Anil Kapoor that his men could “shed blood, as well as spill blood.†And, lastly, Mr. Modi’s leadership model simply means an unalloyed corporate raj. The “economic miracle†that Mr. Modi has performed in Gujarat is predicated on the working assumption that it is the primary duty of the administration to make it possible for the corporate houses to make profit, whatever the social dislocation or cost. And much to the delight of all his corporate admirers, he has done an admirable job of silencing all dissent. The message is clear: he will encounter no trade unionism, no adivasis’ protest, no civil society voice. The vast majority of the Indian electorate will want to know which elements of the social welfare architecture, put in place by the UPA regime, he would dismantle. Let us make no mistake. The much-touted Modi leadership is a maximalist proposition, uncompromising in the pursuit of what he believes is to be done in order to achieve India’s destiny. The middle classes, which have suffered because of the recent economic down-turn, are prepared to lend a particularly attentive ear to this meretricious blunt straight-forwardness. It is the task of democratic, progressive, liberal and secular voices across the political spectrum to make Mr. Modi spell out the essentials of his leadership offer in all its un-pretty details. (Harish Khare is a senior journalist, a former media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and currently a Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow) http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/modi-the-man-and-the-message/article4577674.ece?homepage=true
Sachin=GOD Posted April 6, 2013 Posted April 6, 2013 The BJP may or may not declare him as PM candidate but it seems that the media already sees Modi as the PM candidate :( The amount of press coverage he gets is phenomenal for a CM - right now Times Now is showing a speech he gave in Ahmedabad (I think he gave it this morning) and they are not showing small parts or clipped versions of the speech, rather they are showing the ful speech and its not even any special occasion where it would be an important speech.
someone Posted April 6, 2013 Posted April 6, 2013 The BJP may or may not declare him as PM candidate but it seems that the media already sees Modi as the PM candidate :( That's because Modi sells. However, the Indian media has very much been guilty of biased reporting and that really makes their news pathetic.
ravishingravi Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 I must admit I have had some second thoughts on Modi as my PM. His pedigree and record is little to complain about. On Gujarat riots, law will take its course. BUT there seems to be an arrogance which is I am sure backed by his self belief and record. But in dealing with complexities of India, this arrogance and authoritarianism will not work. He has not shown signs that he will accommodating enough. Success in Gujarat is one thing.
Sachin=GOD Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 I must admit I have had some second thoughts on Modi as my PM. His pedigree and record is little to complain about. On Gujarat riots, law will take its course. BUT there seems to be an arrogance which is I am sure backed by his self belief and record. But in dealing with complexities of India, this arrogance and authoritarianism will not work. He has not shown signs that he will accommodating enough. Success in Gujarat is one thing. I've been saying this for a long time. Having a great development record isn't enough to become the PM candidate, a leader also has to have the skills to run a coalition comprising regional satraps who have large egos. Unless Modi dramatically changes his style of working, he can say goodbye to his dream of being PM.
Precambrian Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 I must admit I have had some second thoughts on Modi as my PM. His pedigree and record is little to complain about. On Gujarat riots, law will take its course. BUT there seems to be an arrogance which is I am sure backed by his self belief and record. But in dealing with complexities of India, this arrogance and authoritarianism will not work. He has not shown signs that he will accommodating enough. Success in Gujarat is one thing. Well, can u be specific? Nothing is more grating than giving motherhood statements like these..
ravishingravi Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 Well, can u be specific? Nothing is more grating than giving motherhood statements like these.. Well let me back motherhood statement with one instance. When asked about apologizing for Gujarat during the Q & A in India today conclave, he replied, he has given statements on riots many times in the past, please look it up. I know he has, it is on record. The guy asking the question is a proven a***ole in my book and I know what his intentions were. But instead of this aggressive or defensive reply ( depending on how you look at it ), if he could have been a bit more tactful in conveying something that connects without again being regretful, it would have been a perfect day. Also, in Gujarat he seems to be whole and sole. The team rarely gets the coverage or limelight. I am not sure why. At pan India level, he will need to keep people together and delegate everything.
dial_100 Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 I briefly heard the political analysts discussing this Modi's speech. They said it was mix. He was presenting more of old school, stereotypical approach in the way empowering women rather than offering something to modern entrepreneurs or modern women who are not just Mata and Behne of the society. I will check out the speech tonight.
ravishingravi Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 ‘Incorruptible’ in WikiLeaks, Narendra Modi smiles http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-incorruptible--in-wikileaks-modi-smiles/766153/
Sachin=GOD Posted April 9, 2013 Posted April 9, 2013 right now he's addressing a meeting in Kolkata and every news channel in the countr yis showing it LIVE. :hatsoff: to his PR team.
asterix Posted April 9, 2013 Posted April 9, 2013 right now he's addressing a meeting in Kolkata and every news channel in the countr yis showing it LIVE. :hatsoff: to his PR team. Nice tactics by paid media... Keep on hyping so much that it creates jealousy within BJP & NDA partners. This will also help in :hehe:@ NaMo when BJP loses the upcoming Karnataka elections... Chewtiya Modi le dubega BJP ko, this time...not only that, there will be very few NDA partners left with BJP.... Massive screw up by BJP. The should've projected all 3 progressive CMs and included them in the election team... Even Shivraj Singh Chauhan is/will be miffed now...
ravishingravi Posted April 9, 2013 Posted April 9, 2013 ^You are 100% right except the jealousy part. Paid media like any media looks for TRPs. Getting Modi as PM candidate will mean a huge deal for their coverage. They have lot more angles to work with.
asterix Posted April 9, 2013 Posted April 9, 2013 ^You are 100% right except the jealousy part. Paid media like any media looks for TRPs. Getting Modi as PM candidate will mean a huge deal for their coverage. They have lot more angles to work with. Yes, you are right... TRP is also the main factor. But all in all, not good for BJP & NDA. I mean what's the need for this chewtiya Modi to go to Kolkata. Sala keep some low profile.. At this rate he'll end up antagonising most of the prospective NDA partners. Not that Momota di gives me any confidence but at least for the time being she's anti-congress... Somebody tell this Modi to fecking take it easy... He can never become PM. At the most, he can become a cabinet minister. So why screw up BJP?
Sachin=GOD Posted April 9, 2013 Posted April 9, 2013 Nice tactics by paid media... Keep on hyping so much that it creates jealousy within BJP & NDA partners. This will also help in :hehe:@ NaMo when BJP loses the upcoming Karnataka elections... Chewtiya Modi le dubega BJP ko, this time...not only that, there will be very few NDA partners left with BJP.... Massive screw up by BJP. The should've projected all 3 progressive CMs and included them in the election team... Even Shivraj Singh Chauhan is/will be miffed now... he was called on to lead the BJP campaign in K'taka but knowing that defeat was certain, he declined. As for jealousy, I think the other BJP leaders know very well that in the present political scenario in the country, Modi can at best be the PM candidate, not the PM because the allies won't accept him. So in a way the others leaders should be happy that he's being projected by the media as the PM candidate - if the party loses, he gets all the blame; if they win, the allies don't accept him as PM candidate. Also, his name as PM candidate has started to re-energize the party workers who have been unhappy. ^You are 100% right except the jealousy part. Paid media like any media looks for TRPs. Getting Modi as PM candidate will mean a huge deal for their coverage. They have lot more angles to work with. I think there's another reason that they are giving him so much coverage - since the 2008 American Prez Elections I have seen that the Indian media (especially the English media) has been really fascinated by a "Presidential" election and having Modi as the leader of the BJ would mean a sort of a Presidential election.
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