Narendra Modi: The Man Who Bounces Back
Indian politics has always been loaded in favour of the dynasty or those with money and muscle power. On top of that the RSS was an outright pariah a long time after Independence and till 1977, no party other than the Congress ruled at the Centre.
It is in this backdrop that a humble chaiwallah called Narendra Modi initially got associated with the RSS and became a pracharak there in 1971, the year Prime Minister Indira Gandhi won the Bangladesh war and seemed invincible.
When Indira declared Emergency in 1975 many expected it would last indefinitely. Modi was one of the humble foot soldiers that fought against it. The 1977 elections were a surprise as were the results where RSS stalwarts AB Vajpayee and LK Advani became part of the first non-Congress government at the Centre.
From there on both the party and Modi grew. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh became the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980. In 1989 the BJP supported the government at the Centre. In 1996 Vajpayee was sworn in as the Prime Minister for the first time. He subsequently ruled from 1998-2004.
Modi formally joined the BJP in 1985 and helped Advani with his Rath Yatra in 1990. He helped the party win the 1995 Gujarat Assembly elections. He helped with other States and was made General Secretary in 1998.
Then against all odds, out of the blue, he was made Gujarat Chief Minister in 2001. While it was a tough road to reach that post, the going would get even tougher. Modi critics say that Gujarat was already a prosperous State when he took over and he did nothing special.
That is not the case. The 1990s Gujarat politics witnessed great instability and from 1990-98, we had the following Chief Ministers: Chimanbhai Patel (twice), Chhabildas Mehta, Keshubhai Patel (twice), Suresh Mehta, Shankersinh Vaghela and Dilip Parikh. That was like a Chief Minister a year and governance crashed.
The 1998 Gujarat cyclone saw thousands of deaths and the 2001 Republic Day earthquake killed thousands and destroyed lakhs of homes. People were fed up with the Congress, the Janata Dal was finished and the people were disillusioned with the BJP.
The truth is that when Modi took over Gujarat, morale was at an all-time low and many didn’t have much hope for the future. To make matters worse, the Godhra riots broke out soon after he took over.
Back in history, in the 1928 Godhra riots, Deputy Collector Morarji Desai was reprimanded. He was again in a conspiracy theory at the centre of the 1969 Gujarat riots which happened to be the biggest since 1947.
Morarji became Prime Minister in 1977 and Gujarat riots continued well into the 1980s and the situation stayed communal in the 1990s. Even the Godhra 2002 riots were started by enemies of Modi and there’s no way he could have masterminded it.
While most leaders fiddled when riots took place (1969 Gujarat, 1980 Moradabad, 1983 Nellie, 1984 anti-Sikh, 1989 Bhagalpur, 1991-92 Mumbai), Modi called in the Army and asked for police assistance from adjoining States (all Congress, all refused point blank).
Thousands were arrested and thousands were taken into preventive custody. More Hindus died in police firing than people of any other community. However the intellectuals and India’s ruling Left elite had declared Modi guilty and already hanged him in their media trial.
What followed next was the most intensive witchhunt and slander campaign against any citizen in Independent India’s history. He was called a Fascist dictator and Hitler. He was attacked at every forum.
All his development claims were rubbished. He was treated like a pariah and at every election a sustained effort was done to demonize him. It is amazing how Modi went through all of that without losing his balance.
He won three consecutive State elections, brought amazing road and power reforms in Gujarat and ended up being the most successful chief minister of India.
One would have thought that such a person would be welcomed to the Prime Minister’s chair. However that was not to be. Modi never had it easy and it would be no different this time. Modi fought the media, #AdarshLiberals, the RSS leadership and the BJP leadership and people in his own party to emerge as the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate.
The battle continued to be uphill as he fought his way to success through social media, speeches and rallies. He fought with aggressive strategies and triumphed in the end.
He got the first clear mandate in 30 years. He took the BJP’s highest tally upward by 100 seats to 282. Yet he was dismissed as a 31 per cent Prime Minister (BJP’s vote share) even though the NDA had got 38.5 per cent (high in a multi-party democracy).
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His international diplomacy and power reforms were met with fake stories about Louis Vuitton shawls. His building of lakhs of toilets and other infrastructure reforms were buried by the media. Fake stories like the Rs 20 lakh suit (downgraded to Rs 10 lakh with zero proof) dominated headlines.
But Modi marched on.
Then came 2015, which could be called his Annus Horribilis.
Church attacks in Trinamool’s Mamata Banerjee land were attributed to him.
The Dadri attack in SP’s Akhilesh Yadav land was foisted on him.
The #AwardWapsiGang attacked him virulently and got great coverage in both India and abroad.
#LalitGate was a storm in a teacup but a storm all the same.
From 2012-14, Modi won the general elections in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu & Kashmir.
In 2015 he lost both New Delhi and Bihar and he is being rubbished despite having the highest success rate in Indian politics today. Even a convict like Lalu Prasad Yadav is being celebrated at having achieved something momentous.
Right now all the odds seem to be stacked against Modi and he seems to be under siege from all sides. All the knives are out in an attempt to derail his Prime Ministerial term. But hasn’t that been the story of Modi’s life? What’s new, one may ask?
All said and done, it is not easy to dismiss or underrate Modi, a really uncanny politician. If anyone can get out of this situation and turn the tables on all his enemies, it has to be him.Modi’s march has seen a minor blip and not a total breakdown. He is still on course to turn India around by 2019 no matter what may have happened in Bihar.
The trends which have no real cause will fizzle quickly!! Care for examples.. See how Intolerance debate, AwardWapsi and JusticeForRohit fizzled under their own weight ?
I admire him. It is his untold story where it can easily manage yearly film. Indians have lost it honest bcoz they r looted dynasty slave followers lazy happy with MGNREGA and dynasty lutyens class who loot money. Change possible by zero income tax and rewarding merits .reducing govt jobs and reservations too. Can this govt do it. A few election losses wud be a set back but honest aspirations would change long term discourse
We Nationalists have to realise that this is a MAHABHARAT war between Our ancient Civilizations and MOST VICIOUS, EVIL, DEVIOUS, CUNNING AND OUTRIGHT DEMONAIC ENEMY, KAURAVAS AND RAVANA WERE DEVAS IN THEIR COMPARISON. SOW-NIA is worse enemy than Billion Taimurs combined. MODI is the one standing between outright destruction of Hindus, AND Muslims yes Muslims as Muslims are being fed as cannon fodder by the evil, Satanic Xian church and their Bastrd derivatives the Commie Pigs, war of Hindus and Muslims for benefit of EVIL VILE XIAN CHURCH AND ITALY VATICAN. WE CANNOT ALLOW SONIA MORE LEVERAGE.HIGH TIME A FOCUSSED, RELENTLESS, WHOLEHEARTED, VICIOUS CAMPAIGN IS UNLEASHED AGAINST SONIA WE SHUD PLAY THE SAME GAME ATTACK SONIA AND PIGS EVERYDAY.THESE POLITE DISCOURSES WON’T DO, SONIA HAS TO BE DESKINNED PEELED OF. MODI IS BESIEGED BY SONIA TRAITORS FROM INSIDE-THE JAICHAND ADVANI-THE BIHAR ELECTIONS SABOTAGE BY ADVANI IS EXPOSED BY NOW. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT ADVANI WHO LOST 2009 DELIBERATLY AND ACTED AS A SLAVE OF SONIA SINCE 2009, IS THE ONE WHO HAS SABOTAGED BIHAR.WILL WE LET MODI TO BECOME ABHMANYU OR TAKE STRONG ACTION AGAINST SONIA GANG AND BREAK THE CHAKRAVYUH OF ENEMIES OF INDIA REMAINS TO BE SEEN..EVERYDAY PROTESTS AT10 JANPATH.”SONIA NAGIN BHARAT CHODD NAHIN TO..”
The BJP needs to manage the media more astutely and the PM should have spoken immediately after the Dadri incident. When there is tragedy, publicly acknowledging it is more effective than silently condemning it. Modi needs to be smarter because our leftist media consists of some of the most unethical people around in positions of power. They influence opinion often by repeating lies.
But Modi should forget sabka saath sabka vikaas. He should concentrate his efforts on genuine Hindu nationalists. Commies, jehadis and church and congis are never going to support him. Instead try to focus his energy on remaining 60% of population which is out of the nationalist ideology. Consolidate this 60% solidly behind him. All efforts to make this 60% powerful. Forget the minorities, communists, naxals, and hardcore.congis, etc
This 40% of Indian population is out and out anti national and parasite. See that the govt funds are also cornered by the nationalistic Hindu Hindus only.
Yes, Uncanny politician. Very aptly described but looks like firing in the dark. Cess on account of Swachh Bharat is going to be a disaster.
modi is bound to win the war , has tremendous reselience and foresight
Many namesake Hindus havent realised (may never) that this is ideological war of Nationalists who want to save ancient civilisation from extinct and develop
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Leftists, Media, ChurchConverts and communals who hate anything Bharat n want to make India divided. This is not to exaggerate but plain truth. Time will tell if Bharat regains its right place or whither away into balkans But as AwareHindu I cant let traitors to kill my civilisation, destiny. Hope Modi can combat internal, external forces and make India developed, more power to Modi. #JaiBharat
You stole my word buddy…..while working on ground I have experienced this. It is our disunity which is being exploited by our enemies most.
If you are from Gujarat, I’d like to talk with you on phone man and want to discuss lot about Gujarat politics. ) I’m from Gujarat, Ahmedabad.
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True !! Now its up to us people who know the true picture to work for the cause of Hindutva. Its time to unite. Its time to fight . Its now or never !!
I am doing my bit by writing and sharing blogs. I encourage you to do the same. I can find many breaking and dividing India forces throughout India.
Right now my focus is to try exposing them in my home state Gujarat. Visit my blog to know more: https://ypatelblog.wordpress.com/
Good Work !!
Look my friend i am very happy that the spirit is still high .we doing our bit individually will not generate the kind of impact that is needed to check mate the inimical forces working ceaselessly to take initiative away from BJP . Our action should start pinching the support blocks of these vested interests. Like the media print and visual ,the leftists intellectuals etc .Our responses in blogs will not pinch them .
We need to use our purchasing power clout .We are 78 % Hindus and are being under mined by forces which feed of their purchasing power .Is it not ironic ? do we need to put up with this callous attitude of these forces .
We need to form a huge network under one banner ” like Movement for Restoration of Bharath ” the name can be suitably modified . This will be a political and will spare direct govt involvement . The apex body will send out various instructions to its members for appropriate follow up action on boycott .
For one month the apex body may decide to boycott few channels and products and services that are advertised in these medias – both print and visual .One can always follow DD channel for news inputs. The same can be extended to cover interactions at community levels . The first thing is to set up such a Net work .do you think it is possible . would be be able to set up such a powerful net work . I am sure we can make them come on their knees. When Moghul subdued us and British divided us we did not have such powerful tool like internet communication to unite us. Having such a powerful tool and if we cannot use it to show our combined might it would be a pity .we are accountable to our future generations .It is not the monopoly of political parties to gang up against Hindutva .It is time the Hindutva forces unleash their economic might .
My friend…I like your spirit. But think practical, if major force like BJP and RSS have struggled to unite us for so many years then what about us.
I have worked with people during spreading of my work. I can tell you that such unity is impossible as our people are filled with and are being fed with all the possible propaganda for division. Look at the Bihar election and think why people voted for their caste.
Here my efforts is to unite my own people- Patels so they work for India and not for their caste. Hope you understand…we can’t make grond breaking changes mentioned above by working top down as you have mentioned….it has to be bottom up where you have to work with people.
My suggestion for you is to gain some experience while working directly with people….that will make your future efforts more grounded.
I think perhaps ,you have not been able to comprehend what i have outlined or perhaps you have missed the moot point .
The idea is not of uniting in the senses of voting together are take a stance .The idea is to unite in using the purchasing power of the majority Hindus. The media and the minorities depend on the purchasing power of the majority but still have no compunction in going against us . This subject of threat cannot be expected to be led by RSS or BJP which is an official entity . An unofficial entity voluntary in nature has to take up the mantle .
For heavens sake do not be judgmental about ideas being impractical . Economic boycott threat is very powerful and very practical too.Question is how it has to be organized. May be I should have exchanged this idea with more resourceful body . Imagine every now and then we get message in the web site from a body like “India Facts ” to write protest mails to such and such channel or Black out such and such TV channel , or boycot such and such products being advertised then every one follows suit .Then we become very powerful block much stronger than the minority vote block .Hence first we must have such web site .Ideally may be we all can write to “India facts ” to take up the lead .Then next step is go on a enrollment drive .The last step is to follow instructions .
Dear Friend,
Narendra Modi should not think that his rise and electoral triumph of 2014 is about himself. If he does that, that would be a big mistake.
He may have been the spearhead, without which BJP may not have won the victory it did in the 2014 parliamentary elections. But he was only the spearhead, as it were. There was a spear behind for which he was the spearhead and without which he is meaningless.
I hope he does not go the Atal Behari Vajpayee way of abandoning the Hindu right voters as “lunatics” and “bigots” being intimidated and bullied by the Left-Liberal hitherto mainstream. If he does, then it will not matter, whether Modi comes back or not. We will find some other Modi. Ideology needs a face. That is different from saying that the ideology does not matter, only the face does.
From that perspective, what is relevant is what he can do to further the cause of the broad Hindu right. Maybe he can henceforth concentrate on his Prime Ministerial responsibilities and further the cause of the Hindu Right from there and for better or worse, leave the states/ local areas to the state/local leaders and not waste himself.
100% true, but we can only hope that NaMo of all people understand this well!
I think here is where we make our biggest mistake. Responding prematurely . The restoration of Hindutva is a long journey . While traveling the course we cannot get diverted by short term exchanges which will impede the journey . We should not make too much noise prematurely and unnecessarily invite attention which would dissipate our efforts and intent .After 2014 victory our first priority was to make sure we are in right numbers at right places , before we go about implementing our grand plans . Unfortunately the motor mouths exceeded limits of caution and went about inviting too much unwanted attention . I suspect the motor mouths were bought by inimical forces to disrupt the grand plan .The motor mouths could not have found easier ways to make money , with out resorting to corrupt means , by coming out with one controversial statement after the other .The sepoy Mutiny was shattered by one such act of defiance done prematurely .
I think BJP is itself to blame for loss in Bihar. Instead of highlighting corruption cases against Lulu Yadav and congress, BJP targeted Nitish Kumar, who had a good record and clean image. Also lack on CM face is another reason for loss. Why will someone will vote for unknown CM instead of tried and tested Nitish who so far has been good. Plus, BJP lacked powerful allies compared to JDU. As usual Media played its role with its anti Modi stand. I am sure if general elections are held now, Modi will still win because, people vote differently in state and general elections. Arvind and Nitish for CM while Modi for PM that’s the summary of Bihar election, But it is a win for RJD, loss of BJP and JDU.
I would have liked if JDU was with BJP. Hope Lalu backed RJD doesn’t betray Nitish midway. Bengal will be same story if BJP doesnt change strategy.
BJP CANNOT win against All. and there a lot a morons in public and otherwise , who just want BJP to loose even if the cost is the nation itself with 20 conflicting parties in power and 1 BJP in opposition.
Modi has achieved many things in governance and has implemented many welfare schemes within a period of 17 months. He needs a dedicated media cell and communicate effectively on a regular basis.
Good afternoon fascists! WOOHOO! Marx, Mao and Muhammed be praised, Modi was personally defeated in Bihar! This clearly means that democracy is good again, the people have spoken, it’s a blow for Modi, tolerance is back, communalism has gone, the birds are singing again, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, and so on and so forth! Now there is no doubt that he will be ousted from power tomorrow, and our beloved Lord Kejriwal can be crowned as Emperor of the Galaxy! There will be no time to waste comrades, his first job will be to further strengthen democracy by removing it entirely from the country. All proles please note that they are required to accept all of this without question, as well as follow all future directives to the letter, on pain of death.
We have been celebrating all weekend (I think I now smell permanently of whiskey) and plan to continue our celebrations today! All left-minded eminent democratic secular progressive intellectual feminist rationalist socialist liberal elite members of the intelligensia are invited to join us for a whiskey-glugging, drug-sniffing, Hindu-baiting, Marx-worshipping, lube-festooned orgy in the Dean’s Committee Room (SSS-II), School of Social Sciences, JNU THIS EVENING at 7pm, where we will hopefully fellate, penetrate and impregnate our way to syphilitic serendipity (the mark of the intellectual), in honour of one of our most loved historical heroes, Comrade Mao Tse-Tung. May Maoji infuse us all with his holy Socialist bacteria!
Hope to see you there! Fascists and proles not permitted entry. NO CONDOMS.
Your true colours now come out. I was not paying attention when others talked about you. After all, it is hard to hide what is inside of you for long.
Do you understand sarcasm?
Look, I replied to the wrong ‘ID’ and meant to write on another story anyway since was exchanging comments with N. Rao….:((
great bro
Yes, completely true !! The Battle for Bihar may be lost but War for Bharat continues in full force.
The odds are stacked against Modi. He has the most violent media enemies. But he can take it. He’s gonna come back with even more power. He has to. A lot is at stake here.!!!