Showing posts with label Modi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Modi. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Maharashtra Politics – Can Modi afford to cheat people of Maharashtra?

Last year BJP took a high moral ground in Delhi by not going for government formation, though it came out as the single largest party. BJP was short of numbers for forming government in Delhi and refused to explore any further options. Kejriwal effect was at pick those days, everyone wanted to play fair politics. BJP was very careful and didn’t want to take any risk that can have repercussions on upcoming general elections.

A year later BJP again stood out as the single largest party, this time in Maharashtra. Although BJP was again short of more than 20 MLAs, this was celebrated as an unforeseen victory of BJP. This time it was more than happy to form a minority government in Maharashtra with 123 MLAs.

People of Maharastra had a tough time. They were obviously fed up of the Congress NCP alliance and were prepared to wipe it off. The obvious choice they were left with was BJP – Shivsena alliance. But at the eleventh hour, Shiv Sena and BJP parted there ways. Shivsena campaigned against BJP and went to compare it with Afzal Khan trying to encroach upon the legacy of Shivaji Maharaj. BJP campaigned aggressively against Congress NCP alliance. Narendra Modi himself called NCP as Naturally Corrupt Party.

Maharashtra politics has ever been in headlines since then. Immediately after the results were out, people were taken aback with the announcement by NCP of supporting BJP government from outside. Though it was unsolicited and unconditional support, the hidden conditions were obvious.

With the ongoing ego tussle between Uddhav Thakare and Narendra Modi, the age-old alliance partners could not reach to an understanding. Shiv Sena has now declared to occupy opposition bench in Maharashtra Assembly. NCP too has toughened its stand, latest being not to vote in if no confidence motion is called for.

So now BJP government in Maharashtra is at the mercy of NCP. People of Maharashtra gave a mandate against Congress NCP alliance and the first thing that they expect from the government is to act against the NCP leaders who are involved in number of scams. Would BJP government in Maharashtra act against NCP leaders? Off course not. Scamsters would again be left off.

People of India are much more politically aware as reflected from the recent trends. They would surely not BJP let go this time. BJP will find it really tough in the upcoming assembly elections in 3 states. It would detrimental if BJP continues to remain in the delusion of Modi wave. Though BJP has been trying encash in the name of Modi Sarakar even in assembly elections, people have seen the Modi Sarakar in last 6 months. They have already been cheated on number of issues like Black Money, Robert Vadra, Decriminalization of politics.

Its high time that BJP comes out of this euphoria and starts respecting aspirations of people. People of India are looking for the real alternative not the same political rhetoric with a new label.

source:http://drrakeshparikh.com/modi-maharashtra-politics/

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The Best of U-Turn Sarkar #49days special - You Can't Miss This Article

As the magic 49 number of days of Modi Sarkar comes to a close, It has been a good journey. Isn't it ? Looking back at some of the hilarious points of what is fast coming to be known as the U-Turn Sarkar.

Should India be entertaining Pakistani VIPs if there is conflict at the border?

That is how Modi Sarkar began. Before, Modi had only contempt for Manmohan Singh’s sarkar that apparently did not retaliate strongly enough to Indian soldiers being killed at the border. That too, in Telugu, it seems.

Modi blasts Manmohan Singh for taking killings at the LoC lightly
Modi blasts Manmohan Singh for taking killings at the LoC lightly
Modi himself had refused the evil Pakistanis in a massive demonstration of patriotic solidarity. Little did Dr. Manmohan Singh know that when people say his silence was a problem, they mean it. He could have tried something as simple as inviting Pakistan’s Prime Minister for an important national function. Like so:
Modi on LoC conflicts and relations with Pakistan before and after
Modi on LoC conflicts and relations with Pakistan before and after
Or perhaps I may be wrong, and this may not be a patriotic move so much as the first installment on the election campaign expenses. Even as the poor beheaded jawan’s wife was protesting. Sometimes greater good has to be seen.
Modi's sponsor Adani wants to sell power to Pakistan
Modi’s sponsor Adani wants to sell power to Pakistan
But at least Modi was right about the other borders I think. Illegal Bangladeshis are such a nuisance. Modi was right to threaten to deport them
Bangladeshis were to be deported before elections
Bangladeshis were to be deported before elections
but there is a problem. After all, he’d just invited their Prime Minister for his coronation. So he at least tried to get rid of the “illegal” from it, if not deporting.
Visa-free entry to Bangladeshis under 18 years and over 65 years
Visa-free entry to Bangladeshis under 18 years and over 65 years
The solution was so simple, one must really wonder why Dr. Mannu (Manmohan Singh) never thought of it. Simply allow them visa free entry – voila! Now they can stay where they are legally!!!

This Modi sarkar is pure genius, I tell you.

What about that evil Gandhi bloodline (excluding the pure blood of Varun Gandhi, BJP). Dr. Subramanian Swamy had Priyanka Gandhi red handed. Multiple DINs! That evil witch and that Karti Chidambaram!!!
Appropriately terrified, Priyanka Gandhi confessed to making multiple applications and offered to pay the fine (and nicely ignored the jail time, thank you very much).
But wait. That was before. Now that Modi sarkar is in place, the greater efficiency showed that Priyanka Vadra may have applied as many times as she liked, but the super efficient (retrospectively as well) Ministry of Corporate affairs had actually issued her only one DIN. What a DIN about DINs. Just like Nitin Gadkari (No, you can’t check now, the extra DINs nicely show “not yet issued” now that a better government is in place.)
Modi sarkar had Vadra terrified while UPA2 was in rule.
Vadra security privileges - before
Vadra security privileges – before
Then, as they campaigned, they probably thought a panicked Vadra would fight too hard to defeat them, so they kinda…. reassured.
Action against Vadra or no? Election Campaign
Action against Vadra or no? Election Campaign
And never let it be said BJP goes back on its word. Robert Vadra remains unscathed.
What about Robert Vadra's security exemptions?
What about Robert Vadra’s security exemptions?
They had even terrified the couple together. Imagine losing security privileges and having to go through security checks at airports? I bet the couple lost sleepless nights.

Modi Sarkar has brought acche din to the country.

Jaitlet had thought that the Income Tax exemption slab should be raised to 5 lakh before the elections. Now that he got to present the budget, he raised it to 2.5 lakh.

What should the IT exemption slab be? Beore and after
What should the IT exemption slab be? Beore and after

Hey! No need to get outraged! If you ignore the decimal point, 25 is five times 5.

What about investments in railways?

Everything perfect on that front. Just watch.
What about the railways? Before and after
What about the railways? Before and after
We have no hesitation in telling you that UPA2 would have totally messed up the privatization of railways and FDI, but now that it is a BJP sarkar and BJP no longer plays dog in the manger with the government, many things that UPA2 wanted to do are now possible without BJP staging a walkout against itself.

Still not convinced? You are a cynical sickular. Try this.

Modi railway hike before and after
Modi railway hike before and after

Oh wait. I meant this.

uday-lalit-amit-shah-after
Amazing, isn’t it, the things you can do when you can get a dozen newspapers to publish near identical articles without sources that can push things that happened before the election aside? Like this one?
Did Uday Lalit represent Amit Shah? Before
Did Uday Lalit represent Amit Shah? Before

There are many, many such gems. And you cannot blame BJP. After all, they have delivered the only real promise they made before the election – Modi as PM. To avoid confusion, they even avoided publishing a manifesto as far as possible.

So you really cannot claim that they cannot do U-Turns.


Welcome to the opening innings of U-Turn sarkar. May the remaining period be as hilarious as so far… and may worries about the country never plague your dazzled brain.

Note: This post actually has a lot of things missing. Feel free to nominate your favorites to this collection in the comments. I will update as and when I screenshot-screenshot.

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