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Nitish Kumar Is Jealous Of Narendra Modi
Nitish Kumar, the Bihar Chief Minister is very much jealous of Narendra Modi, his counterpart in Gujarat. Nitish has been repeatedly attacking Modi and opposing his candidature for the Prime Minister’s post. Why is Nitish jealous of Modi? This is because of Modi’s many achievements which have catapulted Gujarat to the top position among the States in India.
Gujarat Has Progressed In All Areas
It is wrong to say that Gujarat has registered improvement in one or two areas. In fact there is no area in which Gujarat has not progressed. Education, drinking water supply, agriculture, industrial progress, urban development, rural development, exports, development of science and technology – in whatever angle you look at, Gujarat attracts deeper attention in every area. Gujarat has registered a surplus in many areas. But Gujarat is not satisfied with this achievement. It is not resting on its laurels but is focusing on earning still more surplus. The reason for this attitude is that Gujarat does not think only about itself. It thinks for the whole of India. Gujarat is the locomotive engine of India and is keen to contribute more for India’s growth.
Keshubai Patel, the First BJP Chief Minister of Gujarat
When India attained independence in 1947, there was no state by name Gujarat. It was a part of the Bombay Presidency then. In 1956, States were created based on language. Even at that time Gujarat was not created. Gujarat was born because of continuous agitations only on 1st May 1960. Right from independence in 1947 to 1995, Congress ruled Gujarat. After the emergency, Indira Gandhi was defeated and Morarji Desai, belonging to Gujarat, became the Prime Minister of India in 1977. But even at that time Gujarat was ruled by the Congress Party. In 1995, BJP wrested control of the power from Congress in Gujarat. Keshubai Patel became the first BJP Chief Minister in Gujarat. But a split in BJP precipitated assembly elections in Gujarat in 1998. BJP once again was voted to power. Again Keshubai Patel became the Chief Minister.
Modi Is Facing Elections Again
But opposition to Keshubai Patel built-up because of setbacks to the BJP in the by-elections. In 2001, Keshubai Patel resigned from the Chief Minister post, paving way for Narendra Modi to take over the reins. Modi faced crisis after crisis immediately on assuming office. First the Godhra train mishap incident followed by the pogrom against the Muslims as retaliation by the Hindus discredited his regime. Modi had to submit his recommendation to the Governor to dissolve the government. In December 2002, Modi faced assembly elections. In that election, Modi captured more seats than in 1998 and became the Chief Minister again. He won again in 2007. Modi has earned the title as the long time Chief Minister of Gujarat. Modi is facing elections again in December this year (2012).
Towering Leaders of Gujarat
Gujarat registered remarkable progress in the last eleven years of Modi’s rule. Nobody including his opponents can deny this. Even the Muslims and Christians in Gujarat accept this as a fact. But many people say that even before Modi came to power, Gujarat was registering progress in many fields of activity. Gujarati people are by nature interested in nationalism and development of their state. Gujarat had produced honest and able leaders in the past like Mahatma Gandhi, Vallabhai Patel, Morarji Desai, K M Munshi and others. As these leaders were selfless and worked honestly and sincerely, quality of social and public life in Gujarat had not deteriorated as in other states in India.
Gujarat Is Number One in Many Fields
In 1970, a satellite city named Gandhinagar was created 20 km from Ahmedabad and it was made as the capital of Gujarat. There are no traffic signals in Gandhinagar city. People handle traffic themselves without any accidents. No vehicle attempts to overtake another vehicle. All the roads in Gandhinagar have four lanes or six lanes and are very broad. Therefore there is no traffic jam in this city. Milk Cooperative Society was formed in Gujarat called Amul. It became popular throughout India and is a pioneer in this field. Gujarat stands number one in India in agriculture. Cotton and groundnuts were grown in abundance in Gujarat. Gujarat is also number one in salt production.
Problems of Gujarat in The Past
But Gujarat experienced a problem of less quantity of ground water and canal water. Due to this, drought struck Gujarat often in the past. Ladies had to walk 5-7 km for fetching drinking water to their homes. There was scarcity of electricity and even the quality of electricity supplied was not upto the mark. Gujarat lagged behind in girls’ education. Road facilities were not adequate and their quality was also not sound. But under Narendra Modi, all these defects faded away in the last eleven years. Now there are separate facilities for ground water and drinking water.
No Gujarati Purchases Stabilizers for TV and Fridge
There is no shortage of electricity in Gujarat. Electricity is supplied for 24 hours a day. Electricity is supplied for agriculture through a separate feeder. Gujarat also sells electricity to 16 other states. What is even more praiseworthy is that the electricity is available with good quality. No Gujarati purchases stabilizers along with television or refrigerators. Gujarat has registered remarkable progress in education. Girls are learning in increasing number. There are many speciality universities functioning in Gujarat. There are many express highways in Gujarat. Gujarat has even broadened National Highways.
Now You Know Why Nitish Kumar Is Jealous Of Narendra Modi
How all these things were achieved? It is because of Narendra Modi’s focus and dedication. After reading the above facts, I think one can understand the reason behind Nitish Kumar’s jealousy. Even though Nitish Kumar has done much for Bihar compared to his predecessors Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi, his achievements pale into insignificance compared to that of Modi’s.
Modi to Become the Prime Minister of India In 2014
There are six crore people living in Gujarat. This forms 5% of Indian population. Gujarat has an area of 196024 sq km. This is 6% of total land surface of India. In readymade garments, Gujarat’s share is 25%. Gujarat contributes 25% in manufacture of medicines, 27% in groundnut production, 30% in natural gas, 35% in petrochemicals, 41% in chemicals, 66% in salt production and 90% in soda production. If Modi remains in power for another twenty five years uninterrupted, Gujarat will be the most prosperous and peaceful place in the whole world. But unfortunately for the Gujaratis, Narendra Modi will be the Chief Minister only for the next two years. He is likely to be elevated as the Prime Minister of India in 2014. But Gujarat’s loss is rest of India’s gain. This is because Narendra Modi will make the whole India prosperous with his rich administrative experience, involvement, focus, dedication, concentration, sincerity and sense of purpose. Long live Narendra Modi, long live Gujarat.
Footnote:
I know that all kinds of epithets like anti-secular, communal etc will be hurled at me for praising Narendra Modi and Gujarat. I do not care about criticism. A journalist should speak the truth and nothing else. I have done my duty in reporting the truth about Gujarat and Modi. This satisfaction is enough for me as a writer.
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Thank you for enlightening us on the subject. I'm afraid I didn't know much about the situation, but I enjoyed the read.
The article is superbly written in praise of a person whom many in the country want to see as the next PM. But Mr Ramkey what all is happening in Gujarat is not in any way unique. ALL other States in India have equally many achievements to boast about and their CM's are also performing excellently. Only difference is that they do not go shouting about these. They do not constantly attack the PM or issue statements which their position does not favor or constantly go out of the country to plead with them for investments which are only highlighted but hardly ever materialise. The other CM's are loyal party members who follow party discipline unlike your pet CM who only scores a victory by humiliating his so called enemies both within and outside the party. At such times people like you say he is a lion. He is always criticizing either the minorities,or the Congress or the PM or the Delhi Sultanate (which he so desperately wants) and only breaths out fire. He always acts as a injured martyr at the hands of the Center.
Please tell us what should one think about a CM whose Home Minister was arrested for alleged encounter killing and is not allowed to enter Gujarat under Court orders or whose more than dozen top to middle ranking police officers are behind bars for fake encounters of persons of a particular community or who is denied a visa by a very liberal country like USA or who is not allowed to campaign in elections by his own party allies or who bans Fanah and another movie on 2002 riots and the book by his party senior Jaswant Singh in Gujarat and protests on Twitter when Central govt. bans some sites spreading hate against the country. He is a very clever and smart exploiter of situations to furthur his image.
You also talk like him when you say you don't care about criticism but want everyone to believe what all you have written about him. WHY?
Indeed the CM is very lucky to have writers or journalists like you to furthur his cause blindly
Thank you vks1000 for complimenting my article as a superbly written one. You have written that other CMs are also doing fine work. I do not agree. Maybe Chhatisgarh's Raman Singh, Orissa's Biju Patnaik and Bihar's Nitish Kumar are doing fine but other CMs are lazy, inefficient, corrupt and encourage criminals. Jayalalitha in Tamil Nadu is doing fine but in her earlier two terms, she was corrupt and is facing a corrupt case of the past even now.
Modi constantly attacks the PM and Congress Party because he is forthright honest and not afraid of. Can Mulayam Singh attack the Congress or Sonia Gandhi? The fear of CBI will constantly lurk in his mind. Can Karunanidhi or Lalu Prasad Yadav can do so? Never. Narendra Modi is not afraid of the CBI. So he attacks the PM who is corrupt and also the Congress.
You say Modi is always criticizing the minorities. I have never read even a single statement of Modi criticizing the minorities. What Modi and other BJP leaders are opposed to is the appeasement of the minorities. For example when you say all religions are equal, why favour Muslims with financial assistance to undertake the Haj pilgrimage? For a Christian, Bethlehem is as holy as Mecca is to the Muslims.For an Hindu, Rameswaram is as holy as Bethlehem is to the Christians. Maybe the Congress can argue that even though all religions are equal, Islam is superior to all and so they are doling out financial assistance. Modi and people like me do not agree that Islam is the only superior religion and other religions are inferior.
You say Gujarat Home Minister was arrested on charges of encounter by the police. Such encounters have taken place and are taking place all over India in every state. But the Congress, CBI and the Central government probe only the Gujarat encounter. They want to somehow create a bad name for Modi and tarnish his image among the public. The media is also trying to do so. But these attempts have not succeeded. If the centre is really interested in bringing out the truth regarding encounters, let them probe into all the encounters in all the states. Are they ready for it?
As regards American ban on Modi, it is the USA that may lose in the process and not Modi or the Indians. Imagine, if Modi becomes the PM and USA still continues its ban. Will it not affect the Indo-US relationships? Modi may give orders worth millions of dollars to European and Chinese companies and blacklist the Americans. USA will be the loser. On the other hand if USA revokes the ban when Modi becomes the Prime Minister, it will be lowering the reputation of USA in the eyes of international community. After all USA imposed the ban on Modi because it felt that Modi was involved in inciting the riots in 2002 against the Muslims. If it revokes the ban when Modi becomes the Prime Minister, the world will ask USA whether Modi has suddenly been discharged from the allegation USA levelled earlier against him. For this USA will have no reply to offer. Thus an embarrassment is awaiting USA in future.
Modi banned a party senior Jaswant's book. This shows that Modi is impartial and does not discriminate between his own party and other parties. I do not want everyone to believe what I have written about Modi. I know that Sonia Gandhi who calls Modi as 'agent of death' will not believe me! Nor can one convince Sonia about the truth.
I once again thank you for your comments.
Best wishes to you.
It is really sad that you should call all other CM's as lazy,inefficient,corrupt and encouraging criminals. This is what shows a needless superiority complex.
There is never smoke without fire.The image of being anti minority is attained by self sayings and doings which loyalists like you will always ignore or go to absurd lengths to justify.
If a particular religion is being favoured wrongly then why did not the BJP led Central govt. do away with it between 1999 and 2004.
If encounters are happening in other States does that justify it in Gujarat also and on this reasoning the wrong doers should not be prosecuted? Do the rights of the dead die with them being encountered and those who ordered it go scot free because it happens in other States also and no action is taken.
Nations take decisions in their self interest and taking a decision back in self interest does not lower their prestige. It is practicing of statecraft where embarrassment does not figure in.So USA can withdraw its visa ban without feeling anything.You seem to be more bothered than USA.
You have not answered the ban on Aamir Khan's movie and the other movie on 2002 riots in Gujarat.As usual the reason will be a very novel one.
Somehow many in Gujarat politics seem to be psychologically affected very much by Sonia,CBI,Muslims,USA and right criticism.No true sadhbhavna for other opinions. It is either State highway or National highway.
You are entitled to your beliefs just as I am to mine. My humble request to you is do not be a blind follower unless you are assured of some return and pl do not tell me that you are not doing all this without expectation.Finally the people will decide.
By the way why six Gujarat Govt Ministers were asked to stop their public meetings at different locations in Gujarat and leave them half way when they started talking about DEVELOPMENT to them. Pl do not say it is SONIA or CBI or USA or Central Govt or Keshubhai or minorities who are behind these.There is a strong message being given by the people for whom no homes were built in last 12 years and suddenly now the Housing Board wakes up.
All the above may pl be taken in good spirit and not personally. Thank you for your responses.
You say Narendra Modi is anti minority. when most of the political parties are anti majority, what is wrong in Narendra Modi being anti minority? Is anti minority wrong but anti majority correct? In every elections, Congress and other political parties offer many concessions to the minorities. Modi does not do it. Congress and other political parties cry about anti Muslim riots but never talk about Godhra massacre of the Hindus or the anti Sikh riots in Delhi.
The BJP government in the centre could not remove the Haj pilgrimage assistance when they were in power because the BJP was not in power on its own strength. It had to depend on its coalition partners to rule the country. Therefore it could not implement its policies as its allies were appeasing the minorities. BJP also could not remove the special status given to Kashmir. Why is it that the Hindus in other parts of India cannot buy property in Kashmir but Kashmir Muslims can buy property everywhere? This is the appeasement of minorities practised by the Congress.
Why should Gujarat alone be singled out for encounters when it is happening everywhere else? What is the reason? Nobody is able to answer this question till date. In fact if a terrorist is killed in an encounter, people wholeheartedly support the police action and heave a sigh of relief.
You say that I am more worried about USA ban on Modi than USA itself. But if you carefully see my reply, I have clearly stated that it is not Modi who is affected by the ban. When USA has banned him, China is inviting him wholeheartedly. In fact it was you who raised this topic of USA ban on Modi first and I only replied to it. Had I not replied, the readers may think that I have no answer to this important point.
If USA revokes its ban on Modi after he becomes the Prime Minister, the whole world will laught at it. They banned giving the reason that he was a communal and anti Muslim. Now after becoming the Prime Minister, will Modi suddenly become a pro Muslim abd bit communal in the eyes of USA? America will find it difficult to answer this question.
I have not seen Aamir Khan's movie and so do not know what it contains.Those who condemn Modi for banning the movie say he is undemocratic. But they praise the Congress for banning of Salmon Rushdie's Satanic Verses as a democratic act. This clearly exposes the partial attitudes of these people.
If I praise Modi, I am accused that I do it for an expectation or benefit. But if I praise the Delhi Imam or the Talibans, I am congratulated as a selfless person. To even reply to this point is something derogatory for a person like me.
If somebody says that there is no development in Gujarat, it is like saying there is no light coming from the sun. It is not worth replying.
What I like about your replies is that you reply from the heart.
Every observation about your hero is countered by you by citing so and so are also doing the same thing. Then what is the difference between the two. Then why do you shout from roof tops about your hero. Can a party which is anti majority ever come to power on the fragmented and widely distributed vote of only the minority.
Would you please be kind enough to list what are concessions given by Congress to minorities?(I am not a supporter of Congress)
Does it mean that BJP's argument for removing Haj subsidy was so weak that its non congress allies also did not agree. By the way the Haj subsidy is now being phased out under Court orders. You can celebrate.
If Article 370 is removed my dear Ramkey Kashmir will immediately become an independent country because it gives Constitutional protection to the special treaty of merger between India and the then King who incidentally in your style of thinking was a Hindu. you must have observed that after coming to power in 1999 BJP leaders understood this and are not now talking of removing article 370.
Incidentally there are many more areas in India where outsiders cannot buy land and religion has nothing to do with it.
Let us forget about USA as what happens to it is not, at least, my concern.
Aamir Khan's movie was banned in Gujarat because he sat on a dharna with Medha Patkar and the story of the movie had nothing to with it. I thought you knew why it was banned. Similarly Parzania is a very touching movie about a Parsee young boy lost in the Gulbarga massacre of 2002 riots and his body was never found and shows his mother's search for him,is banned in Gujarat. WHY? The story is based on a true incident.
I only request you to come out of your minority/majority fixation and
broaden your outlook. Pl do not fall victim to propaganda. See how they how now started disowning Maya Kodnani when the Court has convicted her. The reality is much more complex then what you are projecting.
Finally you do not seem to have understood what I meant by saying that Gujarat was always a well developed State where development therefore was never an issue. Does that mean there is development in Gujarat?
Also don't feel frustrated in giving replies and do not avoid giving replies to inconvenient querries.Two wrongs do not make a right.
I am enjoying this exchange of views, how about you?
Thanks for your compliments. It is true that I reply from my heart and passionately do it. Your observation is wrong. I do not say that Narendra Modi is doing the same thing as others do. I have listed out different things done by Modi in Gujarat for the development of the State. I do not want to list out the same here. Better go through my article once more and see the difference in Modi.
You have posed the question that Can a party which is anti majority ever come to power on the fragmented and widely distributed vote of only the minority. It is in fact opposite. The majority Hindu votes are fragmented but the minorities are united. You have asked whether any party can come to power on an anti majority plank. Take for example the DMK in Tamil Nadu. The DMK leaders repeatedly insult the Hindu Gods and Goddesses. T R Balu, when he was in power in the Centre as a Minister stated that he was ashamed of being a Hindu. But nothing happened to the DMK and it was winning elections both at the Centre and the State. This is a clear proof that a party can win the votes of the majority community inspite of insulting the community and its Gods. Hindus do not have the same sense of pride as the Muslims or the Christians. In fact the DMK chief went a step further and called the Hindus as thieves. But people voted him to power. Do you want any more proof for my argument?
You have asked me to list the concessions given by the congress party to the minorities. I cannot list all the concessions given because of want of space. But some important concessions are (1) Granting of subsidy for the Haj pilgrimage undertaken by the Muslims (2)Granting Muslims reservation in jobs (3) Granting Muslims reservation in elite educational institutions like IIT, NIIT etc. Is it sufficient?
The BJP's argument of abolishing Haj Subsidy was not a weak argument. It was a strong argument. But the non BJP allies feared that conceding to the BJP's point of view would erode their minority vote banks. So they refused and BJP could not do anything.
Wait. The court order only phases out the Haj subsidy. It has not abolished it. So people like me and Modi cannot go into celebration mode yet. In fact the Congress and other anti majority parties may discover some other tricks to bring back the subsidy in some other form. The DMK government granted a pension in Tamil Nadu for the protesters who participated in anti Hindi agitation. But when the Central government objected to it, they conveniently named the pension as amount granted to those who fought for Tamil language. Like this the Congress will invent some trickery to keep the Haj pilgrimage alive. Only the name will change. Therefore I cannot celebrate the news cited by you.
If article 370 is removed, Kashmir will not become independent as you say. Of course Pakistan will quote the treaty with Hari Singh and claim Kashmir. But even if we do not abolish the Article 370, Pakistan will still claim Kashmir. The protesters in Kashmir will still be claiming independence. It is wrong to say that if Article 370 remains in tact, nobody will clamour for Kashmir independence. Pakistan will still be claiming Kashmir. It is our military might that is deterring Pakistan and the Kashmir protesters and the so called freedom fighters from seceding from India and not article370 as you claim. The article should be abolished and Hindus and other religious people should settle down in Kashmir. Israel has successfully done this in Palestine.
You say there are so many more land in which outsiders cannot buy land in India. I am not aware of any such place except Kashmir. Please enlighten me about it. Then I will comment about it.
You say that it not your least concern about what USA does. I never raised USA ban on Narendra Modi in my article. It was you you touched the subject. Even though I did not bother about USA ban on Modi, I thought that if I did not reply to your point, you and other readers may think I do not have a valid point to refute your allegation. That was why I replied to it. But then you accused me that I was more concerned about USA ban than Narendra Modi himself. This is simply twisting the facts. Readers who read my article, your comments, my reply etc will know that this subject of USA ban on Narendra Modi was first raised by you only and not me. Now that you yourself say that you are least concerned about USA ban on Narendra Modi, I will also agree to drop this topic (but if the topic crops up again, I will not hesitate to reply to it as I have a clear view in this matter).
I have not seen Aamir Khan's film and have no knowledge of films. i have clearly expressed this in my previous comments. But even without any knowledge of films and literary work, I can repeat one thing. Whenever a movie or a book or an art work is against the Muslims or their religion, it is banned and majority of the parties except BJP and Shiv Sena support it. But if anybody insuls Hindus or their religion, nobody bothers except the BJP and Shiv Sena (even they are not concerned to the fullest extent but only partially). Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses was banned because it contains explosive stuff against Muslims. MF Hussain's paintings depicting Hindu goddesses in nude was not banned. But the Danish artist's work of a caricature of Prophet Mohammad was banned. Even without any knowledge or films or literary work, I can say that it is the religion that decides about such bans in India. If Modi has acted differently in this matter, what is wrong in it?
You say that Gujarat was always a well developed state. I have also stated this in my article. But Gujarat lagged behind in certain areas and Narendra Modi's eleven years of rule rectified these defects. I have stated in my article clearly what are the achievements of Modi.
You advise me not to avoid giving replies to inconvenient questions. I have replied to all your points. If anything is left out, please inform me and I will reply to it.
Of course I do enjoy this conversation. Anything done passionately always brings joy to the heart.
Best wishes,
Sorry for not replying earlier. As usual your comments are full of passion. My contention throughout has been that pl do not look at issues with bias against a particular community because then our conclusions get colored and tend to go wrong. Of course you'll never agree that you could be wrong because of your strong one sided convictions.
I would once again like to state that in politics things generally are not so straight forward as they look.What is shown is generally different than what is intended.
I agree with you that it is India's might which is keeping Pakistan from snatching Kashmir from us. But do not look at the problem as a Hindu Muslim issue. If the Muslims of the Kashmir valley want to really go to Pakistan,no army can stop them. It has been repeatedly demonstrated in many countries that when populations rise armies can't do anything. Pl appreciate the fact that in 1947 when communal riots were taking place all over the North India there were no riots in muslim majority J&K and the important fact is that they also did not agitate to join Pakistan.That is the reason it is with India till date and shall remain. Yes there are few separatists who are for their beliefs and survival towing the Pakistani viewpoint but are they succeeding? Therefore pl do not look at the problem as hindu muslim but as Pakistani interference in our affairs.So 370 will remain even if BJP comes to power.
For you information in some of the hill states in north and north east outsiders can not buy land.
If your favorite CM takes all credit for whatever has happened in Gujarat then he should be bold enough to accept the moral responsibility for not being able to protect the lives of over 1000 persons in both the Godhra and post Godhra incidents. What is wrong in such expectation by people. All this bad feelings which are being generated would not have taken place if he had like a able leader accepted his share of blame and expressed regrets.
What have you got to say about the judgement in the Naroda Patiya case. He made someone a Minister many years later even though she was charged of serious involvement in the communal riots in 2002. The idea clearly was to give her a status which would prevent the state agencies from investigating her role. You still want to tom tom about his achievments which any way would have taken place even if he was not the CM give and take 10 or 20%.
I am under the impression that most of the Brahmins Of Tamil Nadu have left the State because of the attitude of both the DMK parties towards Hindu gods and upper castes. Also the fact that Hindus themselves vote for parties which speak against their gods shows religion must be kept out of politics but if stupid leaders do it what can be done. Just ignore them and move on.
My request is only that let us think clearly and not with religious bias.But if any one wants to do so,it is a free country.
Thank you for your patience and interesting replies.
Best wishes.
I thank you vks1000 for your comments. You say that religion should not cloud our opinion in any matter. But many important matters are viewed only through religious angle. India was born in 1947 out of the two nation theory on the premise that Hindus and Muslims cannot coexist. Lord Moutbatten, British Government, Congress Party and Muslim League leaders all agreed that partition should be done on the basis of religion. Communal massacre took place in the post partition period because of religion.
Indian Bank granted a loan of more than Rupees hundred crore to East West Airlines which was running at a loss. According to banking norms, the airlines was not eligible for a loan of even one crore rupees. When asked about this, the erstwhile CMD of the bank replied that since the airlines was managed by Muslims, he advanced money which later became a NPA (non performing asset). I do not understand the connection between a bank loan and religion. But the Congress government has instructed the banks to even grant loans based on religion. What more proof you want that all the activities that we do and experience, religion has a say?
Recently Congress reserved seats for Muslims in IIT but later on the court struck down the decision. Even then the Congress has admitted the Muslim students, disobeying the court rule. In IIT admission also religion rules the roost. Everybody is talking about the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat but nobody talks about Godhra massacre because in Godhra the Hindus died and that is unimportant for many political parties (BJP and Shiv Sena are an exception to this). When Mushtaq Mohammad, the Pakistan captain won the cricket series against India, he attributed the prayers of all Muslims all over the world for his victory. See the point. Muslims all over the world means Muslims in India also. No Muslim leader refuted this contention. Last year in World Cup cricket, Pakistan lost to India in the semi finals. But Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi stated that Muslims have a broad mind (read others do not have). What religion has to do with broadmindedness? In every religion there are broadminded people and narrow minded people. Imran Khan after winning the world cup attributed the superiority of Islam for his victory. If that be the case, why Pakistani players are not winning in Wimbledon? Is Allah not competent in tennis but only in cricket? Even in cricket, Pakistan failed to win the world cup on many occasions. Will Imran attribute inferiority of Islam as the reason for it?
When educated people, government, cricket players and many others consider religion as the basis for their decisions and comments, I cannot help in clouding my opinions based on religion. Personally I feel religion should be a private matter and should not come into the public at all. Bank loans should be advanced based on viability of the projects and credibility of the people availing loans and not religion. Similarly every matter should be freed of religion. But that is an ideal world better said than done. Till it happens, commentators like me will be forced to invoke religion to counter the arguments and actions of others. Kindly understand and excuse me for that.
I agree with you that many Muslims in Kashmir want in their hearts to remain with India than joining Pakistan. They see better opportunities in India. But article 370 which discriminates Kashmir on the basis of religion should go.
You say that in some of the hill states in north and north east, outsiders cannot buy land. Do you mean foreigners when you use the word 'outsiders'? I am not opposed to imposing any restrictions on foreigners from buying land in any state. Does any hill state bars Indians (people from other states in India) from buying land? If so, please tell me the names of such states so that I can verify whether the information is true or not.
Even without accepting any moral responsibility, the Congress and other parties are bent upon accusing Modi of direct involvement in the massacre of Muslims in 2002. Sonia Gandhi even drubbed Modi as an Agent of Death and Merchant of Death in her election speeches. If Modi accepts moral responsibility, then the Congress will claim that as tantamount to Modi accepting his guilt and demand his resignation. Do you want Modi to present that gift on a silver platter to Sonia Gandhi? I don't think so.
I welcome the judgement on Naroda Patiya case. But the Congress and other political parties would have been disappointed that the court had not punished Narendra Modi. Modi did make someone a minister when she was facing a charge. Many political parties have done this mistake. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made Sibu Soren a minister when he was facing a serious criminal charge in Jharkhand. He was made minister twice by the Congress. Raja Baia has been inducted as minister by Akilesh Yadav. Mayawati has also done this. i am of the opinion that all the political parties should jointly decide not to take people facing charges into their ministries - whether it is the Central government or state government. But accusing Modi alone for this mistake smacks of politics and religion. You say any other CM would have done the same developments in Gujarat as Narendra Modi. Then why did the previous CMs not do it?
Many brahmins have left Tamil Nadu towards greener pastures to abroad and other states. Brahmins are least bothered about the attitude of DMK. They are well educated and carve out a niche for themselves in every walk of life. They adorn posts even in NASA and Pentagon. DMK leaders talk ill about upper castes but when it comes to the question of undergoing a complicated surgery, they always choose upper caste surgeons and not a surgeon belonging to lower castes. Everybody knows this.
Hindus vote for parties that speak against their Gods and Goddesses. This trend should be reversed. It is possible only when religious polarisation happens in India. If it happens, politicians will stop criticising Hindus and their gods. BJP, RSS, Shiv Sena and some other organizations are trying to achieve this. In Gujarat BJP has achieved this to a greater extent. Hindus in Gujarat are now aware of the discriminations they face and the appeasement of minorities by the Congress and other parties. But this kind of polarisation should come everywhere. Then only Congress will stop encouraging Bangladeshi people from entering into India and occupying the lands and properties of Indians. That will take time.
Best wishes,
Fantastic article. Thanks to the background that helps to put things in perspective.
Ramkey has nailed it.
What Modi has done to Gujarat is nothing but what any true and able leader would do. But how hard it has been for India to find a honest, straight-forward and a sincere leader! I am sorry, VKS1000's comments pretty much sums up why India's progress has been slow.
The plight of other states are nothing but pathetic. Take Chennai for example. While the place may look like it's growing because of many over passes ('fly-overs') and IT companies creeping in, the city lacks basic infrastructure. Water shortage, daily power cuts, downright abuse of environment, lack of road safety etc etc are just to name a few. People like VKS1000 needs a little tutorial on common sense and objective thinking.
We need more Modis and here is hoping that Indian mass would make a good decision next time around.
Thanks, Ramkey for such an objective article. We need more Ramkeys too!
Gans
You are from Chennai and therefore know about Chennai's problems.In your case it seems the grass is greener on the other side. In so many areas of Gujarat there is water shortage,daily power cuts, downright abuse of environment,lack of road safety etc etc. I have not added anything of my own,borrowed your observations only.
In today's papers there is a news item with photograph of six top Gujarat Govt Ministers whose meetings were stopped midway by audiences when they started talking on their pet subject of "Development" because the people asked them where is it and why they are not seeing or benefiting from it. In all meetings the ministers had to leave the meetings halfway and run from the angry public. Mind you this was in Gujarat and not in Chennai or elsewhere.
Without becoming personal we can argue out that one should not fall prey to motivated propaganda. The use of the development mantra in Gujarat is only to divert the attention of the people from the real wrongdoings of the leaders and as it always happens gullible and innocent people fall prey to it.
A Tata or a Maruti project blown out of proportion does not mean development nor does Gujarat vibrate because of Vibrant Gujarat summits held every two years where mindboggling MOU's worth Lakhs of crore are signed and not even a few percent see the light of the day. but the propaganda machine goes on blowing the trumpet and gullible people all over the country fall for it.
Why don't you ask Ramkey as to what is the real reason the people of Gujarat voted for the party ruling them from last two elections and in all probabilty will do so for a third time also.Gujarat has always been a relatively developed State and it is not the reason Gujarat people are voting on.
My only humble suggestion to you is please do not fall a victim to orchestrated propaganda whose aim is something else. In any case the decision is yours.
By the way you must have heard that common sense is very uncommon so who'll teach it to me.You?
Thank you anonymous for your comments. Best wishes to you