Friday, 17 May 2019

2019, a political samudramanthan, " Twist in Destiny"


During the current elections 2019 for Loksabha, various political parties forged a united front (divided we stand together) only to fight Modi & BJP to usurp power in 2019 was a sort of political samudra manthan. In simple terms, they came together to make it a two way fight  and used all the tricks in their bags to derive amrut(nectar) by churning the ocean of milk(Janta) to seek votes and become  immortal(gain power).

Mr.Narendra Modi as his wont took the mantle on himself as one man army and two men front with Mr. Amit Shah took the opposition headlong and travelled the length and breadth of the country during a two month long battle, tirelessly with full commitment and zeal thus need to be admired for the same. There strategy to make this election as modicentric worked, the opposition fell in to the trap thus loosing an opportunity to give alternative narration and may pay heavy price for the same.
Modicentric election has had to work in favour of Modi because basically as a person he is a symbol of most virtues the Indians look forward to in a leader- self-made, selfless, spiritual, non-corrupt, non-attached, nationalist, fearless, well read, a good communicator and a tireless worker whose commitment to his party and the country cannot be questioned, facts do support above with his grown stature as a world leader, held by many in high esteem, globally.

Given the above stature and nature of the BJP’s face, all vitriolic thrown by the opposition at him, maligning him as communal, divisive, corrupt, arrogant , dictatorial, anti democratic &  anti institutional  were presumable self goals(they mirrored themselves), as the work of the Modi Govt. for last 5 years had reached the last man in the line in terms of cleanliness, transport, Bank accounts, direct benefits, electricity, Gas, Housing, Health Insurance and last but not the least initiation of reservations of jobs to ecomically backward section(foundation stone for future). All these benefits did not see caste and religion but let us accept truly were”sabka saath Sabka Vikas” initiatives (applauded by Muslims too)

Flogging the demon of demonetization  and GST by the opposition ,it looks was also a non-gainer as the majority voter per se was not hugely affected at all, of course the lolly pop of Nyay to unemployed and lower income group is a big ticket by them and some voters shall definitely get swayed by this apart from the freebies served by all of them and it works apart from consolidation of caste and Muslim votes to their advantage , the master strategists in Amit Shah and Mr.Modi countered that with nationalism , Terrorism and of course article 370  and the Ram mandir to a great extent(not to mention freebies ).

Everybody talks of low political discourse but fail to share that when an election becomes person (modi) centric, this had to happen, let us all accept that it is a battle of survival for all of them and spewing venom out is an outcome of the (election battle) political Samudramanthan to get the nectar (win), had the opposition not fallen in the trap and per sued their better narrative and an alternative agenda (sadly they had none), the discourse could have been better and outcome to their advantage.

Our Country as of now is on a good footing, on the right course, in spite of the situations which are endemic viz unemployment, industrial slowdown, agricultural imbalance and fiscal deficits. Regardless of who comes to power, has no magic wand to remedy them, tackling external threats while living up to the aspirations of diverse 130 Cr people is never ending and complex as well, thus instead of blaming dispensation we all must be a party to a concerted effort to be initiated and sustained by Govt. to tackle them towards a growth story with integrity, love, zeal, discipline and brotherhood.

Elections over, back to “business as usual”. As of now it looks advantage Modi. (TINA effect).

Jai hind
Yours truly Satish Shitut


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