Modi is lucky to be blessed with so weak an opposition led by
the Congress, with no agenda other than to defeat him. Even so, doubts assail
him, for he must know he has not delivered on the promise of 2014.India’s
election is the largest in the world. With roughly 900 million eligible voters,
polling is a challenge.
How could Indian Air Force(IAF) get operational instructions on precision
airstrike from a merely educated bigot Modi who knows nothing and due to his
political decisions IAF has messed up big in Balakot and world press like
Strategist from Australia has said that Indian claims of killing terrorists by
airstrike are false.But, mythical history created airstrike in Balakot,
Pakistan, changed the scene.It is worrisome that IAF had no guts to tell this
hate promoter that he doesn't know anything about a radar! Everyone should be
seriously worried about India's national security.
Moreover, experts say thatModi will happily lie about India's national security
and will neglect regional peace if it benefits him personally.Modi gives more
importance to his stupid opinions than expert opinion.
Modi has completely politicized Indian Army - This has been the formula for the
success of the new dictators of the world.
Peoplehave been complaining about the lack of jobs, demonetisation, the GST,
farmers’ distress, Rafale dealand many other alleged failures. They complain of
other ‘non-material’ matters such as intolerance or arrogance or
overconcentration of power in Modi’s hands etc. Ashok Gehlot even warned the
voters that if Modi won, this would be the last election ever, which even for a
veteran Congressman long used to being the winner rather than on the losing side
was over the top.
Six of SevenBengal BJP candidates have criminal cases and a recent study
revealed that 37% BJP Candidates face criminal charges.
More than half of India’s 1.3 billion people still depend in some way on
farming, although agriculture accounts for only 17 percent of the economy. The
country has struggled to create new jobs in manufacturing and services to make
rural families less dependent on the land.
In the name of the poor, you have robbed the farmer,” said Ashok Gulati, a
prominent Indian agricultural economist who has occasionally advised the current
government.
Meanwhile, many farmers families are struggling with debt.In desperate times,
some farmers have turned to suicide. In Nashik district, 108 farmers killed
themselves last year, up sharply from 2014, officials said. The deaths have
continued this year.
You have to create more jobs outside agriculture,” said Pramod Joshi, director
for South Asia at the International Food Policy Research Institute in New Delhi.
In 2014, Mr. Modi promised to add 10 million jobs. The economy has most likely
fallen short of that target, and government has blocked the release of official
employment data, claiming that it is unreliable to actually hide facts.
Under Modi, a Hindu Nationalist surge has further divided India whereas a leader
unites.That secular agenda was always entwined with Mr. Modi’s roots within a
conservative Hindu political movement that strives to make India a Hindu state.
The emboldening effect became apparent within months of the 2014 election. Hindu
lynch mobs began to pop up across the landscape, killing Muslims and lower-caste
people suspected of slaughtering cows, a sacred animal under Hinduism. Most
often, the mobs have gotten away with it.
Hate speech began to proliferate. Government bodies began rewriting history
books, lopping out sections on Muslim rulers, changing official place names to
Hindu from Muslim, and more aggressively contesting holy sites. They also began
pushing extremist Hindu priorities.
The consensus among Indian activists and liberal political analysts is that
their society, under Mr. Modi, has become more toxically divided between Hindus
and Muslims, between upper and lower castes, between men and women.Poverty is
the real thing to be eradicated, BJP must understand.
“In plain language, they are what we now call communal fascists,” said Aditya
Mukherjee, a retired historian, referring to Mr. Modi and his political allies.
“This is something that Jawaharlal Nehru had predicted,” Mr. Mukherjee said,
referring to India’s first prime minister. “He said if fascism ever came to
India it would come in the form of majoritarian Hindu communalism. That is
exactly what is happening.”
Moreover, Time magazine has called Modi 'India's divider-in-chief' in its
international edition published during this month.It also said the opposition
Congress party has little to offer other than the dynastic principle.
The articles inside the magazine have the titles "Can the World's Largest
Democracy Endure Another Five Years of a Modi Government?", written by Taseer,
notes that "If in 2014 he (Modi) was able to exploit differences in order to
create a climate of hope, in 2019 he is asking people to stave off their
desperation by living for their differences alone.
"Not only has Modi's economic miracle failed to materialize, he has also helped
create an atmosphere of poisonous religious nationalism in India," Taseer
writes.
Far from his promise of development for all, he has achieved a state in which
Indians are increasingly obsessed with their differences, according to the
article.
Prof. Ashok Swain, Professor and Director of International Studies, Uppsala
University, Sweden said that No one can and should the killing of 3000
Sikhs in 1984. Congress Party can't and shouldn't avoid its culpability.
However, can anyone explain why RSS leader Nana Deshmukh, whom Modi gave Bharat
Ratna in 2019, had also justified the Sikh massacre?
Furthermore, experts say that Modi has ruined India's economy – The second half
of his five-year term has been a disaster according to a Bloomberg
article.India's industrial production is growing now only at 0.1 %.
Experts now have the opinion that they never used to read about Indian politics
from foreign newspapers and news magazines. But,For the last five years only
they have been doing it. There is no choice.Modi is being interviewed by
bollywood actors and hand-picked anchors than independent journalists, Alas!If
electoral democracy is manipulated by dubious Right-wing politicians with
sinister intent, the idea of a secular and plural India will be seriously
threatened. The damage will be irreversible.
Dr.Zeeshan Khan is a writer,analyst,doctor,educationist,Human
Activist,Blogger,certified trainer,Life Coach and Poet.He is a motivational
speaker,Cultural-cum-Political Analyst and regular contributor to the Op-Ed
pages of different newspapers.He is doctor at CMH and also alumnus Of LUMS.
Twitter: @DrZeeshanKhanA1
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