Modi the great ?

I have been hearing a whole lot of crap about Narinder Modi these days. The whole story about how Gujarat has endorsed development. Modi’s modal of development etc.  A whole bunch of industry leaders proclaiming Modi would be an ideal Prime Ministerial candidate. Well you can not blame them for kissing ass, as they need to get their work done.

I was sitting in a seminar organized by a MBA entrance coaching institute in Trivandrum. I was listening and all of a sudden I hear about Modi. How the custodian of Hindutwa demolished many temples for the development of the state. That was the last straw! When such statements come from people in authority definitely it will have an impact on the innocent minds sitting and hearing it.

Let’s get things straight. In Gujarat the BJP is ruling with a huge majority. So it’s much easier to get things done. Hence they don’t have to worry about staying in power. Next comes the temple demolitions. When any thing related to the Hindu religion comes up, like the demolition of temples, the main organizations that take up the cause are the VHP, RSS and the Bajarang Dal (BJP too ). Now we all know what relation do these organizations share with the BJP. The whole temple demolition was pure politics.

The BJP wanted to be seen as a pro development party before the general elections. They also wanted to send a message that they are willing to do what ever it takes for the sake of development. So they came up with an agreement with these organizations that a certain number of temples will be demolished, after that these organizations can start raising their voice, get a little melodramatic, and then a few more temples will be demolished, then a few meetings will take place and in the end the demolition drive will be stopped. It’s a win-win situation. The BJP will be seen as a pro development party and the other organizations can take pride in that fact that they intervened in the matter.

Had it been any other party, I guarantee you that even before the first temple was demolished, these organizations would have created mayhem there. So let’s not give undue credit to people. I am by no means saying that BJP is the only party which does similar stuff. The same is true with the left in Kerala. When they are in power, the number of strikes is less and when they are not, strikes will be called for no apparent reason. For gods sake we had a strike when Sadman was hanged.

The problem with us is that we have a short term memory. Narinder Modi was responsible for the carnage in Gujarat. I do not care about the various state sponsored reports that give a clean chit to him. As the Chief Minister of the state he has to be held accountable for what had happened. Just because a few years have passed, it doesn’t mean that every thing is forgiven.

I do agree that a lot of work is being done in Gujrath. Let’s not blow things out of proportion. The reason why work cant be done in other parts of India is because of the opposition of various political parties. They oppose just because they are not the one who is implement it. Just take the example of the Ram Sethu project. The projected was initiated by the BJP and when they present government went forward with they, they had to face all kind of opposition.

The real problem is, various right wing and left wing organizations oppose everything that is not done by them and when they oppose they don’t hesitate in using any means that they can. So lets all have a reality check and think before jumping to conclusions.