MODI SARKAR EXCELLENT ARTICLE Mr Modi goes to Washington - by Atanu Dey I make no secret of the fact that I believe Shri Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, is an honest, intelligent, dedicated, sincere and diligent man. I admire him immensely for who he is and what he has accomplished over his many decades as a politician. The set P = {p | famous politician p is honest, intelligent, dedicated, sincere, diligent} is small but non-empty. For all I know, the set P is exhaustively enumerated as P = {Narendra Modi, Arun Shourie}. But at the very least, I am certain that {Narendra Modi, Arun Shourie} ⊂ P. I indulge myself in the frivolity of using set-theoretic notations at the start of this piece only because I have a few serious points to make. Modi, a man of substance Shri Modi is also a very practical man, a realist, not some airheaded idealist. Starting from “humble beginnings”, he would not have reached where he is today without being supremely practical. Despite formidable, sustained, relentless opposition from every quarter — within and without his own party — opposition that would have broken even the most hardened politician, Modi prevailed and how. He survived an ordeal by fire that no other politician in India has ever had to face. That he triumphed in the war of Indian majoritarian electoral politics without compromising his principles attests to his character and determination. He is a leader par excellence of the nation because he is a nationalist. For him, the nation above all; for him, the national interest trumps all other interests. People trust him because he is trustworthy. He has earned, and deserves, trust. Did I mention that I admire Shri Modi? For the record, let me state that I believe that among political leaders, I consider him to be the best India has in that regard. This is not a newly arrived realization. I have been beating that drum privately and publicly for years. Unlike many (who shall not be named) observers who have only recently jumped on the bandwagon, I have consistently been what in the vernacular is called a fan. Modi, a vilified man Shri Modi has been unfairly vilified by his enemies. Antonia Maino’s, aka Sonia Gandhi, the chairperson of the UPA, labeling of Modi as maut ka saudagar epitomizes that abuse that large sections of the main stream media gleefully indulged in for years. They carried on a relentless, vicious campaign of hate and falsehoods for over a decade. Modi’s response to all that calumny? Work relentlessly, and be the best, longest-serving chief minister Gujarat has ever had. And then undertake a superhuman, punishing national election campaign to win the biggest win for the NDA and the BJP. In doing so, he defeated not just the UPA, the Gandhi-Maino clan, the Congress — but also the so-called “160 Club” and the “180 Club.” It was a victory that gave a fitting reply to the despicable Maino-clan and its legions of minions. Not just at home, Modi’s enemies took their fight off-shore. In their campaign to malign the man, they plumbed unimaginably sordid depths. They invited foreign involvement in India’s domestic affairs and undermined India’s sovereignty. They impugned and sullied India’s judicial system by proclaiming Modi guilty even after the courts found no case against him. Modi’s US visa Shri Modi had traveled to the US prior to 2002 and therefore had to have a US visa. But in 2005, the US State Department revoked his visa. The details of why the US did that need not detain us here. The fact is that the US State Department declared him persona non grata, in essence saying “The US does not want Modi to set foot on US soil.” For the record we must be clear that Modi’s visa was not refused. His visa was revoked. And after the revocation, Modi did not apply and therefore there can be no valid claim that the US refused a visa to Modi. And as far as I know, the US has not reversed that revocation. I don’t know the details. Besides the details don’t really matter for what I submit here. It seems to me (and this is just my opinion) that if the US were to reverse the 2005 revocation of Modi’s US visa, it would be admitting that it had incorrectly held Modi responsible for a crime. See more at: deeshaa.org/2014/09/24/mr-modi-goes-to-washington/#sthash.dNYiE7vX.dpuf
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:47:50 +0000
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