Modis politics is similar to Indira Gandhi . Modis approach to politics, and in particular to the campaign of 2014, is not too dissimilar to the Indira campaign. Then, the campaign was starkly presidential too: the slogan was, Garibi Hatao, Indira Lao, Desh Bachao. Now, the appeal is similarly individualistic: Congress Hatao, Modi Lao, Desh Bachao.Like Indira , Modi too has sought to make the mandate about his personality. Give me (me, not just the BJP, mind you) power and I will transform the country. Mrs Gandhi too sought to rise above her party and establish direct contact with the masses. The Congress had just gone through an almost vertical split and Mrs Gandhi had lost most of the old guard. This perhaps made it easier for her to impose her writ on the new Congress and make the party organisation subservient to her. BJP has been a cadre-based organisation which gets its muscle from the RSS. But while the rank and file party worker is galvanised, the rest of the BJP leadership itself is being pushed into the shadows.Watch a Modi rally: no BJP leader is given even remotely the kind of status or positioning that the man from Gujarat is. m.goanews/literature_details.php?id=799
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:11:58 +0000
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