MODI VS KEJARIWAL. VERY INTELLIGENT ARTICLE. MUST READ AND SHARE > Modi versus Arvind Kejriwal battle in Varanasi. > It aint gonna happen. A battle of wits between a > tantrum-throwing kid and its parents will always > attract attention in the mall, but the issue can > be settled only at home once the parents have > survived the embarrassment at the mall. > > While the media would gain TRPs and readership > from this engrossing electoral battle, the idea > makes no sense from Modis point of view, even > though Modi strategists have been debating the > value of getting their man to fight from Uttar > Pradesh to raise the profile of the BJPs efforts in this crucial state. > > For Modi, a fight against Kejriwal in UP is a > lose-lose-lose issue no matter what the outcome. > For Kejriwal, it’s win-win-win. So far Modi has > been sublimely ignoring Kejriwal - the right > strategy - and focusing on sending his own > message to the electorate directly. When you are > running a race, you should be focused on the > finishing post, not other participants. > Kejriwal’s goal, on the other hand, is not to > win, but trip the front-runner and make the > headlines. He is seeking a fight with Modi and > has been obsessively trolling him on public > platforms. Nothing would serve his interests > better than for Modi to take note of him. > > To explain the situation that is now developing, > it is best to use the analogy of the > tantrum-throwing spoilt kid at the mall. The kid > wants a lollipop and so far the parents have > declined the request. So what will the kid do? If > he is used to getting what he wants by screaming > his head off, he will indeed do so. > > At the mall he instinctively knows he has an > advantage: at home, his parents can choose to > ignore him for a longer period than at the mall, > where everyone within earshot will be either > watching the fun or silently hoping that the > parents will give him his lollipop and stop the > nuisance. I have seen this repeatedly happen in > airplanes where, when confronted with a > tantrum-throwing kid, parents are forced to > concede as they themselves cant bear it, even as > other passengers shoot hostile looks at the > parents for failing to control the kid. > > Public spaces are particularly hostile to parents > trying to discipline a kid - especially when the > kid is good at throwing tantrums. Only parents > with nerves of steel can win this battle. At > every stage, as the bawling rises to a crescendo, > most parents develop a wish to throttle the kid > or at least spank him, but this is exactly the > wrong strategy. This makes the public not only > anti-parent, but pro-kid too. It is lose-lose-lose. > > The best strategy for the parent to adopt in this > scenario is to abandon the shopping, take the kid > home and let him continue with this tantrum till > he himself gets tired of it and accepts defeat. > You cant win against such a kid by indulging his tantrums. > > Back to > Arvind > Kejriwal. He is a megalomaniac posturing as a > humble servant of the people. Having thrown a > tantrum in Delhi and defeated Sheila Dikshit, he > has decided that he needs more tantrum-throwing > opportunities - this time at bigger targets. He > is looking for new scalps. Taking on Modi is not > about anything but feeding Kejriwals own ego. > The Dikshit victory has gone to his head. > > Anyone who has watched Kejriwal in action for two > years will know he is a tantrum-thrower par > excellence. Once the > Anna > movement died down in 2012, Kejriwal launched his > political party and spent the first few months > throwing mud at everybody - all politicians and > businessmen he could think of. When he came to > power in Delhi, he continued his tantrums - first > with his dharna to get some hapless cops > suspended, and later to get out of the CMs gaddi > where his tantrums didnt work as well. In fact, > it was alienating him from the public. As CM, he > found the public saw him in the role of parent, > not kid, which is why he was eager to get back > into the pram and start bawling. So he threw > another tantrum over the Jan Lokpal Bill and exited. > > If you need any proof that Kejriwal is about > tantrums and little else, you can do no better > than to read his > recent > statement that communalism is a bigger threat > than corruption. For a man who till the other day > claimed corruption as the countrys biggest > scourge, this is strange. Unless one realises > that without making this shift he cant throw > further tantrums since, the corrupt Congress > seems vanquished and Modi does not look like an > easy target for an anti-corruption campaign. This > is why he shifted the goalpost to communalism. To > continue on the path to martyrdom, you need bigger enemies, real or imagined. > > Having gotten his lollipop by throwing a tantrum > against the Congress in Delhi, Kejriwal now needs > a fresh reason for throwing another. He has found one in Modi and communalism. > > In indicating that he may fight Modi in Varanasi, > Kejriwal is playing super-smart. If Modi doesnt > fight from there, it will seem like he ran away. > If he fights and loses to Kejriwal (most > unlikely), it will be a huge coup. If Modi wins > by a small margin, Kejriwal will claim moral > victory. If Modi wins big, Kejriwal will claim > money power defeated him. This is why Kejriwal is > practically trying to psyche Modi into fighting him in Varanasi. > > Whatever happens in a Modi versus Kejriwal fight > in Varanasi, its a win-win-win for the latter > and lose-lose-lose for Modi. When one man has > nothing to lose and the other has everything to > lose, it is a fight best avoided by the one who > has everything to lose - in this case Modi. > > It makes no sense for Modi to fight from Varanasi > just to give Kejriwal a reason to smile. Consider > what could easily happen: in this scenario, it > will be a straight fight since all other parties > will opt out in the hope Kejriwal will pull off a > miracle. Since Kejriwal will be banking on the > minority vote, the BJP will seek a reverse > polarisation in UP. This is exactly what Modi has > avoided so far by keeping his focus on > development. Kejriwal will end up communalising > the issue by repeatedly throwing a tantrum on > communalism, and Gujarat 2002, and make > polarisation a reality. In UP, Kejriwal will > dictate the agenda and sour Modis non-sectarian > pitch. Not only that, Modi’s real battle is not > in Varanasi, but the whole of India. Varanasi > will be a huge distraction – and a waste of time for him. > > If the best strategy for a parent confronting a > tantrum-throwing kid at the mall is to take him > home and let him realise that tantrums dont pay, > Modi should adopt this strategy. Let Kejriwal > fight him at home in Gujarat. If we assume that > most Gujaratis would like nothing more than to > see one of their own sons as PM, Kejriwal will get his comeuppance. > > You dont indulge a tantrum-thrower by tossing him a lollipop >
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 02:29:06 +0000
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