NARENDRA MODI................................mistakes to avoid going into 2014

Now many of the hardcore modi supporters would have jumped to the conclusion that i am gonna rake up the 2002 riots again.Be assured, this article has nothing to do with 2002 but will reflect the mistakes that he can avoid in a bid to get closer to the magic number of 272.No body can deny a modi wave in north india at this point of time which is getting stronger as the time passes.This makes bjp supporters confident that they will sweep the 2014 polls,they maybe right but there is nothing wrong in taking a bit of precaution.

1)Modi victory in all the northern states except j&k is a given,,if anyone had a doubt,it was gone after the assembly results announced on dec 8th.The positive for the bjp is that even though it was fighting for a third term in both chhatisgarh and madhya pradesh,there was no anti incumbency wave!!In fact madhya pradesh witnessed a pro-incumbency wave.
                                      But the problem lies in the southern and eastern parts of country,where bjp has no or very marginal presence at present.I emphasize the word at present to highlight that what AAP  achieved in delhi could be done by bjp here too.Bjp needs to utilize its huge workforce of rss workers to start door to door campaigning, highlighting modi achievements.Do this for 6 months and u will have bjp competing with regional parties in these areas.So all in all bjp must focus on the eastern and southern india much much more than north.

2)Connect with muslims is a must for bjp if it hopes to expand.Now i know people say that muslims will never align with bjp so there is no need to waste energy.But i totally disagree.Thee was an article by surjit bhalla in indian express that showed clearly with govt data that muslims in gujrat were more progressive and rich than their counterparts in west bengal,uttar pradesh,bihar etc.So why not project this??Why not involve muslim religious leaders and show them the data??Why??There is no harm in trying to reach out.

3)Exposure of modi in media is only through rallies which are telecast live.This is a mistake.Modi must be willing to come to tv studious for interviews regularly to emphasize his points.It dosen't even require an effort,journalists could be asked to come to him and take his views on selective topics.Granted he makes many points in rallies but urban middle class seldom goes to rallies so to tap this group even more,television exposure is a must.

I am sure following this advice bjp has nothing to loose,albeit they may win more seats for 2014!!

ANNA vs ARVIND

                                                       



The past few days i have been very disappointed with the tension going on between the aam aadmi party members and anna hazare.I always thought that after the spectacular showing of the AAP in delhi elections just a week ago will convince even the most die-hard hater of AAP that what they did was pathbreaking,something that has never been done before in india.
                                                                                  But to my dismay even the people who once were the allies of arvind kejriwal like anna hazare and kiren bedi have started behaving like digvijay singh!!Anna has been particularly arrogant towards the AAP even though they never deviated from their ideology ensuring a very clean fought election without use of any black money,muscle power or corrupt candidates in the fray.They used mostly unpaid volunteers,mainly college students for door to door campaigns but here were some ppl who had taken leave from their respective jobs to campaign for this party.The results of this effort were for all to see...........decimation of congress and halt to modi wave in delhi,pretty impressive if u ask me.

So whats anna's problem now??

In my opinion its the massive ago of anna hazare to blame.Before the AAP was formed all the focus was on hazare,he was the poster boy of anti-corruption movement,darling of media and middle class alike.He was perceived as a modern gandhi ,out to root out corruption.But after the formation of the AAP most of the brains behind the movement left the hazare camp and formed AAP and as a result hazare too hasen't done anything in the past 1 year.He was good only with good planning and backing of people like kejriwal and prashant bhushan and many others.The moment these ppl got engaged in AAP campaigning anna was left to fend for himself and as expected his hype bubble was burst in no time.The man who had the whole nation behind him was struggling to draw crowds of even a few dozen in his village.In contrast to this AAP decimated congress in delhi without a shred of help from hazare at all.

Contrast this with the man of the moment,arvind kejriwal.He has left all his lucrative jobs for this movement unlike hazare who lives in a village and gets pension every month so has done nothing out of the ordinary.Kejriwal and other members of AAP to their credit have never taken a single pot shot at hazare despite the latter's vehement critisism of AAP on at the best frivolous grounds.They still tried to give all the credit to anna hazare unlike hazare himself who ordered gopal rai out of his village yesterday!!Who is anna hazare to push someone out??Anti corruption movement is not the patent of anna hazare or even the AAP,its a movement built on the support of people and not invented by hazare.

So all in all it is the guru jealous of his shishya's success,nothing more.I just feel sad that a man who commanded such high moral standards could stoop so low as to train his guns at the same set of ppl who helped him to gain all the limelight that he enjoyed.