I was and am a pro-Modi individual from the time he showed results in his home state Gujarat. After talking to many many Gujaratis though all of them Hindus, I remained convinced that he could replicate his performance on the national stage. When the Muslim massacre occurred, I was taken aback. How could Modi in his role as Chief Minister of all the people of Gujarat allow such a dreadful thing to happen to one section of it.
Through it all and whatever followed, I could not forget his grave omission. A long time ago I saw the video of Manohar Parrikar, answering a question, giving all sorts of explanations as to why although it happened under his (Modi's) watch,Modi could do nothing about it. I remained unconvinced. Personally I have Parrikar pegged as a flip flop, unable to convince anybody about anything, unlike Modi. Events that followed with Manmohan Singh and the Congress Party's bumbling with the nation's matters brought me back to thinking that there was no alternative to Modi. He would be India's saviour as much as that country had a need of a political strongman saviour. Now that he is ensconced in a position that could effect good change for India, we are all watching to see if our expectations come to fruition. I have no fear on the communal side. Better a strong BJP leader to prevent a national communal tragedy than a vacillating secular, indecisive prime minister always watching his back and wary of pressure groups on all sides who could easily make him change his action. But one nagging doubt remains. Did Modi have the power to prevent the train slaughter in Gujarat and if he couldn't, why on earth not. Worse, if he was involved and even responsible for holding back state forces that could avert the tragedy, what was his reasoning for doing that. It is time for him to come clean before his countrymen, other than those of his natural followers in the RSS and BJP who need no explanation, with whatever defence he has, to wipe his soul, the conscience of his voters among whom I would count myself if I had the vote and not least of all, the stain on a good country. Roland. Sent from Samsung Mobile
