*Please see the rebuttal of these points below*
*Subject:* LETS BLAME NARENDRAMODI FOR ALL THE ILLS IN THE COUNTRY <https://t.yesware.com/tt/fbbe765050921896f5a1dd17e6b90044add84c4b/6519ef7458ba808867b606eb7dc1bc44/5c6821c3f602eb53bf0735f9aa9412ea/www.facebook.com/#> *- Aditi Kumaria Hingu :* *LETS BLAME NARENDRAMODI FOR ALL THE ILLS IN THE COUNTRY* We live in an interesting country. *A country where tradition and modernity co-exist peacefully, possibly the only country where Jews have not been persecuted, a country where the majority religion is less prescriptive and more accepting of diversity than many others, yet it faces the danger of being called 'intolerant', largely due to its own over enthusiastic proponents.* However, despite all the dichotomies that exist in our society, there has been two unifiers- Prime Minister Modi and social media. Everyone has a view on the PM. A virtual industry has cropped up around Modi – whether it is a prosaic as the Modi kurta or whether it is as intellectual as blaming him for everything – his frequent foreign tours, his inability to do yogasanas flexibly (did we elect a PM or an acrobat?), his sartorial designs etc. Nothing showcases this as beautifully as a cursory look at my Facebook feed. Social media (largely FB) has again been a big unifier in our country and it is not uncommon to have friend lists running in a couple of hundreds. Of course, the FB audience is largely the English-familiar, middle class but it is fair to assume that this middle class is made up of a heterogeneous group of people rather than being one homogenous mass. In recent days, I have learnt a lot from reading the FB news feed and my three main learnings are below – *Lesson 1: * *For the English speaking middle class, a single Dadri is far more horrendous than all the previous massacres that have happened*.* If a massacre happened while the Congress government was in Centre, then it was 'an unfortunate incident'. But if PM Modi is in the Centre, then even one isolated incident is worse that state sponsored pogrom.* Nayantara Sehgal returned her Sahitya Akademi Award in support of '...all dissenters who now live in fear and uncertainty.' She and others who followed her have been lauded for taking a stance by many of my FB friends. However,* nobody questions why were the intellectuals silent when the 1984 Sikh massacre or the 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Pandits took place?* *India has never been as intolerant or racist as many other countries still are – A foreign born can never aspire to become the leader of the USA. In India, we have had Sonia Gandhi reigning as the supreme leader for decades.* *Gen. (retd) V K Singh risked his own life to be at the forefront of evacuation of 4000+ Indian from Yemen – most of them being Muslims*. He is possibly the *only political leader who was physically present at a war zone to oversee evacuation – yet he is portrayed as an intolerant leader *based on comments taken out of context. *Lesson 2:* *Blaming PM Modi for everything is the 'fashionably correct' thing' to do –* be it dal prices (remember Onion prices in UPA II rule?), farmer suicides (how is ~1200 farmer suicides in Jan-Aug 2015 any worse than 3000+ suicides in 2013?), vandalization of churches (proved to be unrelated acts of mischief by members of different religions), and for the general state of filth and corruption all around... *what the previous dispensations could not achieve in 60 years of rule, Modi is expected to deliver in one year*. Many Indian politicians tend to be motor mouths and focus on short term sensationalism. The ruling party is no exception. *PM Modi is panned by intellectuals for not reining in his party colleagues, but is he a dictator or a puppeteer?* Each of these politicians has their own support base and they will play to the gallery to further their own political gains. *In any case, have any of the recent utterances been worse than Mulayam Singh Yadav's infamous 'boys will be boys' (*'justifying' rape) or Suresh Kalmadi's equally infamous 'their hygiene levels are different than ours, you see' (justifying filthy accommodation in Delhi Commonwealth Games). *Nobody asked Manmohan Singh for an explanation for these or any of the numerous multi crore scams that were a common feature of his tenure? Yet Modi is asked for an explanation for any utterance made by anybody even remotely connected with BJP/RSS.* *Lesson 3: * *True secular, nation loving intellectuals love to blast the Government for all the ills in the country especially those involving perceived 'minorities'.* Despite concerted efforts at minority appeasement by previous dispensations, *if the minorities are still backwards, surely one man cannot be blamed for it*. It is true that there are many ills prevalent in our country, but India is a complex and dynamic country to govern. *One man cannot undo decades of misrule*. *Like all organizations, the current Government has performers and non-performers*. Are the armchair nationalists even comparing Suresh Prabhu's silent, laudable efforts at improving the health of Indian Railways with the populist measures that were taken by Mamta Banerjee or Lalu Yadav? *Criticizing the government on social media is easy, it attracts eyeballs and generates buzz. But it does not translate into nation building. Nation building happens away from the glare of lights - it is about villages getting connectivity through roads, it is about girls' continuing education because their school now has a toilet, it is about the India narrative changing from apologetic to one that is confident and sure*. *Going by what the armchair intellectuals seem to suggest, there has never been a darker time in India*. It is ironical that the idiocy of Rahul Gandhi, the complicity of Manmohan Singh, the craven greed of Lalu Yadav, the ruthlessness of Sonia Gandhi are all preferred by the intelligentsia than the 'roll up the sleeves' attitude of Modi. Or *maybe, it is the PM who has got it all wrong - he should not waste time on development. He should be an inactive, invisible PM like his predecessor.* Or *even better, he should give politically correct soundbytes and garner wealth at the cost of the exchequer*. That is what is desired from him. This is the *irony of my* FB feed and our *nation today – we only want leaders who talk, we don't want leaders who work. And maybe that is the reason why decades after independence, we are still a third world nation...because a leader can only be as good as its citizens let him be.* __._,_.___ ------------------------------ Posted by: R Padmanabhan <[email protected]> *Rebuttals * On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Khalid Azam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 1. When anything good happened in India or in Gujarat when he was the > CM, Modi took all the credit regardless of whether any specific policy > implemented by him caused that good! So why the heartburn when the credit > for everything that fails in India goes to him. Manmohan and Congress never > took the credit for everything good that happened in India but the Bhakts > spared no stone unturned in assigning the blame for all the country's > failures on PM Singh and the ruling party. It is the *Bhakts *that set > this precedence, so now learn to live with it. > 2. "*A foreign born can never aspire to become the leader of the USA. > In India, we have had Sonia Gandhi reigning as the supreme leader for > decades*" - Seriously!! Who were the people at the forefront of > attacks against Sonia Gandhi when she won the election and was slated to > become the PM? Who raised citizenship issues and other complains and ran a > high pitched political campaign to ensure she doesn't become the PM? These > attacks barely disguised their communal hatred of Sonia for being a > Christian? These are the same Bhakts who are now somehow trying to hijack > the argument to show how India is tolerant! BTW: Except for the post of the > US President, all other posts, including the leader of the Party, can be > held by foreign born citizens. > 3. "*Nayantara Sehgal returned her Sahitya Akademi Award in support of > '...all dissenters who now live in fear and uncertainty.' She and others > who followed her have been lauded for taking a stance by many of my FB > friends. However, nobody questions why were the intellectuals silent when > the 1984 Sikh massacre or the 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Pandits took > place?*" > - These intellectuals, that the author aims to malign, were the only ones > who stood up and condemned the 1984 Sikh massacres. Nayantara Sehgal was > the vice president of PUCL when the 1984 anti-Sikh massacres happened. Her > organization was the first one that came out with a detailed report on the > violence in Delhi and Punjab. PUCL also did several reports on the plight > of Kashmiri Pandits. In contrast, the BJP and RSS leaders were hand in > glove with Congress when it came to attacking the Golden Temple. Advani was > seen taking out rallies to urge Indira Gandhi to attack the Golden Temple. > He has defended the Operation Blue Star in his book. See the following > links here > > <http://t.yesware.com/tt/fbbe765050921896f5a1dd17e6b90044add84c4b/6519ef7458ba808867b606eb7dc1bc44/2c9c464a6645f6a2605dc737c934d83d/www.thehindu.com/news/national/anger-at-advani-in-golden-temple/article2630664.ece>, > here > > <http://t.yesware.com/tt/fbbe765050921896f5a1dd17e6b90044add84c4b/6519ef7458ba808867b606eb7dc1bc44/fa47804fd0f8ee2dc44c089f8ea60e25/timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/BJP-equally-responsible-for-attack-on-Golden-Temple/articleshow/30016405.cms>and > here > > <http://t.yesware.com/tt/fbbe765050921896f5a1dd17e6b90044add84c4b/6519ef7458ba808867b606eb7dc1bc44/e7100c1c25e36ff86399618875c1aec4/www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140222/punjab.htm#4>..........and > Kashmiri Pandits? Haven't we had this discussion already on this forum? Why > were no Kashmiri Pandit refugees resettled back to the valley during the 5 > years of BJP rule under Vajpayee? and as for Modiji, *kya kehne*! > Instead of worrying about the return of Kashmiri Pandits back to the > valley, he has gone and formed a coalition with the separatists! The very > people who drove away the Kashmiri Pandits. Naturally, Modiji has refrained > from even bringing up the subject of Kashmiri Pandit resettlement in the 18 > months of his *Achche Din* administration! Bhakts need to stop being > automatons spouting the Sanghi propaganda and start asking these questions > for themselves! Simply blaming the Congress for the plight of Kashmiri > Pandits may be a good talking point, but if you really have any sympathy > for the Pandits, start asking the tough questions to Modi and the > BJP....but I doubt any Bhakt is interested in actually solving the problem > of Kashmiri Pandits. > 4. "*what the previous dispensations could not achieve in 60 years of > rule, Modi is expected to deliver in one year*." - Yes! Because Modi > promised the masses that he can do in one term what previous dispensations > could not do since the independence of India. Who made the rallying cry > that all that Congress did in the last 60 years was loot the country? Who > said that Achche Din will come once he is elected to power? and who made > the promise that Rs. 15 Lacs will be deposited in each citizens account > once all the black money is brought back to India? Who made the promise > that they will bring back all the black money as soon as they are elected > to power? Modi is being held to account for the promises he made to India. > If he promised India what he could not deliver, that's his stupidity! Can't > blame others for holding him accountable to his promises! > 5. "*Why blame Modi for everything -- like Dal prices*" -- Look at the > following video of Modi providing his "scientific analysis" > > <https://t.yesware.com/tt/fbbe765050921896f5a1dd17e6b90044add84c4b/6519ef7458ba808867b606eb7dc1bc44/0f1d03bc4c57e1c3b7cccb5c0c4cfab2/www.facebook.com/SusuSwamy/videos/1654396064818977/> > showing UPA's alleged incompetence in keeping tabs on *Daal *prices. > This was during the national election campaign. Since he came to power, > *Daal > *prices have tripled....yes tripled! What happened to his "scientific > analysis" that he so proudly boasted on national television. There is a > reason why he is called Feku! > 6. "*PM Modi is panned by intellectuals for not reining in his party > colleagues, but is he a dictator or a puppeteer? Each of these politicians > has their own support base and they will play to the gallery to further > their own political gains.*" - Yes, and it is unacceptable that you > have union ministers inducted into the BJP's National Executive Body who > openly call on "*digging out the graves of Muslim women and raping > them*" and "*converting mosques into slaughterhouses for pigs*" OR for > that matter have Union ministers who call non-BJP supporters as " > *Haramzadeh*" and characterize women as child production machines. > When the PM keeps silent at such utterances from his direct reports who are > union ministers, then it means that both the PM and his ministers have had > their upbringing in the gutter! If your union minister announces plans to > convert 4,000 Christians to Hinduism on Christmas day and you as the PM not > only remain silent to that but go a step further and have your ministers > announce the cancellation of the Christmas holiday, then expect the world > to call you an intolerant and divisive leader! > 7. "*Gen. (retd) V K Singh risked his own life to be at the forefront > of evacuation of 4000+ Indian from Yemen – most of them being Muslims. He > is possibly the only political leader who was physically present at a war > zone to oversee evacuation – yet he is portrayed as an intolerant leader > based on comments taken out of context.*" - First: Why are you trying > to underplay the fact that the government was praised across the board when > they launched the rescue operation in Yemen? Second: Muslims and Dalits are > two different communities. VK Singh was criticized for his shameless > comments on the death of two Dalit children who were burnt alive by upper > caste Hindus! Instead of showing empathy and sensitivity to the plight of > the Dalit victims, he went out and said "*The government is not > responsible whenever people throw stones at dogs*"! Rather than > criticizing such intolerable comments, the author wants us to remember "the > favors VK Singh did to Muslims" and completely ignore the insults he is > hurling at Dalits! The underlying psyche of the author is itself very > casteist! The attitude is one of "haven't we thrown some crumbs at you last > year, why are you still complaining"? > 8. "*True secular, nation loving intellectuals love to blast the > Government for all the ills in the country especially those involving > perceived 'minorities'. Despite concerted efforts at minority appeasement > by previous dispensations, if the minorities are still backwards, surely > one man cannot be blamed for it.*" -- Yes there is a systemic bias > across the board when it comes to minorities. This has been irrefutably > demonstrated by the Sachar report. Dalit seats have been reserved in Muslim > majority areas so as to undermine Muslim representation. Funds for > Educational infrastructure were systemically not given to those districts > in which substantial Muslim population was present. The acts of omission > and commission are too numerous to mention and are detailed in the report. > However, the difference between previous non-BJP govts and the BJP one is > that now we have a leader and Prime Minister who exhibits open animosity > against religious minorities and his formula for electoral success is to > scapegoat Muslims or engineer anti-minority "riots" as we have been seeing > for years in Gujarat, Muzaffarnagar etc. He is an unrepentant communialist. > That makes for all the difference and the heightened sense of alarm. > 9. "*Criticizing the government on social media is easy, it attracts > eyeballs and generates buzz. But it does not translate into nation > building. Nation building happens away from the glare of lights - it is > about villages getting connectivity through roads, it is about girls' > continuing education because their school now has a toilet, it is about the > India narrative changing from apologetic to one that is confident and > sure.*" > -- Let's start with girl's education, since coming to power, Modi > government reduced the budget for Women and Children's programs by 50% > > <http://t.yesware.com/tt/fbbe765050921896f5a1dd17e6b90044add84c4b/6519ef7458ba808867b606eb7dc1bc44/b0f8adadedc30c12929eacc5baa53834/www.firstpost.com/politics/after-50-fund-cut-maneka-gandhi-to-ask-jaitley-for-more-money-for-women-children-2164573.html>. > How does that advance a girl's education or nation building? How does > appointing an uneducated women as the HRD minister (to shape the > educational infrastructure of the country) help with nation building? How > does wearing a gold stripped suit worth hundreds of thousands of dollars > with your name embossed make for nation building? Lastly, the culture of > criticizing the Indian government was started first and foremost by RSS > and their cohorts like Anna Hazare > > <http://t.yesware.com/tt/fbbe765050921896f5a1dd17e6b90044add84c4b/6519ef7458ba808867b606eb7dc1bc44/d2b883c1d7d14bcaceb22ff303992feb/www.firstpost.com/politics/rss-urged-anna-hazare-to-start-anti-corruption-campaign-mohanrao-bhagwat-127877.html>. > Which set of people were busy making jokes on social media about Rahul > Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan SIngh? I remember Padmanabham himself > sending a few such jokes. So why complain now when Modi is at the receiving > end of the stick. You reap what you sow so stop complaining! > 10. 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