Unlike the Emergency, the processes of democracy have been left intact by Modi, preventing the opposition from highlighting the seriousness of the situation.
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I pity this mindset ‘Modi for all ills’ of these left-biased journalists. This is unlikely to change the thinking of people let alone provoke. To remove Modi as PM, you need to politically win against him. Currently, no one is anywhere near, as they all look for a shortcut win. This man was a grassroots worker for more than three decades and CM for more than a decade. He understands the pulse of people like no one in India does. On the contrary, the opposition is just full of power greedy leaders. While it is true that Indian democracy needs a strong opposition. But that needs to show some really attractive proposition to the majority of people (not to be confused with majoritarianism). The four attributes are a Relentless, Hardworking, Streetsmart Mass leader. Can’t see anyone emerging even for 2024 elections.
Apart from the Muslims, legal and illegal ones, who will never be happy till there is a Muslim rule in India, everyone else is happy. The slowdown in economy is an universal problem. Economy is shrinking everywhere. And Rahul Gandhi is a duffer. He has a brain of a monkey, sorry, donkey.
So funny. Blame Modi even for lack of
credible opposition leaders. Ask the dynasts instead. Many possibilities die due to lack of democracy in today’s opposing parties. And listen to Ra Ga, who cries foul on everything Modi says or does without doing proper analysis or research. Do you think people can ever accept him as a credible alternative?
Ha!! Ha!! For Jihadi @theprint & their authors, BJP rule with no emergency is worst than Indira Gandhi & congress dictatorship & democracy!! Search for the ERROR!!
1: The fact is PM’s Modi has highest approval rating which means more people like his work than people who does not like his work.
2: There is no strong opposition leader who know what they talking. ( Rahul Gandhi (I am not saying he is good or bad) it’s just that he is not politician. He is just enjoying hereditary job like it or not)
It’s also the responsibility of other political parties to do the same don’t you think ??
Therefore no opposition is able to ask right question or debate with PM Modi.
It makes PM Modi look like he suppressing everyone and doing whatever he wants do!
And thought like this makes people write such article.
@Ankitha and Asim – Nothing wrong with your opinion on this issue but the suggestion to you is to put more and more facts in front of us and let us make that opinion.
(You can ignore whatever I have said)
“The threat to democracy today is surely no less severe, in fact it’s probably more dangerous”…. care to elaborate on the entire premise of the article….. How is it worse than the emergency?
The articles written by Indian leftists here or in the International media on BJP or Hindus are very often devoid of any facts and usually based on propaganda, half truths or outright lies!!
Did the writers take a couple of pegs too many before writing this appalling gall? “The formal processes of a democracy have been left intact by the Modi government,…” this is colossal garbage! Both writers must either be living under a rock under the bottom of the Arabian Sea for the last six years or on the pay roll of this decadent government that supervises the deaths of poor labourers through poverty, hunger and the bloody pandemic. Print Editors hang yourselves!
This is so wrong :).. there is one fact that so many people just ignore – people ate in love with Mr. Modi. Till they do, neither correct analysis, nor any action plan would be possible for the opposition. I believe that until a new opposition which has a clear vision emerges, things arent going to change much..
POPULATION CONTROL measures were tried to be implemented during emergency and hence she lost so did the nation. If we want to be PROSPEROUS we must implement population control strictly . The country should declare POPULATION EXPLOSION EMERGENCY and implement measures to control it.
Even Indira Gandhi’s foes proved themselves men of straw and failed not only themselves but also the electorate who gave them a huge opportunity in 1977. In the ultimate analysis even JP was nothing more then a failed disruptor. Asked to take up responsibility by joining the Centre, his response was to run away. If he hadn’t run away from responsibility possibly India would be spared of dynastic rule and even the emergency and the degradation of public life. All it takes is for good people to do nothing do JP was no less culpable. Same as today’s opposition who have failed to provide an alternate vision. Constantly carping about the PM without providing any alternative is failure.
Comparing Modi administration with Indira’s Emergency puts off the readers instantly.
During Emergency, these 2 authors couldn’t have even written this article. Under Modi, media can vilify Modi day in and day out with full freedom.
It is fashionable in liberal circles to paint Modi as an autocrat like Indira Gandhi – the more the liberals do it, the more the public reject it as trash.
When opposition is for the sake of opposition. When opposition is carried out on Twitter. This is exactly what happens. When you hound folks for things that your did not hold others responsible, this is the end result. When you should from the pulpits of injustice when done by some and not by others, this is the end result.
Those that over exaggerated Gujarat riots calling it genocide. Those that are calling BJP fascist are not going to lead a relevant balanced opposition. The general population neither believes that the post Godhra, Gujarat riots were a genocide, nor does it think Modi was responsible. The evidence of the mandate is clearly indicates as much.
People such as Yogendra Yadav, that constantly harp against the BJP, are more ideological opponents. Their clamor falls on deaf ears. They do not come off as being balanced in opinion. They are just catering to their own echo chambers. They do not have an impact on changing the view of the general populace. Modi’s popularity will have to wane on his failings. So far the failures attributed to him, demonitization and economy have not registered. People like the author says are giving him a long leash.
The genocide which Hindus-tan witnessed was on Hindus done by Jihadis with Islamic terrorism!! WHY communist press like @Theprint & Hindu-stanis forget it is UN-unnderstandable & UN-pardonable!!
You answered the riddle with your first sentence itself: “Arun Jaitely, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nitish Kumar, Lalu Yadav, Sharad Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Ram Vilas Paswan, Sitaram Yechury, and Prakash Karat..”
The Yadavs used their new found power to launch family dynasties. Paswan blows with the wind.
Yechury/Karat used their new found power to relocate their kids to foreign lands.
And anyone remaining hitched their ride to the BJP!
Given the antecedents of such erstwhile Indira foes, who the heck would want to give up productive lives to take on Modi? It also proves that the economy of the 70s was so moribund and lacking in opportunity that crafty intelligent youngsters actually jumped into the opposition political space against Indira. Remember, there also wasnt the hurdle to join politics and toil in those days. Nowadays, one needs to have huge funding in crores to even think of this line of work..
Contemporary India is full of opportunity, any young bright mind would rather take his chances in private enterprise rather than toil against Modi.
The present status of India can best be described as “grin and bear it”. However, one should never lose hope and be optimistic about the sun that will definitely rise tomorrow. What tomorrow brings, nobody knows, though living under the thumb of the current dispensation has brought about nothing but misery for all Indians. The duo of Mr. Modi and Mr. Shah has been grossly ineffective in containing the various afflictions that our country is facing today, with special emphasis to be given to demonitisation and overnight GST implementation, the ghosts of which are still haunting the general public. A highly efficient team of bureaucrats, including Mr. Raghuram Rajan as Governor of RBI, that was serving the government was arbitrarily disbanded and in its place came a slew of officials from the Gujarat cadre, who were already pandering to Mr. Modi when he was CM of the state. Nothing can be expected from such sycophants. So, “grin and bear it.”
When the processes of democracy have been left intact by Modi, how can it prevent the opposition from highlighting the seriousness of the situation?
This obviously means there are no real issues just being noisy is not enough.
If the emergency gave political birth to one set of leaders
Modi to has given birth to a different set of leaders, starting with RaGa to Ghanshyam Tiwari, Akhilesh Yadav, the Younger clan of Lalu, the pro-Kashmir brigade, the Tukde Tukde lot, and all the spokesmen/ political analysts with the anti Modi anchors, there is no shortage of them. The problem is of depth of knowledge and quality compared to ones born during emergency
There is no point wringing hands about effective opposition leaders – leaders do not gain legitimacy in a few years – it may take a decade or more for the system to mature. Existing opposition leaders are having their credibility undermined by your own brethren in the press actively aided by the govt and indifferent attitude of the voting public who fail to understand the importance of keeping the ruling party on its toes by nurturing an effective opposition.
This is the age of Modi. The BJP-RSS system is at the zenith of its powers under Modi-Shah. Even glaring mistakes are successfully passed off as heroic deeds. He can do no wrong for now. But like the age of Dinosaurs, like the Mughal era, like Pax Britania, like Rajesh Khanna’s superstardom, like Sampras-Aggasi reign this too shall pass. Till then either bear the full brunt of being under the Modi sun (like Rahul Gandhi) or hide in the shade. (like the other 99% of opposition)
Are you sure indian junta is that gullible that they don’t know importance of opposition power? Was the upa 2 mired by all controversy kept on its toes by junta?
The average common man is way more smart than what the media , opposition try to project
And yup upa 2 passed away just like the dinosaur age and india survived that too.
Minor correction to first sentence.
Author is missing motive or big picture view as to why unlike Indira Gandhi declared emergency Modi’s undeclared emergency isn’t producing strong new foes.
I pity this mindset ‘Modi for all ills’ of these left-biased journalists. This is unlikely to change the thinking of people let alone provoke. To remove Modi as PM, you need to politically win against him. Currently, no one is anywhere near, as they all look for a shortcut win. This man was a grassroots worker for more than three decades and CM for more than a decade. He understands the pulse of people like no one in India does. On the contrary, the opposition is just full of power greedy leaders. While it is true that Indian democracy needs a strong opposition. But that needs to show some really attractive proposition to the majority of people (not to be confused with majoritarianism). The four attributes are a Relentless, Hardworking, Streetsmart Mass leader. Can’t see anyone emerging even for 2024 elections.
Apart from the Muslims, legal and illegal ones, who will never be happy till there is a Muslim rule in India, everyone else is happy. The slowdown in economy is an universal problem. Economy is shrinking everywhere. And Rahul Gandhi is a duffer. He has a brain of a monkey, sorry, donkey.
So funny. Blame Modi even for lack of
credible opposition leaders. Ask the dynasts instead. Many possibilities die due to lack of democracy in today’s opposing parties. And listen to Ra Ga, who cries foul on everything Modi says or does without doing proper analysis or research. Do you think people can ever accept him as a credible alternative?
Ha!! Ha!! For Jihadi @theprint & their authors, BJP rule with no emergency is worst than Indira Gandhi & congress dictatorship & democracy!! Search for the ERROR!!
Before I put my point forward,
1: The fact is PM’s Modi has highest approval rating which means more people like his work than people who does not like his work.
2: There is no strong opposition leader who know what they talking. ( Rahul Gandhi (I am not saying he is good or bad) it’s just that he is not politician. He is just enjoying hereditary job like it or not)
It’s also the responsibility of other political parties to do the same don’t you think ??
Therefore no opposition is able to ask right question or debate with PM Modi.
It makes PM Modi look like he suppressing everyone and doing whatever he wants do!
And thought like this makes people write such article.
@Ankitha and Asim – Nothing wrong with your opinion on this issue but the suggestion to you is to put more and more facts in front of us and let us make that opinion.
(You can ignore whatever I have said)
“The threat to democracy today is surely no less severe, in fact it’s probably more dangerous”…. care to elaborate on the entire premise of the article….. How is it worse than the emergency?
well said
The articles written by Indian leftists here or in the International media on BJP or Hindus are very often devoid of any facts and usually based on propaganda, half truths or outright lies!!
Did the writers take a couple of pegs too many before writing this appalling gall? “The formal processes of a democracy have been left intact by the Modi government,…” this is colossal garbage! Both writers must either be living under a rock under the bottom of the Arabian Sea for the last six years or on the pay roll of this decadent government that supervises the deaths of poor labourers through poverty, hunger and the bloody pandemic. Print Editors hang yourselves!
This is so wrong :).. there is one fact that so many people just ignore – people ate in love with Mr. Modi. Till they do, neither correct analysis, nor any action plan would be possible for the opposition. I believe that until a new opposition which has a clear vision emerges, things arent going to change much..
POPULATION CONTROL measures were tried to be implemented during emergency and hence she lost so did the nation. If we want to be PROSPEROUS we must implement population control strictly . The country should declare POPULATION EXPLOSION EMERGENCY and implement measures to control it.
Also very important is no big scam like happened during UPA tenure.
Even Indira Gandhi’s foes proved themselves men of straw and failed not only themselves but also the electorate who gave them a huge opportunity in 1977. In the ultimate analysis even JP was nothing more then a failed disruptor. Asked to take up responsibility by joining the Centre, his response was to run away. If he hadn’t run away from responsibility possibly India would be spared of dynastic rule and even the emergency and the degradation of public life. All it takes is for good people to do nothing do JP was no less culpable. Same as today’s opposition who have failed to provide an alternate vision. Constantly carping about the PM without providing any alternative is failure.
so JP was no less culpable
Comparing Modi administration with Indira’s Emergency puts off the readers instantly.
During Emergency, these 2 authors couldn’t have even written this article. Under Modi, media can vilify Modi day in and day out with full freedom.
It is fashionable in liberal circles to paint Modi as an autocrat like Indira Gandhi – the more the liberals do it, the more the public reject it as trash.
When opposition is for the sake of opposition. When opposition is carried out on Twitter. This is exactly what happens. When you hound folks for things that your did not hold others responsible, this is the end result. When you should from the pulpits of injustice when done by some and not by others, this is the end result.
Those that over exaggerated Gujarat riots calling it genocide. Those that are calling BJP fascist are not going to lead a relevant balanced opposition. The general population neither believes that the post Godhra, Gujarat riots were a genocide, nor does it think Modi was responsible. The evidence of the mandate is clearly indicates as much.
People such as Yogendra Yadav, that constantly harp against the BJP, are more ideological opponents. Their clamor falls on deaf ears. They do not come off as being balanced in opinion. They are just catering to their own echo chambers. They do not have an impact on changing the view of the general populace. Modi’s popularity will have to wane on his failings. So far the failures attributed to him, demonitization and economy have not registered. People like the author says are giving him a long leash.
The genocide which Hindus-tan witnessed was on Hindus done by Jihadis with Islamic terrorism!! WHY communist press like @Theprint & Hindu-stanis forget it is UN-unnderstandable & UN-pardonable!!
You answered the riddle with your first sentence itself: “Arun Jaitely, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nitish Kumar, Lalu Yadav, Sharad Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Ram Vilas Paswan, Sitaram Yechury, and Prakash Karat..”
The Yadavs used their new found power to launch family dynasties. Paswan blows with the wind.
Yechury/Karat used their new found power to relocate their kids to foreign lands.
And anyone remaining hitched their ride to the BJP!
Given the antecedents of such erstwhile Indira foes, who the heck would want to give up productive lives to take on Modi? It also proves that the economy of the 70s was so moribund and lacking in opportunity that crafty intelligent youngsters actually jumped into the opposition political space against Indira. Remember, there also wasnt the hurdle to join politics and toil in those days. Nowadays, one needs to have huge funding in crores to even think of this line of work..
Contemporary India is full of opportunity, any young bright mind would rather take his chances in private enterprise rather than toil against Modi.
The present status of India can best be described as “grin and bear it”. However, one should never lose hope and be optimistic about the sun that will definitely rise tomorrow. What tomorrow brings, nobody knows, though living under the thumb of the current dispensation has brought about nothing but misery for all Indians. The duo of Mr. Modi and Mr. Shah has been grossly ineffective in containing the various afflictions that our country is facing today, with special emphasis to be given to demonitisation and overnight GST implementation, the ghosts of which are still haunting the general public. A highly efficient team of bureaucrats, including Mr. Raghuram Rajan as Governor of RBI, that was serving the government was arbitrarily disbanded and in its place came a slew of officials from the Gujarat cadre, who were already pandering to Mr. Modi when he was CM of the state. Nothing can be expected from such sycophants. So, “grin and bear it.”
When the processes of democracy have been left intact by Modi, how can it prevent the opposition from highlighting the seriousness of the situation?
This obviously means there are no real issues just being noisy is not enough.
If the emergency gave political birth to one set of leaders
Modi to has given birth to a different set of leaders, starting with RaGa to Ghanshyam Tiwari, Akhilesh Yadav, the Younger clan of Lalu, the pro-Kashmir brigade, the Tukde Tukde lot, and all the spokesmen/ political analysts with the anti Modi anchors, there is no shortage of them. The problem is of depth of knowledge and quality compared to ones born during emergency
There is no point wringing hands about effective opposition leaders – leaders do not gain legitimacy in a few years – it may take a decade or more for the system to mature. Existing opposition leaders are having their credibility undermined by your own brethren in the press actively aided by the govt and indifferent attitude of the voting public who fail to understand the importance of keeping the ruling party on its toes by nurturing an effective opposition.
This is the age of Modi. The BJP-RSS system is at the zenith of its powers under Modi-Shah. Even glaring mistakes are successfully passed off as heroic deeds. He can do no wrong for now. But like the age of Dinosaurs, like the Mughal era, like Pax Britania, like Rajesh Khanna’s superstardom, like Sampras-Aggasi reign this too shall pass. Till then either bear the full brunt of being under the Modi sun (like Rahul Gandhi) or hide in the shade. (like the other 99% of opposition)
Are you sure indian junta is that gullible that they don’t know importance of opposition power? Was the upa 2 mired by all controversy kept on its toes by junta?
The average common man is way more smart than what the media , opposition try to project
And yup upa 2 passed away just like the dinosaur age and india survived that too.
Minor correction to first sentence.
Author is missing motive or big picture view as to why unlike Indira Gandhi declared emergency Modi’s undeclared emergency isn’t producing strong new foes.