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SG was talking about PM Mr. Modi in his national interest column on Youtube, defining him aptly, ‘you get what you see’. The last decade, dominated and redefined by Modi’s leadership, one thing emerges starkly, he has empowered commoners, turned the seemingly most relevant to irrelevance and brought the seemingly non-core threads of religion in Indian democracy at the forefront.
His first term was marred intermittently with an uncanny consistency of an ‘award wapsi’. During the earlier central governments, mostly ruled by the Congress party, the awards used to be given to the chosen ones, often the ‘elites’ of the society, who made contributions in their own respective field of expertise. Modi made that entire class of ‘elite award winners” irrelevant by deep merit-based selection of deserving from the grassroot who always served their respective communities and delivered excellence in their field of expertise.
This method of Modi touched the grassroot and brought the commoners at the forefront whose contributions have impacted the society and India for the larger good in a selfless manner. It also turned the ‘elite awardees’ irrelevant and we hardly hear any award wapsi now.
Introduction of digital JAM trident ensured seamless and pilferage-proof delivery of social schemes to the deserving and entitled class eliminating the middle-man corruption. Thus, emphatically strengthened the perception of ‘corruption free governance’ by the BJP among the voters. This made the opposition’s consistent ranting about Modi-Adani bonhomie irrelevant, and voters did not buy it from the opposition’s prism. The ‘Hinddenberg’ could not impact beyond the stock market, thus neutralizing even the so-called Soros effect rendering Soros and likes irrelevant.
The welfare schemes like ‘Ujjawala’, awas yojana, ‘har ghar jal’, electrification and dream run on infrastructure etc, touched the genuinely needy at the grassroot commoner enhancing lives and livelihood. The infrastructure gave a boost to the economy on a consistent run earning tag of ‘bright spot’. The commoner’s lives are touched while driving on national highways or using railways. Thus, making the constant ranting about Modi’s failures irrelevant.
Abrogation of art 370 with an in-sync focus on administration and governance making the Kashmir sing the upbeat ‘Naya-Kashmir’. Eliminating Pakistan from Indian narratives turned the errant neighbour ‘irrelevant’ at the geopolitical and diplomatic transactions.
All the opposition parties have been putting up the farce façade of secularism. Modi, brought the religion bare-chested at the forefront and centrality of the nation, making people revolve around it. Thus, shifting the goalpost and making the farce façade of secularism ‘irrelevant’.
Isn’t it truly a new lesson in leadership regardless of the side you choose to be? Amidst all these changing goalposts, one thing has remained consistent, Modi has never taken his voters and nation lightly. In every election he and his team put up a fight as if ‘there is no tomorrow’ and this is the last election to fight tooth & nail. This consistency of energy, ideas, purpose, and single-minded persuasion is what makes him wear ‘who he is’ up his sleeves thumping 56 inches.
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