Rope-a-dope Modi VS Limp-wristed Left

Rope-a-dope was a technique perfected by boxing great Muhammad Ali who would stand against the ropes, which allows much of the opponent’s punch's energy to be absorbed by the ropes' elasticity rather than the his body. The opponent tires himself out after which Ali used his energy to beat his opponent.

The entire Congress machinery aided by the leftist media and NGOs used Godhra as a way to beat Modi for twelve years. Modi absorbed those punches using his performance in Gujarat as his protective ropes. He won three state elections in the interim. He used social media as counter punches with meticulous planning which in my opinion will become a case study for future politicians. Every move that he has made so far speaks of his political and organizational genius. The Indian political landscape which was in ruins thanks to a decade long inept BJP leadership and raping and pillaging of the land by Congress led UPA, now seems to be ready for a spring. Yes. Time has come for Modi, the Muhammad Ali of politics to wreak havoc on his political opponents.

We have written way too many times on this topic but after seeing Rajdeep Sardesai attack MJ Akbar and Akbar’s weak defense, I felt compelled to revisit the topic. Sardesai is a smart guy and knows that his (and his ilk’s) 12 year crusade against Narendra Modi lies in ruins. Akbar’s change of heart seems like the straw that broke the leftist’s back. Elitist snobs, who speak English fluently, wear fancy suits, drive around in German cars, attend Christmas masses without being of the faith, fancy themselves as the keepers of the Indian secularism, pretend to fight for the very man he adroitly exploits and treats everything Hindu and Indian as an invective finds himself outsmarted and completely defeated by a common Hindu conservative man, a real aam aadmi like Narendra Modi (NOT YOU Kejriwal! Modi is the real aam aadmi). That was the demeanor of Sardesai. I only wish Akbar had done a better job defending his stand. It is Akbar’s bad luck that he now realizes that the best hope for the country’s betterment lies with the kind of man he has deplored all his life and the kind of ideology he has berated. I really like MJ Akbar and enjoy his wisdom even though I may not agree with him all the time. He will bring a different point of view to the party which will be welcome in a party with real internal democracy.

The road to the present was not a smooth one and the road ahead promises to be bumpier. Having bested his enemies outside the part with his own brand of political rope-a-dope, Modi seems to be battling the enemies inside. The intrepid Madhu Kishwar claims that there exists a cabal within BJP which she calls the 160 club. As per her, this club is doing its best to restrict the number of seats won by the BJP to 160 which will enable the vultures within the party to step in and take over the reins. Efforts of this cabal (no need to name names because everyone knows who they are) are evident but seem to be failing. For a pugilist like Modi who has been battling his entire career, this cabal is the proverbial small potato.

One of the things that seem to be bothering a lot of BJP supporters (and rightly so) are the induction of erstwhile Modi baiters. However I am going to put that in the file called realpolitik. Due to pathetic leadership of the BJP in the last decade, the party was all but wiped out in a number of states. To win those states back, ugly choices had to be made. At the end of the day, I have to put my faith with a winner like Modi. Hopefully Baba Bholenath will protect him from Islamic terrorists and the voters will find it in their hearts to brave the elements and come out in large numbers to vote. We really are fighting for the future of the country. We can elect rope-a-dope Modi or any of the limp-wristed leftists. Speaking of leftists, please look at the picture above. Leaders are supposed to inspire. Does this guy look like he can inspire anyone?

Kejriwal Practices Al Taqiyya, Covers Virulent Agenda

Taqiyya is defined as follows by the Wikipedia

In Islam taqiyya is a form of religious dissimulation, or a legal dispensation whereby a believing individual can deny his faith or commit otherwise illegal or blasphemous acts while they are at risk of significant persecution.
This practice was emphasized in Shi'a Islam whereby adherents may conceal their religion when they are under threat, persecution, or compulsion.Taqiyya was developed to protect Shi'ites who were usually in minority and under pressure. The term taqiyya does not exist in Sunni jurisprudence. In the Sunni view, denying faith under duress is "only at most permitted and not under all circumstances obligatory". However, there are examples of practicing taqiyya among Sunnis where it was necessary.

In face of persecution and death, deception seems an acceptable form of strategy. However, since the concept has been incorporated in religion, it eventually gets used to mask human frailties, greed, expansionism (land and Islam) and worse. It is now believed people that Islamists lie and cheat to the Kafirs (non-believers) to spread their religion, carry out their Jihad and other activities using Taqiyya as an excuse. Why else would something initiated by the Shias become acceptable to the Sunnis?

Now why would Islamists practice Taqiyya? It could be that it suits their selfish reasons or that they have an agenda worth lying and cheating. Now a cult leader who has to brainwash followers would resort to his own brand of Taqiyya. These cult leaders honestly believe in their agenda and thus feel justified in lying and cheating. For them the all important end justifies any and every means.

One such cult leader is Arvind Kejriwal. Why am I calling him a cult leader? It is because if you talk to multiple AAP followers, they spout off exactly the same issues, theories and solutions. It is almost like there is a book somewhere or a grand priest (Arvind Kejriwal) who teaches them answers to political FAQs.

The most recent expose where Kejriwal is colluding with a pliant media person to “fix” and interview clearly shows that contempt he has for the middle class (ironically these are the people who voted for him in Delhi and now the country is paying for their sins). His numerous u-turns, double speak on free market; votebank politics (reaching out to some of the most virulent mullahs) betray a much deeper and a sinister agenda. You get a glimpse of this agenda when his minions talk about surrendering J&K or supporting the Maoists or known terrorists (like Afzal Guru). It is increasingly becoming clear to all but the cult followers that Kejriwal, the self professed anarchist, is a virulent communist for whom his vision of India has to be achieved no matter what the cost and sacrifice. The anti-corruption campaign is just a ruse which he stole from Anna Hazare. In fact everything about this man is a lie. A trivial example of his deception is that he lives in a house worth well over a crore and he wears a plastic sandal in winter. That is not simplicity; that is a carefully cultivated image (like Lalloo Yadav rustic haircut) to fool his cult followers. As the Urdu poet Abdullah Kamaal says in the following couplet:

mai.n ne apane chehare pe sab hunar sajaaye the

faash kar gayaa mujh ko saadaa pairahan meraa

[faash = reveal; pairahan = shirt / dress]

(Translation: I had decorated my face with an image which was betrayed by my simple shirt)

His latest stunt in Mumbai where his so called Aam Aadmi act brought a bustling Mumbai economy to a halt is another example of his reckless hypocrisy. The real aam aadmi is paying dearly for Arvind Kejriwal’s aam aadmi act.

SZ Ahmad in an article extolling Kejriwal says that Kejriwal is a true Muslim, that he has learnt everything from Islam, that he thanks Allah for blessings bestowed, that even though a Hindu, Kejriwal is a true Muslim. Whether I agree with anything that Ahmad says, I certainly agree with one thing. Kejriwal has picked up stuff from Quran i.e. Al Taqiyya. This man is going to lie and cheat to get what he wants. I don’t know about the positive stuff but Kejriwal has certainly picked that from Islam.

Delhi voters and the Indian media pimps have created a monster which cannot be contained anymore. It is also clear that his brain washed cult will swallow whatever he spits out. It is up to the rest of us to ensure that this man is denied the publicity he so craves and eventually consigned to the dustbin of history.

Every Indian who is not a politician or a babu wants corruption to be eradicated. You do not have to be an anarchist or a communist to be an anti corruption crusader. Even the worst of his detractors has not called Narendra Modi corrupt (except for High priest and Pope Kejriwal who is going around certifying various people and assessing development). Because of his personal integrity, people around Modi are forced to stay clean. That is the real solution to corruption.

I would not advice it but if you have to read it then SZ Ahmad’s article can be read at: 
http://muslimmirror.com/eng/kejriwal-a-hindu-by-faith-a-muslim-by-practice/

It Is Modi Versus Modi In 2014

My friend Swami told me about a town hall kind of meeting on Facebook which was hosted by Madhu Trehan. It turns out that Modi was to be THE guest but with the involvement of NDTV in the event, they tried to turn it into an American style meeting where all the aspirants for the top job answer similar questions and are judged by the voters. It is clear what Trehan and NDTV were looking at – an interview with Narendra Modi which would have been a coup of sorts, not to mention a TRP juggernaut with lots of advertisement money. The bigger question (for a Modi supporter like me) is what Modi gets out of it?

By appearing in this kind of a show, the participants try to show who the better candidate is. But for a clear cut front runner like Modi, this is a lose-lose proposition. Once on the show, he would be at the mercy of his enemies i.e. the media. He would not be able to walk off the interview (like he did with that jerk Thapar) without sounding petulant. On the interview he would have gone up against an upstart trouble maker like Kejriwal and a parolee like Lalloo Yadav (Thank you brother Shashi Shekhar). Does Modi need to prove that he is better than Kejriwal or Lalloo? Needless to say, I was very happy when Swami told me that Modi had withdrawn his name from this event.

But this raises a bigger question. Who is Modi running against? Why do the Indian media keep insisting that Kejriwal is a credible opponent to Modi or (miraculously) Rahul is more popular than Modi in TN even though the man is a walking disaster? They do so because the media needs to keep the drama alive and show that they are still relevant in this day and age of social media (where the candidate can directly connect with the voters – see our post http://thenethindu.blogspot.com/2014/02/narendra-modi-bypasses-media.html). What the media are really loath to admit is that Modi is running against himself. Now let us step back and examine the statement. We have two questions.

Who is Modi running against?

Who exactly has the power to stop Modi from becoming the PM?

As far as the first question goes, is it Rahul or Kejriwal or Mamata or Jayalalitha or Nitish or Mulayam or Lalloo? Even if you take the rigged pre-election polls with a fistful of salt, you can safely say that Rahul will NOT be the next PM. Now who else can lay claim to the top job. For that we will have to answer the second question. The only thing that stops Modi from becoming the PM is a hung parliament when one of the vulture-like politicians will swoop in by favorably positioning themselves. This is what Nitish, Jayalalitha and others are hoping. How can Modi stop that from happening? Effective campaigning is the key. Modi has honed this skill in the last three elections in Gujarat where he went up against a tsunami of negativity and still won. He has to be the most vetted politician on the earth so he has nothing to hide. All he needs to do is to connect with those voters who have either not heard about him or are reluctant to vote for him because he belongs to BJP (please read http://thenethindu.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-quandary-of-supporting-modi-but-not.html). From what we are seeing, the man is running an unprecedented campaign with targeted speeches and fantastic oratory. For a while it looked like his own partymen would impede his progress but he has since bested them. He now seems to be going from strength to strength. If he continues on this path then the figure of 272 can be achieved without making Faustian pacts. If he stumbles now or makes a bad decision then things can become uncertain. Only Modi can stop Modi. Yes it truly is Modi versus Modi in the next election.

BJP / NDA Need At Least 250 Seats

It is not enough to form the next government for BJP. They have to do so in a way that was much better than Atalji’s government. It was a motley crew or parties who used Atalji’s government like an ATM. Unscrupulous partners like Chandrababu Naidu (who abandoned BJP and now trying to worm his way back) held the central government at ransom. In a situation like that, most of the time and energy was spent keeping these disparate parties happy. Governance became a secondary issue. The nation can’t afford a repeat of that.

Akali Dal and Shiv Sena are ideological partners of the BJP and thus can always be counted on. Which why even after all the posturing, the three parties stood together once the campaign began. Now in an ideal world the BJP alone would cross the 272 mark because that would free up Bhai Narendra’s hands to implement his vision of India. That is why they are running the 272+ campaign. The seats brought in by SAD and SS would be added benefit. Next best thing would be that BJP+SAD+ exceed 272 since the other two are ideologically committed to the same goal. The aforementioned scenarios are desirable but difficult as of today’s date.

Even if you draw a fuzzy conclusion by the pre-election polls (which have been shown to be extremely compromised), the BJP+SAD+SS look to be hovering around 225. Even if you counted the TDP with 10 seats and LJP with 4 seats, we are still ways away from the goal. If this were the case in May then Modi will form the government but with the help of either Mamata Aapa (didi in Urdu) or Jaya Amma or both. This will be a repeat of Atalji’s government. These women are unpredictable and mercurial ergo disastrous for stability. What we need (if we absolutely have to) are people like Paswan and Naveen Patnaik whose greed for power makes them predictable and controllable or K Chandrasekhar Rao of Telangana Rashtra Samiti who would need constant help from the Central Government for the new state. These three will probably bring in close to 30 seats. Now if the BJP+SAD+SS get 250+ then we can have a stable government.

Therefore barring the ideal situation, the BJP+SAD+SS really need to hit the 250 mark. Seeing the way, Bhai Narendra Modi is campaigning, I have great hopes. His rallies and unfolding strategies in various states tell me that they are on top of all the issues which is a remarkable change from 2004 and 2009 when hope and entitlement were the BJP’s strategy. All we need is a good voter turnout.

The Quandary Of Supporting Modi But Not The BJP

One of the most confounding of the stats in these days of stat attacks is the high percentage of voters’ support for Narendra Modi and low support for the BJP in some states. In a presidential style of democracy it makes sense. However in a parliamentary system, it is impossible. Be that as it may, it certainly says a few things about the status quo. I will try collating my thoughts on the matter a way out of this.

1. The lack of support for the BJP even in the face of extreme anti incumbency tells you the abject lack of leadership in the BJP during the last ten years of LK Advani. His entire tenure was to let regional parties thrive under the assumption that they would come back the NDA fold when needed. He left the states to selfish and incompetent leaders in charge of states in exchange for their loyalty while he trying to position himself for the right place and right time.

2. Are the voters confused about our parliamentary system where you have to vote for the party to get the PM. A rather large number of polled voters support regional parties in the general election but want Modi as PM. Either they are confused about our system or their regional aspirations trump any national considerations. These voters are going to handicap the next government by denying a clear majority to a possible Modi government which would hamper implementation of decisions, tough or otherwise, essential for our future.

3. The solution to this quandary may lie in careful marketing. They need to see Narendra Modi in person on stage adorned by BJP paraphernalia, with local BJP leaders. This association may force the realization that the man and the party are inseparable even though he is running a presidential style campaign. With one moth remaining, this may be easier said than done. However, Modi and his team of brilliant organizers and campaigners have organized very large number of campaign rallies across the nation. It remains to be seen if the rallies of the past and future will any and all doubts about Modi and the party he belongs to.