Immense success coupled with long memory of Modi

Twenty years have passed since the Godhra train was burnt by communal elements and the subsequent communal riots. As per Supreme Court, certain people have wrongfully tried to indict Modi, the then CM of Gujarat.

Going by what I hear from people, Modi is making sure that these people are legally made answerable for their actions against him. Modi is famed for his long memory.

These people never expected (a) Modi would become a powerful politician subsequently (in fact, he went on to become a long-serving powerful PM); or (b) Modi will have a long memory.

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Example of fake propaganda against India by certain media powers

See this media post in the homepage of the highly popular CNN. The headline is blatantly false. The headline says that the Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi left BJP. That is not factually true. He remains within BJP and did not resign from the party. His Rajya Sabha term finished, the party took a decision to not to give him another term and thus he had to resign as a minister.

There are many such fake propaganda news articles that frequently get published in the Western media. Only a fool denies an agenda-driven operation behind this.

Note: This post is not in defence of any political party or any religion. This post is to throw light on the ongoing propaganda that is against Indian interests.

Lesser appetite for “anti-national” policies of political parties

As a country strengthens from a lower-income society to a middle-income society, the majority of its citizens gain confidence and become more nationalist. In the last few years, India is in this phase and will continue to be in this phase at least for the next two decades.

This basic point was missed by the Congress party as it scored many self-goals in the last 12 years (since the recovery from the 2009 downturn). For example, its self-goal by opposing the repeal of Article 370! Unless the Congress party tilts toward “nationalist-friendly” policies, there is little scope for its reemergence as a strong alternative to BJP.

I notice that even AAP and its leaders are making the mistake of tainting itself with many “anti-nationalistic” statements and steps. AAP should be careful and not repeat the mistake of the Congress party.

Biggest mistake Indian voters made since the start of covid-19 pandemic

The biggest mistake most of the Indian voters made since the start of the covid-19 pandemic (February 2020 to March 2021) is to not hold the state governments accountable for the poor health infrastructure in their states.

People failed to understand that health is a state subject for administration. People failed to realise that a state is responsible for oxygen availability, doctors, nurses, an ample number of hospital beds and the availability of basic medicines.

Just because covid pandemic is a national emergency does not mean that the Central government is responsible for everything. There are different types of emergencies and covid pandemic is a health emergency. While the Central government is responsible for certain tasks (such as restricting air travel, negotiating with vaccine manufacturers at scale for vaccine production, research, national policies, coordinating various tasks between states, etc), the states are responsible for the actual healthcare provided on-the-ground.

Unless people start holding various actors in the ecosystem accountable for their respective duties, the problems will persist.

Most of the efforts of almost all state governments (including that of the chief ministers, state health ministers, state health departments) have been subpar.