How Modi Let Down India In Just One Year

[ashok mourya]

Its interesting that the Hindus of India like to push their agenda on to muslims. They are always saying Muslims came out and voted for modi and were vehemently supporting the BJP with its ugly links with terror group RSS which is actually untrue. We muslims consider modi one of the prime architects of the Gujarat riots and generally do not vote for the said person.

His party has committed genocide and is intent on eliminating Islamic interests. We muslims must look to Pakistan for help as it is the only country that can come to our aid when such genocides are conducted, with tacit support from the state or ruling government.

Lol ,we know how Pakistan comes to help fellow Muslims whether in Bangladesh ,Palestine,CAR ........

 

[jamahir]

He is rambling

no, i am shouting in a most saddened way,

about dead "Tea planters" in glorious communist state of West Bengal, due to closure of Tea gardens.

why do you lie??

it is "trinamul congress" that has been ruling wb since 2011 and the article is from september 2014... if the communist party mismanaged what did tmc do and what did modi do about since he became prime minister... or like tta milspec sahaab, will you also say that modi has other things to do??

Bengal's chief minister has asked the national government to take over closed estates using legislation that allows the seizure of unproductive plantations. M.D. Rizwan, the joint labor commissioner for West Bengal, said the regional government is also urgently negotiating to reopen the estates.

Attempts to contact Bundapani's owner, Rakesh Srivastava, and the owners of the other closed tea plantations were unsuccessful. Lawyers for Srivastava also refused to comment.

Bakshi, the retired clerk, said all the workers can do is wait.

article source - Death, hunger stalk Indian tea-estate workers

Its interesting that the Hindus of India like to push their agenda on to muslims.

there are many hindus who actively and ideologically oppose rss.

the BJP with its ugly links with terror group RSS

the measure for "terror group" for hypernationalist indians seems to be western governments, especially usa government... and these governments see benefit in indulging the anti-human fantasies of rss.

i have before posted how during india's freedom struggle, the poster boy of rss, "veer" savarkar, sought to collaborate with the british governance in india and against the actual freedom strugglers.

it is utterly shameful that a large section of indian media didn't show some indian emigrants in new york holding posters and banners opposing modi when modi visited wall street, new york, in 2014... this media was busy talking how journalist rajdeep sardesai was resoundingly beaten in wall street area by the patriotic admirers of modi.

 

[MilSpec]

the leader must guide the outcomes or step down or be removed.



surely you are joking !!!

i don't care if indian army has no more bullets or shells... i want no indian to die of hunger or be "honor" killed or suicide for economic/social reasons or be killed by dogs... there is no point in retaining the world's biggest armaments importing military if internally the citizens keep suiciding or dying slowly or are killed.

what kind of callous person are you??

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@WebMaster @Horus

please review your assignation of "think tank" statuses... fine, you didn't assign one to me but doesn't mean it can be assigned to just about anyone.

Just wow, Where was your concern for Indians during the UPA regime's massive corruption, and policy inaction. You conveniently ignore the the dictator you tout a role model who has actively fueled actions against India, and then show your tears for Indians , and with such narrative you claim I am callous. I did not make an personal comments on you, I would appreciate reciprocity.

As I said I was not aware of the tea plantation issue. My focus on the governments function is focused as I clearly mentioned on a defence issues ON A DEFENCE forum. I am honest with my focus on evaluation, but it seems you cannot digest that...

I am not a think tank on a social forum, to discuss social policies. My comment was clearly directed one, if you are capable of discussing failures of the government on the policy matters, you are more than welcome to discus that, if you want to discuss every event of that happens to the 1/6th population of the world, please find some one else to engage with you.

some civility in the discourse will be appreciated.

regards

 

[egodoc222]

Look am no Congress fan , but compared to modi they are light years ahead.

See I'm no fan of modi!!! But I would choose modi as pm to any kangras goon on any day!!

 

[45'22']

Its interesting that the Hindus of India like to push their agenda on to muslims. They are always saying Muslims came out and voted for modi and were vehemently supporting the BJP with its ugly links with terror group RSS which is actually untrue. We muslims consider modi one of the prime architects of the Gujarat riots and generally do not vote for the said person.

His party has committed genocide and is intent on eliminating Islamic interests. We muslims must look to Pakistan for help as it is the only country that can come to our aid when such genocides are conducted, with tacit support from the state or ruling government.

RSS isn't a terror group
It is equivalent to Hafeez Saeed minus the terrorist funding/training
RSS have been behaving more like Lal Topi lately

 

[45'22']

This article is biased and shows no facts....
if you gotta prove something then prove it with numbers....
for ex ...compare the core sector growth rate,number of Jobs,investment numbers etc etc

The article is good from a political perspective but is amateurish when we are comparing something

Narendra Modi rode a rhapsodic wave to 7 Race Course Road amidst frenzied BJP supporters, media calisthenics, promotional blitz and mind-boggling promises of acchhe din. Twelve months later, it is established that Modi has no magic wand. Or a unique panacea for India's diverse challenges. In fact, he has come up woefully short. Despite being a Congress spokesperson, I shall attempt to be dispassionate and prejudice-free in this brief synopsis of a year that was annus horribilis for us.

Modi's only positive accomplishment was that he, at least temporarily, revived national sentiment on India, which paradoxically enough, was relentlessly smothered, slaughtered and singed by the BJP itself. But a painstaking analysis demonstrates that Modi remained in campaign mode and orchestrated atmospherics like the Madison Square Garden show dominated the rock-star politician's agenda. The actual performance though remained sub-par.

"Modi's economy was sluggish and slothful, with all crucial economic indicators such as job accretion, core sector growth, merchandise exports and agricultural productivity languishing."

The institutionalisation of the RSS was formalized - its chief got official government approbation by being allowed broadcast his Hindutva philosophy on the state-run Doordarshan. Modi promptly tweeted his earnest endorsement of Mohan Bhagwat's speech. Expectedly, what followed were inflammatory outbursts from the likes of Sakshi Maharaj, Yogi Adityanath and Giriraj Singh. Ghar Wapsi, Love Jihad, unheard of sectarian templates suddenly overwhelmed political discourse. Meanwhile, the RSS has imperceptibly penetrated some crucial institutions of India, like education. It hardly portends well. Hate-spewing voices like Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and Sadhvi Prachi gained prominence. Modi, a past-master at running with the hares and hunting with the hounds, found that his political stratagem had backfired. By the end of a year, people were asking probing questions. Modi's convenient silence followed by a self-righteous tweet seemed trite.

Church attacks continued unabated, getting ex-top cop Julio Ribeiro to ruefully question his status as an Indian citizen. Earlier, just before he returned home after Modi's bear-hugs and riveting tales of his crocodile conquests following India's Republic day, US President Barack Obama remained circumspect about India's secular credentials -- if Mahatma Gandhi was alive, he would be stunned to see Indian society rising communal intolerance.

The BJP/RSS have a pathological antipathy towards India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and it shows - from renaming schemes earlier named after him, to repeated attempts to mortify the world statesman. It reached a nadir when personal equations between him and Sardar Patel and Netaji SC Bose were distorted mischievously through selective leaks.


Despite some heaven-sent economic tailwinds that had crude oil prices slump to below 50% of the levels prevalent during the UPA, Modi's economy was sluggish and slothful, with all crucial economic indicators such as job accretion, core sector growth, merchandise exports and agricultural productivity languishing. Despite massive ad spends for government branding of popular schemes (erstwhile UPA launches), there was little incremental momentum. Make in India, Digital India, Swachh Bharat, Jan Dhan Yojana etc remained just seductive slogans. Modi was peripatetic, a constant globetrotter but with nothing to show but his rock-star image, particularly to NRIs. India's economic performance has been unimpressive, despite GDP growth projected at 7.5%. Irrational obstinacy in the Land Bill by a recalcitrant Modi has led to increasing farmer resistance, and Gajendra Rajput's death in scorching heat in Delhi was a macabre exhibition of farmer angst.

"Modi's arrogance can be best seen in his Scarlett O'Hara attitude, with the ordinance route employed flagrantly."

Modi's arrogance can be best seen in his Scarlett O'Hara attitude, with the ordinance route employed flagrantly. But the opposition was resolute in its defiance of anti-poor legislative amendments being hurriedly pushed through. Arun Jaitley, who masterminded the parliamentary gridlock during UPA-II that held back crucial bills, now appeared distraught. No one was convinced. The BJP is like a Robin Hood gone rogue; it has slashed social sector allocations on public health, delayed MNREGA payments, allowed the Food Security Act to remain comatose and mocked at farmer-friendly provisions in the Land Ordinance. The poor are understandably disillusioned, and even the middle-class are feeling short-charged.

The promise to recover black money within 100 days was revealed to be mere electoral rhetoric by Amit Shah. It was the perfect example of the BJP's sleight of hand.

Foreign policy remained muddled, even as traditional adversaries Pakistan and China seem to be drawing even closer by sharing strategic military and economic corridors (USD 46 billion investments) on crucial geographical terrain sensitive to Indian borders. And non-state actors given polite patronage by the Pakistan establishment looked increasingly hostile. The bravado on capturing dreaded don Dawood Ibrahim has only caused acute embarrassment.

Opaqueness ruled as the RTI appears to be sidelined. And the Lokpal, an independent CBI, and related anti-corruption infrastructure bills remained in cold storage. For its political satire and self-deprecating humour, the AIB Roast found itself instead being targeted. In Maharashtra, the beef ban was symptomatic of religious polarisation getting whole-hearted encouragement.

The Delhi elections results manifested the middle-class's disillusionment with Modi. But it is the politically opportunistic alliance with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir that has raised serious concerns on India's national security.

"They say a week is a long time in politics. A year, as Modi is probably discovering, is eternity. India is waiting. And is getting increasingly impatient."

Modi has even tarred NGOs, such as Greenpeace and those funded by the Ford Foundation, with the brush of suspicion. The government has looked waspish, exasperated with jholawalla activists. They apparently pose mountainous threats to India's growth model. It sounded peevish and puerile and reeked of political insecurity.

The media has been generally indulgent of Modi, barring the occasional castigation. This after Modi contemptuously dismissed them as news traders ("bazaru"). With General VK Singh branding the media as "presstitutes", one expected Modi to do some damage control. Instead, he sounds embittered, sulking at their reluctance to appreciate his government.

Frankly, Modi's honeymoon is over and the signs of disenchantment are clear. The party's spokespersons have a standard answer for every question: "development" and a reminder of their brute force in Parliament.

Returning rejuvenated from a brief sabbatical, Rahul Gandhi made a straightforward but bodacious attack: "Modi's is a suit-boot ki Sarkar, it exists primarily for crony-capitalism". He found innumerable takers, given Modi's brazenly demonstrated public proximity to his select favourites, who look equally thrilled to be in exotic foreign locations with their generous host.

As a Congressman, nothing lacerates my sensibilities more than when Modi talks of a "Congress Mukt Bharat". It was the successful fight for Indian Independence in 1947 which ended European domination. The simultaneous Chinese Revolution of 1949 led to an Asian resurgence and the rise of two superpowers-driven bipolarity in the Soviet Union and USA. Modi and the BJP do not seem to know that the Congress-led freedom movement changed world history. He can do nothing to change that. Nothing.

They say a week is a long time in politics. A year, as Modi is probably discovering, is eternity. India is waiting. And is getting increasingly impatient.

How Modi Let Down India In Just One Year | Sanjay Jha

 

[doublemaster]

What else you expect from a congress party spokes person

Take this dude, this is from your own.....Aunty...

Modi is like a new bride refashioning herself for a wealthy sasural, says Madhu Kishwar
Modi is like a new bride refashioning herself for a wealthy sasural, says Madhu Kishwar

Callin me a bhakt? wow. You can go ahead and check my posts.

I have not been a big supporter of any political party, I will advocate for the narrative that I think is correct. I live in US and from the limited information I get to gauge in areas of my interests, Modi government is doing better than the spineless congress government did in the last 10 years, especially the last seven years.

yes lol for this congress bot called Sanjay Jha, because I have seen quite a few interviews of him as a spokesperson of Gandhi Parrivar. To me his narrative is irrelevant, let me see his courage to speak up against the nasty dynasty rule in congress, then surely will take him seriously.

He is congress spokesperson. Thats his job dude. You are expecting Modi to speak against his own party? Or any BJP spokespersons, Despite so many U-TUrns?

 

[Levina]

the banning of "india's daughter".

This was necessary.

modi had become popular among a big mass and could have easily turned this mass into world-respected progressives... he could solved traffic problems ( like by banning two wheelers and enlarging public transport ) to the bigger things like getting microprocessor and spaceship designed in india by people not from the industry but through open programs open to all citizens.

Banning two-wheelers???
Are you sure??
Some years ago I'd done a traffic survey in a city, and the most common mode of transport was 2-wheelers (no surprise there!). You cant put a cart before the horse, similarly the government 'll have to first work on expanding the public transport and then reduce the dependence on 2-wheelers/ cars etc. And its next to impossible to ban a mode of transport used by every other Indian.

his "make in india" is of course a upa government program that he adopted without acknowledging, and his version is vague.

Not a biggie!
Every government does that.
Modi's government was smart enough to use the social networking sites to its advantage. UPA could've done it , but they did not. And that's their loss!

he could have exhorted indian youngsters to drop out of colleges and turn india into a start-up nation, rather than the 68 year old line of wage-slaves.

Dropping out of colleges??
You gotta be kidding me.
I don't see every college drop out turning into a Bill gates and Sachin Tendulkar. Dropping out is never the solution!
Instead we can reform our education system by making it more practical based (rather than theory based).

he could have been a real world statesman, not by shaking hands with western bloc leaders, but by turning 180 degree from his party's line and embracing the eastern bloc... he could have stood in the respectable line of recent great speakers in the uno like muammar gaddafi and hugo chavez.

he could... he could have done many things but did not or could not... all air and no substance.

his recent launching of so-called "social security" is the minutest nick off socialist welfare society without him or his party even acknowledging that fact.

what do you say, @The_Showstopper , @takeiteasy , @jbgt90 , @Joe Shearer , @levina , @Aamna Ali , @Razia Sultana , @Jobless Jack ??

Let's stop being a pessimist.
Look around!
Modi has given us a sense of pride, Indians take pride in their culture and heritage. The Hindus who suffered a minority syndrome don't feel oppressed anymore.
One of the biggest change that I see is among the beurocrats, they 've become more responsible.

 

[magudi]

Modi has given us a sense of pride, Indians take pride in their culture and heritage. The Hindus who suffered a minority syndrome don't feel oppressed anymore.

@jamahir bhai - see yet again i stand vindicated!
For long i've been striving to expose this very reason behind blind Modi worship - minority phobia.They will all hide behind their callous reasoning to justify Modi's designs but as in this case how @levina ji has exposed herself their only driving force is Hindutva! I am appalled at the sad state of affairs of our nation ,which once was envisaged by its founding fathers to be a 'participatory democracy' has surrendered itself into blatant iresponsible and heartless Majoritarianism

 

[PlanetWarrior]

Its interesting that the Hindus of India like to push their agenda on to muslims. They are always saying Muslims came out and voted for modi and were vehemently supporting the BJP with its ugly links with terror group RSS which is actually untrue. We muslims consider modi one of the prime architects of the Gujarat riots and generally do not vote for the said person.

His party has committed genocide and is intent on eliminating Islamic interests. We muslims must look to Pakistan for help as it is the only country that can come to our aid when such genocides are conducted, with tacit support from the state or ruling government.

The Muslims whom I associate with in New Delhi are rather condescending towards Pakistan and I am way too embarrassed to quote some of the terms they utter when it does come to any discussion on Pakistan. Then again, they aren't those fanatical blinded Muslims who see everything revolving around some misconceived Ummah concept. They are realistic and have worked hard to establish and live a good lifestyle in India. Don't be misled by Jamahir and his type into believing that they represent the average Indian Muslim. In fact I would challenge you to come to New Delhi and make that speech which you posted at one of our local Masjids. You can be rest assured that you would have to flee back to Pakistan on your foot minus your trousers

 

[jamahir]

@jamahir bhai - see yet again i stand vindicated!
For long i've been striving to expose this very reason behind blind Modi worship - minority phobia.They will all hide behind their callous reasoning to justify Modi's designs but as in this case how
@levina ji has exposed herself their only driving force is Hindutva!

i am surprised at seeing levina of all people writing such things... but maybe it is the "expatriate indian syndrome", hyper-nationalistic zeal overlooking real problems and injustices.

I am appalled at the sad state of affairs of our nation ,which once was envisaged by its founding fathers to be a 'participatory democracy' has surrendered itself into blatant iresponsible and heartless Majoritarianism

i will support and work ( though not technically join ) with the group/movement that yogendra yadav and prashant bhushan are working to initiate... they seem to be wanting back to the direct-democracy/participartory-democracy roots that aap started with... i see aap confused and tangled at this moment and not wanting to listen to reason and wanting to stay within the bounds of the traditional indian political system rather than go forward with "swaraj".

 

[haviZsultan]

The Muslims whom I associate with in New Delhi are rather condescending towards Pakistan and I am way too embarrassed to quote some of the terms they utter when it does come to any discussion on Pakistan. Then again, they aren't those fanatical blinded Muslims who see everything revolving around some misconceived Ummah concept. They are realistic and have worked hard to establish and live a good lifestyle in India. Don't be misled by Jamahir and his type into believing that they represent the average Indian Muslim. In fact I would challenge you to come to New Delhi and make that speech which you posted at one of our local Masjids. You can be rest assured that you would have to flee back to Pakistan on your foot minus your trousers

Some of our people have bowed down before India. I believe it could and should have happened earlier as the muslims left there were constantly under India's sphere of influence. My father and mother, both born in Lucknow however did not fall to it. My grand father always supported Pakistan even though he stayed on in Lucknow. These kinds of muslims will never surrender to India. We have a distinct culture and our rights have indeed been taken by hindutvadis. Simple example. The land taken in 1947 by Hindutva mobs which belonged to us has still not been returned.

 

[gslv]

This was necessary.


Banning two-wheelers???
Are you sure??
Some years ago I'd done a traffic survey in a city, and the most common mode of transport was 2-wheelers (no surprise there!). You cant put a cart before the horse, similarly the government 'll have to first work on expanding the public transport and then reduce the dependence on 2-wheelers/ cars etc. And its next to impossible to ban a mode of transport used by every other Indian.




Not a biggie!
Every government does that.
Modi's government was smart enough to use the social networking sites to its advantage. UPA could've done it , but they did not. And that's their loss!


Dropping out of colleges??
You gotta be kidding me.
I don't see every college drop out turning into a Bill gates and Sachin Tendulkar. Dropping out is never the solution!
Instead we can reform our education system by making it more practical based (rather than theory based).



Let's stop being a pessimist.
Look around!
Modi has given us a sense of pride, Indians take pride in their culture and heritage. The Hindus who suffered a minority syndrome don't feel oppressed anymore.
One of the biggest change that I see is among the beurocrats, they 've become more responsible.

you must know you are arguing against a wall. last time when i posted news of insurance cover of 2 lakhs for accident inaugurated by modi and to my wonder he argued that modi should be able to decrease all accidents to zero .i fell from my chair reading this.

 

[JanjaWeed]

wow... life was much better a year ago! Modi has really let down India by not allowing humongous scams, not allowing growth & economy stay stagnant.. & by bringing quite a few pro-poor schemes! Yup.. it really sucks! Bring back Gandhis.. & let's continue with the glorious legacy of past 60 odd years!

 

[jamahir]

This was necessary.

but why??

and should these two ladies from bombay be banned or arrested or hounded too because they question "the world's biggest democracy"...

you must know you are arguing against a wall. last time when i posted news of insurance cover of 2 lakhs for accident inaugurated by modi and to my wonder he argued that modi should be able to decrease all accidents to zero .i fell from my chair reading this.

Banning two-wheelers???
Are you sure??
Some years ago I'd done a traffic survey in a city, and the most common mode of transport was 2-wheelers (no surprise there!).

indeed, no surprises... about three years ago, i was in a autorickshaw at a traffic signal at maybe 8 o'clock in the night... all around me were only only motorcycles... must have been 50 of them... i thought there must be a motorcycle rally, but these people were not wearing rally clothes or keeping rally flags... this was obscene, a sea of motorycles.

two-wheelers, especially especially motorcyles, keep a person in poverty and increase criminality in society, other than leading to noise and chaos... i had written a long post some months back on this.

You cant put a cart before the horse, similarly the government 'll have to first work on expanding the public transport and then reduce the dependence on 2-wheelers/ cars etc.

will the bjp government's vague "smart city project" cities have no motorcyles and dogs?? this is a simple question i make, yes??

and why didn't modi make a speech ( the supposed "great orator" that he is ) declaring a start with banning motorcycle advertisements on tv and internet?? would have been the most simple start.

you must know you are arguing against a wall. last time when i posted news of insurance cover of 2 lakhs for accident inaugurated by modi and to my wonder he argued that modi should be able to decrease all accidents to zero .i fell from my chair reading this.

And its next to impossible to ban a mode of transport used by every other Indian.

so is bank loans for "higher education" etc taken on interest... doesn't mean interest-based economy should have been allowed these 68 years.

with the indian traffic chaos as below, a clean-slate approach is the only common sense solution...

probably the ugliest roads in the world, not only the vehicles but the colors and the surroundings... a complete change is needed.

Not a biggie!
Every government does that.
Modi's government was smart enough to use the social networking sites to its advantage. UPA could've done it , but they did not. And that's their loss!

so how is bjp "different", as they used to say in 1998??

besides, there was mostly congress/upa governments at the center, so we cannot have the argument of "every government does that".

Dropping out of colleges??
You gotta be kidding me.
I don't see every college drop out turning into a Bill gates and Sachin Tendulkar. Dropping out is never the solution!

Instead we can reform our education system by making it more practical based (rather than theory based).

reform of education system, yes... but then we will be talking about entirely replacing the current system... in 2012, i and a co-activist had been working on the structure of a scientific education system ( with socialist basis ) so i know all about this... and "theory" is important but the detail is in what theories lead to scientific development of the person and society, and what theories lead to regressive-ness, stagnation and retardation.

what i was talking about was the current indian education which is built mostly ( except medical studies ) towards getting a person into jobs ( wage-slavery ) and the subsequent multi-generation middle-class poverty and the injustices and wrongs it creates locally and continues globally... with such a system, dropping-out is best, for not only it gives the person impetus to explore the real world but gives the person a individual personality.

but if they cannot make the courage to drop-out of colleges and jobs, how do you expect them to bring solutions to humanity and stop being parasites??

below is infosys's mysore building... a huge campus with thousands of infosys employees coming there to "learn"... one joins infosys by not dropping-out of college or school... now, what has this big campus given to the world except coolies??

i make fair points, yes??

Let's stop being a pessimist.

no, i was merely identifying the various problems in india... and i most humbly make recommendations too, to resolve those... how is that pessimism??

Look around!
Modi has given us a sense of pride,

how??

Indians take pride in their culture and heritage.

modi, the prime minister, declaring that "ancient indians" had in-vitro human birth technology and his minister saying ( or perhaps modi ) that "ancient indians" built the first motor vehicle... are those declarations to be taken as matter of pride in culture and heritage??