Sreenivasan Jain of the ndtv says it for me: Modi, they said (they being sangh parivar workers), was the only one who understood the pain of Hindus and could remedy it. I recall this encounter every time I read a lament from this regimes cheerleaders, some of whom have taken to complaining about how Hindutva extremist views (and agendas) threaten to dent a mandate built solely around the BJPs assertion of - and voters demands for - better governance. Which is obviously not to deny the possibility that there may have been many, many Indians who voted for the BJP because they saw Modi solely as an effective administrator (or simply because they wanted a change of regime). But it is safe to say that the RSS unprecedented participation in the BJPs campaign was not driven solely by excitement over the high rate of MoUs signed during Vibrant Gujarat Summits. It is equally safe to say - contrary to the (faux?) surprise of some of his recent admirers - that it is for these very reasons that the Sangh believes the verdict of 2014, unlike 1999, is a mandate not only for better delivery of bijli-sadak-paani but also for the closest approximation of the fantasy of Hindu Rashtra.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 03:35:57 +0000
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