The results of the Elections in Delhi are out. The Bollywood Actor Anupam Kher, now a prominent member of BJP should deliver to Modi-Shah duo his famous dialogue playing the role of Dr. Dang from the movie KARMA, "IS THAPPAD KI GOONJ SUNI TUMNE" (Did you hear the reverberation of this slap) ?
The outcome of the Delhi Elections is a much needed slap on the face of BJP and a well deserved one. Hope the leadership of the party smell the coffee and wake up, focus on more pertinent issues like economy rather than waste time on issues which are hardly urgent and polarizing people
Voters are the King in a democracy. Delhi voters are smart lot. Those BJP folks now accusing the city-zens of national capital as MUFTKHOR (Suckers for Freebies) for voting AAP, should remember that BJP made a clean sweep of Metro in Lok Sabha Elections held last May. They never complained at that time. Now, in 8 months or so the Delhites became Freeloaders ! Hypocrisy galore.
It is not uncommon for voters to choose separate parties in Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections. We must respect the choice of electorates. Those who blame the Delhi voters being suckers for freebies, should remember that the same suckers for freebies voted for Modi in 2019.
This leaves only 3 of the current breed of opposition leaders who have been reelected inside BJP's second term. They are Kejriwal, Mamata and our own Naveen Patnaik (who I believe keeps a low profile and is soft on BJP at center) aren't politicians at national level. These leaders are at best Regional Sartraps and have their own limitations, hardly capable of challenging Modi led BJP at the center.
Those who supported AAP (Common Man's Party) big time should know that the party is now mostly reduced to our Nation's Capital. It is a big let down from what once perceived as a national level alternative to Congress and BJP. It reminds me of the jibe traded at last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Sah Zaffer's ever shrinking empire -
SULTAN SAHA-E-ALAM
AAJ DILLI SE PALAM.
(The mighty emperor's Kingdom,
Is now from Delhi to Palam).
The BJP supporters don't have to lose heart. As of now there is no national alternative to Modi. The Lok Sabha Elections are a different ball game. Though India is a Parliamentary democracy, its National Election is fought in Presidential style. There is no viable alternative to Modi at the center. Looking at history two sitting Prime Ministers popular at National level lost their reelection as the opposition was able to prop up an alternative.
Only due to JP (Jaiprakash Narain) bringing all opposition parties together under a single umbrella in 1977, Indira Gandhi was removed from power. VP Singh's arrival in 1989 ousted Rajeev Gandhi. Unless the opposition comes up with a viable national level face as an alternative to Midi, be ready for a 3rd BJP term in 2024.
The outcome of the Delhi Elections is a much needed slap on the face of BJP and a well deserved one. Hope the leadership of the party smell the coffee and wake up, focus on more pertinent issues like economy rather than waste time on issues which are hardly urgent and polarizing people
Voters are the King in a democracy. Delhi voters are smart lot. Those BJP folks now accusing the city-zens of national capital as MUFTKHOR (Suckers for Freebies) for voting AAP, should remember that BJP made a clean sweep of Metro in Lok Sabha Elections held last May. They never complained at that time. Now, in 8 months or so the Delhites became Freeloaders ! Hypocrisy galore.
It is not uncommon for voters to choose separate parties in Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections. We must respect the choice of electorates. Those who blame the Delhi voters being suckers for freebies, should remember that the same suckers for freebies voted for Modi in 2019.
This leaves only 3 of the current breed of opposition leaders who have been reelected inside BJP's second term. They are Kejriwal, Mamata and our own Naveen Patnaik (who I believe keeps a low profile and is soft on BJP at center) aren't politicians at national level. These leaders are at best Regional Sartraps and have their own limitations, hardly capable of challenging Modi led BJP at the center.
Those who supported AAP (Common Man's Party) big time should know that the party is now mostly reduced to our Nation's Capital. It is a big let down from what once perceived as a national level alternative to Congress and BJP. It reminds me of the jibe traded at last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Sah Zaffer's ever shrinking empire -
SULTAN SAHA-E-ALAM
AAJ DILLI SE PALAM.
(The mighty emperor's Kingdom,
Is now from Delhi to Palam).
The BJP supporters don't have to lose heart. As of now there is no national alternative to Modi. The Lok Sabha Elections are a different ball game. Though India is a Parliamentary democracy, its National Election is fought in Presidential style. There is no viable alternative to Modi at the center. Looking at history two sitting Prime Ministers popular at National level lost their reelection as the opposition was able to prop up an alternative.
Only due to JP (Jaiprakash Narain) bringing all opposition parties together under a single umbrella in 1977, Indira Gandhi was removed from power. VP Singh's arrival in 1989 ousted Rajeev Gandhi. Unless the opposition comes up with a viable national level face as an alternative to Midi, be ready for a 3rd BJP term in 2024.
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