Modi looks ahead, Rahul looks back, that's the difference
When Narendra Modi was speaking at a Delhi college on Wednesday, I found after a long, long time that an Indian leader was talking of substance and with a vision. This is something not seen often nowadays. Whenever we see political leaders speak up, we hear them either talking trash or only attacking others to earn a brownie point. Modi, during his speech at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), reasserted the fact that politics does not end with petty calculations for votes or engage with the opposition in a game of one-upmanship. Politics also includes the language of administration and the culmination of a good administration/governance is the welfare of the people.
The best thing that Modi did while setting his foot in the national stage is that he chose the youth as his audience for youth is the best medium to connect to the future. Not many parties in the country do it. Take for instance, the Congress, which mostly engages with sycophants or the Left parties, which only speak to minds that hardly work in today's world.
"India's biggest challenge is how it uses its opportunity," these words laid the foundation of Modi's impressive speech. The flow with which he continued to speak made those protesting outside the venue against the man's arrival look completely foolish. To those who orchestrated those meaningless protests, may be an apprehensive national opposition of the Gujarat CM, please understand one thing: Today's India is not going to tolerate non-sense in the name of politics. The days of opaqueness are over.
No point in mentioning the past
Those who fail to give wings to a young nation's aspirations, will be invariably booted out. There is no point in cribbing about Modi's past. His detractors too have a past. But while Modi has looked in front, his adversaries are yet to go beyond the emotions.
When Rahul Gandhi spoke at a teary-eyed session in Jaipur where he was elevated as the vice-president, many people said he arrived with a bang. If that was a bang, then how do we describe Wednesday's Modi?
Modi
speaks
in
the
common
man's
language
Narendra
Modi
spoke
in
the
language
of
the
common
man,
who
is
fed
up
with
pressing
problems
and
looks
towards
a
fresh
hope
in
everyday
life.
Rahul
Gandhi
also
made
an
appeal
to
connect
to
the
youth
but
his
words
looked
more
of
a
strategist
than
an
administrator.
Modi
went
all
the
way
to
Delhi
with
his
bag
of
experience
and
three
consecutive
electoral
victories
under
his
belt,
something
which
the
Congress
vice-president
seriously
lacks.
Modi's
comprehensive
speech
made
him
look
more
suitable
as
the
country's
future
PM.
There
is
no
doubt
in
it.
Sports an indicator of national pride
Take for instance, his words on sports. He expressed a sense of national pride when he said South Korea made a big international mark after hosting the 1988 Olympics but when we organized the Commonwealth Games in 2010, nobody knew why was it being done. The sarcasm was enjoyed by the audience but at the same time, it put across a significant message. And it is the message of leadership. A close parallel could be drawn with Rajiv Gandhi's effort to make the 1982 Delhi Asiad a success. That sports can speak about a nation's pride is not often uttered in India. Modi touched the right chord.
A proud leader, that's what we need
When
he
said
that
Gujarati
milk
or
vegetables
are
available
worldwide,
there
was
a
sense
of
pride
in
the
leader's
voice.
It
was
fantastic.
We
need
leaders
who
make
us
believe
in
ourselves.
We
haven't
seen
many
of
such
leaders.
Slowness
in
adapting
to
new
technology
is
holding
India
back,
Modi
said.
This
statement
by
a
tech-savvy
leader
clearly
throws
the
‘outdated
and
opaque' Congress
out
of
the
window.
No
opportunity
is
lost
and
today's
hapless
Congress
will
learn
it
the
hard
way
when
Modi
hijacks
the
legacy
of
leaders
like
Rajiv
Gandhi
and
PV
Narasimha
Rao,
who
contributed
in
the
emergence
of
a
new
India
in
varying
capacities.
Demonising
Modi
is
a
futile
act
Demonising Modi today looks ridiculous, particularly when we are seeing hate speeches are being aired everyday by various communal groups. Administrator Modi presented a comprehensive vision by offering development as the most effective approach and not vote-bank politics. How many of India's politicians preach this, and even if they preach, how many actually practise?
If Modi is still considered a threat to the country, I ask a question: Why can't the so-called secular forces project a leader equivalent to Narendra Modi? Why a 'yet-to-succeed' Gandhi is being pushed and pulled as a competitor of a politician whose evolution has been remarkable?
Let's give Modi a chance, he's the best man at the moment
It won't be easy for Modi to lead the nation as the Prime Minister, if he indeed becomes. Regional leaders haven't had a happy experience as the PM of the country. But yet, at the end of the day, Modi is miles ahead of whatever hopeless political leadership this country witnesses today. He is the best man for the job at the moment.
Rahul ji, why don't you take a leaf out of the Gujarati's book? There is no harm.
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