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Andhrawala Legend Username: Andhrawala Post Number: 65167 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 152.51.56.1 Rating: N/A |
another good article Yes, Modi Won - But Gujarat Shows 2019 Is Wide Open https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/yes-modi-won-but-gujarat-shows- 2019-is-wide-open-1788940?pfrom=home-topstories Finally, while I may understand the political incentive for Rahul Gandhi to launch his now-famous "temple run", and for he and his partymen to stress his supposed personal faith, can we now accept that it is a bad idea both politically and morally? Morally, because if the Congress decides to give in to the BJP's narrative by stressing that it is as Hindu as anyone, then it is a betrayal of its own values and of many of its most loyal voters who expect it to rise above such considerations. Rahul Gandhi must find a way to combat his party's "anti-Hindu" image without adding to the snse of threat felt by religious minorities, free-thinkers and secularists. The longer he plays this dangerous game, the more likely that India's secular fabric will fray even further. Politically, we will see secularists withdraw from political engagement, and Muslims will not turn out, or vote for "their own" parties like the MIM. After all, did it really help in Gujarat? Did the areas in south and central Gujarat that thought the Congress was an anti-Hindu party vote for it after Gandhi's temple run? A word of advice to Rahul Gandhi: you can't (and shouldn't) counter Hindutva with anything but liberalism. Fight on the BJP's terms, and India will lose. Also, you will lose. Which, incidentally, you did. No Signature | ||
Andhrawala Legend Username: Andhrawala Post Number: 65166 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 152.51.56.1 Rating: N/A |
https://www.ndtv.com/blog/a-detailed-guide-to-what-helped-an d-hurt-modi-in-gujarat-1789349?pfrom=home-topstories Very good explanation No Signature |