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     Okahyderabadi Side Hero Username: Okahyderabadi Post Number: 3988 Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 157.130.154.114 Rating: N/A |
There is no statement from Modi that he has ever saved 15000 people. I think I agree here that he should have condemned the reports right away instead of waiting for the media to catch up and prove it otherwise. What it did definitely was to jolt the congress govt to do something about the whole thing to grab the mileage back and in the process it might have saved some more lives. In history there is no such thing as the last word on any subject research leads to new things every day | ||
| Iamim Side Hero Username: Iamim Post Number: 5098 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 117.213.212.90 Rating: N/A |
Media & reckless fans: What Modi must learn from Kejriwal by Akshaya Mishra Jun 26, 2013 Narendra Modiâs overzealous trumpeters, both official and unofficial, could be doing more harm than good to his cause. A product of canny media management himself, Modi maybe willfully unaware of the efforts of loyal followers to ascribe him super hero attributes at this point, but the sooner he realizes it could be counterproductive for him the better. Too much attention-seeking and overreliance on the media, online and offline, could be a double-edged weapon. If he has doubts, he should consult a man called Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi. The irony of the situation is, Modi, a control freak, appears to have lost control of the hype machinery. It has been taken over by right wingers of several shades, from the rabid to the reckless to the moderately reactionary. His own publicity machinery could be trying to project him as a leader with a balanced yet firm perspective of the world around him and with pragmatic solutions to many of its problems, but the overactive hype machinery is bent on reinforcing the very image Modi wants to live down. Narendra Modi. PTI image Narendra Modi is exposing himself to harsh scrutiny down the line. PTI image Why on earth would an intelligent leader make the preposterous claim of rescuing 15,000 stranded pilgrims in a day, knowing fully well that it would be open to scrutiny and nasty criticism? His skills as a manager and an administrator are well-known. Even the political rivals acknowledge it grudgingly. That being the case, did he really need to bank on a lie to take his image as a `doerâ nationwide? He would be stupid if he did that. The report of what the Congress sarcastically calls the Rambo act,did not have a source, nor was Modi himself eager to dwell on it. So where did the story originate from? It has to be the fertile imagination of his supporters. The more Modi courts the media for self-promotion, the more he exposes himself to harsh scrutiny. The phenomenon of Kejriwal, the restless rebel with a cause, grew and survived on the media support. Once fatigue with it set in, the tables turned against him. He was no more treated with kid gloves and had to answer hard, unflattering queries. By then his die-hard followers had created enough enemies for him and his cause. His movement did not take long to collapse after that. Modi is still in the honeymoon phase with the media. Not too many questions have yet been put on his several claims regarding communalism and development. But his overeager loyalists are busy creating enemies for him already. They have created the same duality of choices for all concerned as in the case of Kejriwal: âYou are with us or against usâ. They leave others no scope to think and judge. Modi needs to be extremely careful. Criticism of him has started growing in several spaces, it could grow. Leaders are derided in India for being corrupt, spineless, incompetent and what not, but no one, it appears, has ever been called âfekuâ. The term denotes someone bragging or making exaggerated claims about himself. Thereâs already a feeling that what Modiâs publicity machinery churns out for public consumption many not be true and what Modi himself offers as solution to the countryâs problems maybe too simplistic. As he comes on the national stage, he would certainly face tougher questions. For the situation he should blame the overenthusiasm of his blind supporters. For the last several years, Modiâs singular focus has been to tone down his hardline Hindutva identity and build an image that is nationally acceptable. Right now, he speaks of development from every platform available and avoids any mention to religion studiously. He tries to make hope and aspiration of the young India the central theme of his public speeches. But check out the comments on social media. For most of his fans he still remains a Hindtutva icon, the last hope of the Hindu community in the battle against the Muslims and others. This lot is communal, illiberal and stands for all the wrongs that the hardcore Right wingers in India are identified with. They would defend Modi and attack his opponents with equal zeal when there is actually no need to do so. Would their media-savvy leader approve of it? Most probably no. But they operate beyond his control. If Modi is serious about his image, he must rethink his media strategy and find a way to disentangle himself from some of his supporters. | ||
| Iamim Side Hero Username: Iamim Post Number: 5097 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 117.213.212.90 Rating: N/A |
Backtracking on Modiâs Rambo rescue: Too little, too late? by Lakshmi Chaudhry Jun 26, 2013 Backtracking on Modiâs Rambo rescue: Too little, too late? The Rambo stunt, is unlikely to damage Modi's image with his base: Reuters It was an odd story that read more like Faking News than political PR. A single article in Times of India sparked off a furore about Narendra Modiâs âRamboâ rescue effort which deployed 4 Boeing jets, 25 buses, and 80 Toyota Innovas to allegedly save 15000 Gujarati pilgrims stranded in Uttarakhand. The facts were unsourced and mostly unconfirmed by official Modi or BJP aides except for one quote from an obscure BJP leader, Anil Baluni. (A recent Firstpost story with similar problems has since been taken down.) Congress flacks Manish Tewari and Ajay Maken quickly swung into action, jeering at the sheer incredibility of the claim. A story that aimed to make Modi look heroic soon became a gift for his detractors. After days of conspicuous silence, the Modi camp today seems to have stepped up to decisively squelch the tall tale. âAt no stage, we made any claim before the media that we saved 15,000 people. Our vehicles also brought back many people from other states tooâ¦Whereâs the question of spin doctoring?â an unnamed BJP aide tells Hindustan Times. According to this new version, the aircraft, buses etc have been readied to ferry pilgrims once they have been rescued from the mountains. âNo Gujarat chopper was involved in any rescue bid,â he says, adding, âOur efforts were only to take our people back to Gujarat after they brought from the upper reaches.â No, Mr Modi has no desire to play Rambo, and is motivated instead by the âdelugeâ of appeals for help from his Gujarati constituents. âThat is his image and people frantically call up for help,â says yet another unnamed official, âThis time, those stranded in Kedarnath shrine and other places which are high on any Gujarati religious schedule called up.â Itâs too little, too late. Such âclarificationsâ are unlikely to undo the damage done by a spate of news stories meticulously debunking the Rambo story â and tarring Modi as a politician willing to lie for political mileage in the midst of a national tragedy Sujan Duttaâs âIn the crosshairs of Ramboâs para-truthsâ in The Telegraph points out that, âEven the army is not âpara-droppingâ its paratroopers. The special forces are either trekking through the hills or slithering down from hovering helicopters. There isnât a drop-zone in the hills in which paratroopers can land. The army and the air force would have done it if there was one.â Modi never claimed he had saved so many, but didn't deny it either: AFP Modi never claimed he had saved so many, but didnât deny it either: AFP Worse, Modiâs faux-heroics were marshaled by his supporters to criticize the military forces who were engaged in real, hazardous rescue efforts, notes Dutta: An officer in army headquarters was stupefied when someone responding to the armyâs official Twitter account handle sent a direct message asking why the army cannot replicate what Narendra Modi has done. Such tales of Himalayan âFekuâ-ness risks taking the attention away from those who are actually conducting the rescue and saving lives at the risk of their own even if they are paid to do so. Political rivals like the Congress party may be fair game, but a PR stunt that overshadowed the nationâs own armed forces inevitably backfired â and paved the way for scathing opeds like that of Abheek Barman in the Times of India. Barman blames the Rambo stunt squarely on Modiâs PR firm APCO Worldwide, an unsubstantiated claim he uses to lump Modi with APCOâs less illustrious clients: Kazakhstan dictator Nursultan Nazarbaev, Nigerian tyrant Sani Abacha, the American tobacco lobby, pariah regimes in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan et al. He goes one step further than Dutta to brand Modi as an inveterate liar, citing a 2005 announcement âthat state-owned company GSPC had made Indiaâs biggest gas discovery: 20 trillion cubic feet (tcf) valued at more than $50 billion, off Andhra Pradesh.â A claim that has since been definitely unsubstantiated, argues Barman who then concludes: âIn every area the Modi narrative is a tale of bluster and bluff. But his Himalayan miracle is a barefaced, cynical lie.â The personal indictment is a bit of a stretch since both Barman and Dutta acknowledge the fact that Modi never once claimed to have rescued a single pilgrim, leave alone 15,000. His Twitter feed and website have not breathed a word to confirm â or, more damagingly â to deny the story. And thatâs the problem the latest âclarificationâ cannot fix. The Rambo story may well have been the work of overzealous PR flunkies, but Modi could have easily nipped it in the bud. Why let it float around except in the hope that it may help burnish his superhero image? It is easy enough to make fun of Congress honchos desperately trying to spin PR gold from Rahulâs banal encounter with a newspaper seller. But if you must lose the PR game, it is less damaging to appear desperate than shameless â more so, when it involves a natural disaster that has claimed hundreds of lives. Itâs all the more foolish to encourage such fairytales at a time when Modi is trying to rehabilitate his credibility regarding his role in the Gujarat riots. But thatâs with the fence-sitters: people leaning toward him but have reservations about his past record. The Rambo stunt, however, is unlikely to damage Modiâs image with his base. What it proved instead is that the people who support Modi will do so irrespective of the facts. And that doesnât help either. | ||
| Okahyderabadi Side Hero Username: Okahyderabadi Post Number: 3977 Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 157.130.154.114 Rating: N/A |
 super rajaIn history there is no such thing as the last word on any subject research leads to new things every day | ||
| Thikka_sankara Side Hero Username: Thikka_sankara Post Number: 5128 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 122.174.35.78 Rating: N/A |
edupu ki kooda rhyming kaavaalemo..... advani ki vennu potu enti... " L. K. Advani, a senior leader of the BJP, however, did not want to ostracise Patel and was worried about Modi's lack of experience in governance. It was suggested that Modi should be made the deputy chief minster in a government led by Patel. Modi informed Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee that he was "going to be fully responsible for Gujarat or not at all" and declined the proposal. " idi ippati sangathi kaadu... back in 2001 Naakonchem thikkundi.... daaaniko lekkundi | ||
| Ruj Side Hero Username: Ruj Post Number: 9858 Registered: 03-2007 Posted From: 170.202.122.1 Rating: N/A |
papam haters galaki inkem dorakaledha..15k number attukuni edichesthunaru?? india needs to get rid of sickular-bans..sickular-bans suck | ||
| Tilak Hero Username: Tilak Post Number: 16522 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 125.22.249.81 Rating: N/A |
nidra levaali mastaru .. "Congress Mukt Bharat" - www.narendramodi.in | ||
| Iamim Side Hero Username: Iamim Post Number: 5093 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 117.221.197.30 Rating: N/A |
PM peetam kosam Pitamaha Advani ki Vennupotu podichaadu solludu.. tana kulam ni vaadukuni... | ||
| Tilak Hero Username: Tilak Post Number: 16519 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 125.22.249.81 Rating: |
Mavagaru kosam Modi ki vennupotu podichaadu alludu .. tana kalam ni vaadukuni .. "Congress Mukt Bharat" - www.narendramodi.in | ||
| Andhrawala Megastar Username: Andhrawala Post Number: 21804 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 152.51.56.1 Rating: N/A |
ee vishayam lo matuku Modi followed CBN anukocchuu sesedhi goranthaa.seppukonedhi kondanthaaa Rahul gaadu Spain lo enjoying sethunnadu Modi akakdakelli kondarki help seseduu 0 meedha 100 better kaani adhi 10K ani publisize seseru. No Signature | ||
| Onlytruth Legend Username: Onlytruth Post Number: 120970 Registered: 01-2007 Posted From: 69.25.144.254 Rating: N/A |
Less than thousand ki transportation help chesi ventane intiki vachesadu Rest his PR team ruined it Foot in mouth twice..back 2 back Monna ayodhya lo campaign episode Ippudu idhi Desam mottham atanni chustondhi ani atanu atani megalomaniacs grahinchali | ||
| Onlytruth Legend Username: Onlytruth Post Number: 120969 Registered: 01-2007 Posted From: 66.87.115.66 Rating: N/A |
Modi team is nothing but bunch of those hindu (self proclaimed)bloggers who are famous in ultimake faking..vaalla atyutsaham modi ni vp ni chesindhi ee episode lo Practically paapam koncham atyutsaham chupadam tappa oka less than veyyi mandhiki transport ventane ichi help chesadu | ||
| Onlytruth Legend Username: Onlytruth Post Number: 120968 Registered: 01-2007 Posted From: 66.87.115.66 Rating: N/A |
Modi ban gaya buffon " in this episode " only Entire nation is making fun on his propagandist approach | ||
| Iamim Side Hero Username: Iamim Post Number: 5088 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 117.195.168.196 Rating: |
Modi's Himalayan miracle Abheek Barman Jun 26, 2013, 12.00AM IST On the evening of Friday, June 21, as India reeled from the shock of the calamity in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi landed up in Dehradun with a handful of officers. By Sunday, it was claimed that he had rescued 15,000 stranded Gujaratis from the wreckage of Uttarakhand and sent these grateful folks back home. This miracle was played up in media. But how was this feat achieved in a day or so, when India's entire military establishment has struggled to rescue around 40,000 people over 10 days? Reports say that Modi pulled off this coup with a fleet of 80 Innovas. How did these cars manage to reach places like Kedarnath, across roads that have been washed away, over landslides that have wrecked most access routes? But let us assume Modi's Innovas had wings as well as helicopter rotors. Including the driver, an Innova is designed to carry seven people. In a tough situation, assume you could pack nine passengers into each car. In that case, a convoy of 80 Innovas could ferry 720 people down the mountains to Dehradun at one go. To get 15,000 people down, the convoy would need to make 21 round trips. The distance between Dehradun and Kedarnath is 221 km. So 21 trips up and down would mean that each Innova would have to travel nearly 9,300 km. It takes longer to travel in the hills than in the plains. So, assuming an average speed of 40 km per hour, it would take 233 hours of driving to pull off the feat. This assumes non-stop driving, without a second's rest to identify the Gujaratis to be rescued and keeping the rest of the distressed folk at bay, or any time to load and unload the vehicles. And forget about any downtime for the gallant rescuers. That is nearly 10 days of miraculous work. And Modi pulled it off in a day. Actually, in less than a day: a breathless media reported that by Saturday, 25 luxury buses had brought a group of Gujaratis back to Delhi. For some reason, four Boeing aircraft also idled in some undisclosed place nearby. Modi, ever modest, himself did not make the claim of rescuing 15,000 Gujaratis from Himalayan disaster in a day. It was likely dumped on a gullible media by his public relations agency, an American outfit called Apco Worldwide. In 2007, Apco was hired, ostensibly to boost the Vibrant Gujarat summits, but to actually burnish Modi's image, for $25,000 a month. He is in good company. Apco has worked for the dictator of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, the governments of Malaysia and Israel and the American tobacco lobby. For the latter, it set up front organisations to rubbish evidence which proved that tobacco causes cancer. Apco has also worked for pariah regimes like Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan and Nigerian strongman Sani Abacha. Its powerful advisory council includes former Israeli diplomats Itamar Rabinovich and Shimon Stein, as well as Doron Bergerbest-Eilon, who was the highest ranked officer in the Israel security agency. Apco is credited with Modi's makeover and his holographic campaigns. Before Apco, Vibrant Gujarat was a tame affair: the first three summits generated investment promi-ses between $14 billion and $150 billion. After Apco, in 2009 and 2011, these jumped to $253 billion and $450 billion. Apco worked tirelessly to rope in investor interest from America. It also lobbied with politicians in Washington to remove the ban on Modi travelling to the US. The ban was imposed after the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat as Modi presided over the state in 2002. So far, Apco hasn't succeeded in getting Modi a US visa. And the Vibrant Gujarat numbers are all hot air. An analysis by my colleague Kingshuk Nag in his biography of Modi shows that only 3.2% of the 2009 number has materialised on the ground. Of the 2011 figure, a mere 0.5% is for real. But Modi does not need Apco to lie. In 2005 he announced that state-owned company GSPC had made India's biggest gas discovery: 20 trillion cubic feet (tcf) valued at more than $50 billion, off Andhra Pradesh. This was 40% more than what Reliance had found in the same area. Modi then egged on GSPC to grab projects in Egypt, Yemen and Australia. Many suspected that Modi's gas claim was hot air, but in the absence of evidence few could say so. But by 2012, the Centre's directorate general of hydrocarbons (DGH), which analyses and certifies all energy finds, said that it could vouch for only a tenth of Modi's claim: there was only 2 tcf of gas. And that too in areas tough to exploit. Meanwhile, under Modi's rousing leadership, GSPC had poured in nearly $2 billion into exploration, much of it raised as debt based on its supposed 20 tcf gas find. When the gas vanished, GSPC went bust. To rescue it, Modi asked the company to venture out into more areas, like city gas distribution. There have been problems with these businesses as well, including a very dubious transaction with a company in Barbados. In every area the Modi narrative is a tale of bluster and bluff. But his Himalayan miracle is a barefaced, cynical lie. |
