Why Narendra Modi, BJP are more dangerous than Congress

Three thousand Indians died in the violence that Advani’s Ayodhya gambit produced. In his autobiography Advani absolves himself by saying little violence happened in the areas his Rath Yatra had visited, but he is aware of the fires he lit. He led a fired-up mob to the mosque and then expressed suprise when they razed it and he was unable to stop them.

Modi’s aide and his deputy home minister, Amit Shah, said in a recent interview to rediff.com’s Sheela Bhatt that the violence in Gujarat was inevitable given the massacre at Godhra. In his words: “The BJP has nothing to do with the riots of 2002! The riots were the reaction of the people to the Godhra incident. The reaction was so huge that the established machinery could not meet the challenge of these spontaneous reactions.” What he doesn’t say is that it is that the BJP over the decades had so polarised the state that a single incident led to a state-wide orgy of revenge. The reason that so much anger and bitterness and hatred exists in Gujarat is because of the divisive language and policies of the BJP. These remain unchanged in the era of Modi but have been papered over by the second aspect to his image.

Congress is guilty for the massacre of Sikhs, but it must be acknowledged that the party has tried to make up for its crime. Under Sonia Gandhi, we have had a magnificent gesture to Sikhs in the face of Manmohan Singh. His two terms as prime minister have done much to heal feelings of Sikhs and non-Sikhs offended by the way the community was treated in Delhi.

The other way to judge how effective Congress’s outreach to Sikhs has been is to observe the politics in Punjab. The fact is that the Congress has made its peace with Sikhs there. To see this we need to only go through the names of Punjab’s legislators. Of the 46 Congress MLAs, 33 are Sikh (on the other hand 10 of the BJP’s 12 MLAs are Hindu). It is the Sikhs who elected Congress to government twice in Punjab after 1984.

How different this is from the BJP in Gujarat, where no Muslim has been given a BJP ticket to contest in three Assembly and two Lok Sabha elections under Modi. The record shows that it is not wise to see the BJP and the Congress as being alike, even if Modi’s popularity has convinced many to see it this way.

Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/why-narendra-modi-bjp-are-more-dangerous-than-congress-1169031.html?utm_source=ref_article

So modi's salvation lies in finding more spineless Muslims to run using bjp label and become ministers of tourism.

Rashmun wrote:Three thousand Indians died in the violence that Advani’s Ayodhya gambit produced. In his autobiography Advani absolves himself by saying little violence happened in the areas his Rath Yatra had visited, but he is aware of the fires he lit. He led a fired-up mob to the mosque and then expressed suprise when they razed it and he was unable to stop them.

Modi’s aide and his deputy home minister, Amit Shah, said in a recent interview to rediff.com’s Sheela Bhatt that the violence in Gujarat was inevitable given the massacre at Godhra. In his words: “The BJP has nothing to do with the riots of 2002! The riots were the reaction of the people to the Godhra incident. The reaction was so huge that the established machinery could not meet the challenge of these spontaneous reactions.” What he doesn’t say is that it is that the BJP over the decades had so polarised the state that a single incident led to a state-wide orgy of revenge. The reason that so much anger and bitterness and hatred exists in Gujarat is because of the divisive language and policies of the BJP. These remain unchanged in the era of Modi but have been papered over by the second aspect to his image.

Congress is guilty for the massacre of Sikhs, but it must be acknowledged that the party has tried to make up for its crime. Under Sonia Gandhi, we have had a magnificent gesture to Sikhs in the face of Manmohan Singh. His two terms as prime minister have done much to heal feelings of Sikhs and non-Sikhs offended by the way the community was treated in Delhi.

The other way to judge how effective Congress’s outreach to Sikhs has been is to observe the politics in Punjab. The fact is that the Congress has made its peace with Sikhs there. To see this we need to only go through the names of Punjab’s legislators. Of the 46 Congress MLAs, 33 are Sikh (on the other hand 10 of the BJP’s 12 MLAs are Hindu). It is the Sikhs who elected Congress to government twice in Punjab after 1984.

How different this is from the BJP in Gujarat, where no Muslim has been given a BJP ticket to contest in three Assembly and two Lok Sabha elections under Modi. The record shows that it is not wise to see the BJP and the Congress as being alike, even if Modi’s popularity has convinced many to see it this way.

Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/why-narendra-modi-bjp-are-more-dangerous-than-congress-1169031.html?utm_source=ref_article

>>> I will support Congress if Sonia does the following.

1. Appoint either a dalit or a South Indian or someone from the North Eastern part of India as the PM.
2. And then she,her daughter and  Rahul should get out of the way. They should leave the PM alone.

Rishi wrote:

Rashmun wrote:Three thousand Indians died in the violence that Advani’s Ayodhya gambit produced. In his autobiography Advani absolves himself by saying little violence happened in the areas his Rath Yatra had visited, but he is aware of the fires he lit. He led a fired-up mob to the mosque and then expressed suprise when they razed it and he was unable to stop them.

Modi’s aide and his deputy home minister, Amit Shah, said in a recent interview to rediff.com’s Sheela Bhatt that the violence in Gujarat was inevitable given the massacre at Godhra. In his words: “The BJP has nothing to do with the riots of 2002! The riots were the reaction of the people to the Godhra incident. The reaction was so huge that the established machinery could not meet the challenge of these spontaneous reactions.” What he doesn’t say is that it is that the BJP over the decades had so polarised the state that a single incident led to a state-wide orgy of revenge. The reason that so much anger and bitterness and hatred exists in Gujarat is because of the divisive language and policies of the BJP. These remain unchanged in the era of Modi but have been papered over by the second aspect to his image.

Congress is guilty for the massacre of Sikhs, but it must be acknowledged that the party has tried to make up for its crime. Under Sonia Gandhi, we have had a magnificent gesture to Sikhs in the face of Manmohan Singh. His two terms as prime minister have done much to heal feelings of Sikhs and non-Sikhs offended by the way the community was treated in Delhi.

The other way to judge how effective Congress’s outreach to Sikhs has been is to observe the politics in Punjab. The fact is that the Congress has made its peace with Sikhs there. To see this we need to only go through the names of Punjab’s legislators. Of the 46 Congress MLAs, 33 are Sikh (on the other hand 10 of the BJP’s 12 MLAs are Hindu). It is the Sikhs who elected Congress to government twice in Punjab after 1984.

How different this is from the BJP in Gujarat, where no Muslim has been given a BJP ticket to contest in three Assembly and two Lok Sabha elections under Modi. The record shows that it is not wise to see the BJP and the Congress as being alike, even if Modi’s popularity has convinced many to see it this way.

Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/why-narendra-modi-bjp-are-more-dangerous-than-congress-1169031.html?utm_source=ref_article

>>> I will support Congress if Sonia does the following.

1. Appoint either a dalit or a South Indian or someone from the North Eastern part of India as the PM.
2. And then she,her daughter and  Rahul should get out of the way. They should leave the PM alone.

even if Jairam Ramesh or Chidambaram are made the PM, Sonia would have to be around to keep the party together. These guys would not be able to do it. Also, if you think Modi is going to have a free hand if he becomes PM you are mistaken. The RSS is supporting him but only on certain conditions.* If the RSS orders him to do something if and when he is PM he would be obliged to carry out the dictat.

* http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-rss-rss-conditions-for-modi-bjp-pm-candidate-ayodhya/1/309155.html

In the case of the BJP, it is the RSS which keeps the party together. In the case of the Congress, it is the Gandhi family. Take your pick: Dynasty or Sanghis.