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"Madam, Modi is a daku. But he is doing one thing that is making us vote for him again and again."
by Guest Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:39 am
The driver turned to me to explain. “Madam, Modi is like a dacoit. He’s burned big holes in our pockets. We are in penury and now we’re going to pay even more when the bullet train he’s planned actually starts to take off.” This was some serious bile coming out. The autorickshaw driver drew a straight line between what he believed was a 88,000 crore loan that Modi inked with the Japanese prime minister to build a bullet train in the state with an eventual drain of wealth. Was it the effect of demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax at work here? Did it mean that Modi’s popularity was on the wane? Yes and no. The vitriol against him has been spewing in the streets of Gujarat for a year or more, then disappearing like sludge into drains.
But it goes along with another factor that has yet again displayed itself in the current Gujarat election – Hindutva. Ever since the demolition of the Babri Masjid 25 years ago, the well-oiled machinery of the Hindu Right has instilled the fear of the ‘other’ in the minds of every aspirational, gold-earring wearing Gujarati. The auto-driver summed it up. “Madam, Modi is a daku. But he is doing one thing that is making us vote for him again and again. He is keeping the Muslims in their place.”
What does the verdict of 99 seats say about the people who voted in favour, then? That decades of indoctrination by the Hindu Right will take more than a few campaign speeches and visiting of temples by Rahul Gandhi to come unstuck. And that the fear of the Muslim as the ‘other’ hasn’t changed too much since the last election in 2012. In tribal villages I visited, as people gathered around tiny fires the night before they voted; they made one thing amply clear. “Hindustan is for Hindus.” Repeated over and over. And what has this Hindu-favouring regime done for the tribals, I asked. Much raucous laughter followed, making it clear that this election was mainly about a twin fear playing out in people’s minds. The fear of going against the BJP and the fear of the Muslim.
As the results started to trickle in, there was another kind of fear that filled the air. What if this is a close contest? What if the BJP loses? Will their supporters take to the streets and burn buses? Effigies? People? In private spaces in living rooms, where some watched the results on TV, there was a little bit of relief when the last votes were counted. It was over. There was no reason for right-wing vigilantes to resort to violence.
https://thewire.in/206616/gujarat-election-results-2017-bjp/
But it goes along with another factor that has yet again displayed itself in the current Gujarat election – Hindutva. Ever since the demolition of the Babri Masjid 25 years ago, the well-oiled machinery of the Hindu Right has instilled the fear of the ‘other’ in the minds of every aspirational, gold-earring wearing Gujarati. The auto-driver summed it up. “Madam, Modi is a daku. But he is doing one thing that is making us vote for him again and again. He is keeping the Muslims in their place.”
What does the verdict of 99 seats say about the people who voted in favour, then? That decades of indoctrination by the Hindu Right will take more than a few campaign speeches and visiting of temples by Rahul Gandhi to come unstuck. And that the fear of the Muslim as the ‘other’ hasn’t changed too much since the last election in 2012. In tribal villages I visited, as people gathered around tiny fires the night before they voted; they made one thing amply clear. “Hindustan is for Hindus.” Repeated over and over. And what has this Hindu-favouring regime done for the tribals, I asked. Much raucous laughter followed, making it clear that this election was mainly about a twin fear playing out in people’s minds. The fear of going against the BJP and the fear of the Muslim.
As the results started to trickle in, there was another kind of fear that filled the air. What if this is a close contest? What if the BJP loses? Will their supporters take to the streets and burn buses? Effigies? People? In private spaces in living rooms, where some watched the results on TV, there was a little bit of relief when the last votes were counted. It was over. There was no reason for right-wing vigilantes to resort to violence.
https://thewire.in/206616/gujarat-election-results-2017-bjp/
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Re: "Madam, Modi is a daku. But he is doing one thing that is making us vote for him again and again."
by smArtha Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:11 am
If Modi is dAku and they fear the common place Muslims more than this dAku at helm, what does it make an average Muslim? Cruelest demons?
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Re: "Madam, Modi is a daku. But he is doing one thing that is making us vote for him again and again."
by Guest Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:41 pm
smArtha wrote:If Modi is dAku and they fear the common place Muslims more than this dAku at helm, what does it make an average Muslim? Cruelest demons?
but in Gujarat, the muslim population is only 9%. if the others are scared of the muslims, is it because they are inherently timid and pusillanimous, or because they have succumbed to fear mongering?
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Re: "Madam, Modi is a daku. But he is doing one thing that is making us vote for him again and again."
by SomeProfile Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:38 pm
Not stopped doing driver-maid-chowkidar polls yet? Even after the below election result was driven up your and journalists' asses? 
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Re: "Madam, Modi is a daku. But he is doing one thing that is making us vote for him again and again."
by smArtha Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:21 pm
Rashmun wrote:smArtha wrote:If Modi is dAku and they fear the common place Muslims more than this dAku at helm, what does it make an average Muslim? Cruelest demons?
but in Gujarat, the muslim population is only 9%. if the others are scared of the muslims, is it because they are inherently timid and pusillanimous, or because they have succumbed to fear mongering?
Excellent. If this sample driver can 'succumb to fear mongering' then he can also succumb to the 'media trials and classifications of Modi as Evil/dAku'. And the only prudent thing to do is that we discount both his opinions - on Muslims and on Modi. Taking one of his opinions as truth and other as false is pathetically convenient and abysmally convoluted logic.
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by southindian Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:51 pm
Rashu Aunty,
Do you only get your news from tabloids and spice agent taxi drivers, or also read news sometimes from main-stream media?
Do you only get your news from tabloids and spice agent taxi drivers, or also read news sometimes from main-stream media?
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Re: "Madam, Modi is a daku. But he is doing one thing that is making us vote for him again and again."
by SomeProfile Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:21 pm
smArtha wrote:
pathetically convenient and abysmally convoluted logic.
This perfectly describes the entire personality, 100% of the posts and every single point and argument of Doucheman from all these years.
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by smArtha Thu Dec 21, 2017 5:12 pm
SomeProfile wrote:smArtha wrote:
pathetically convenient and abysmally convoluted logic.
This perfectly describes the entire personality, 100% of the posts and every single point and argument of Doucheman from all these years.
I thought this trait was exclusive to CD here.
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