Modi needs to walk the talk

Narendra Modi led-BJP has emerged victorious in the 2014 national elections but the war is yet not won. He will need to personally extend his arm further to get the support of regional parties like TMC, AIADMK,BJD and even YSR Congress to take total control of the nation.

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Not having the requisite majority to get bills and ordinance passed in the Rajya Sabha, BJP will urgently need to establish a politically friendly post-poll equation, to seize complete political power in the country.   

There is belief created in the minds of Indians that in a corruption ridden country where the chief source of corruption is the erstwhile ruling coalition and their leaders, Narendra Modi stands out for his impeccable integrity. It has been written about Modi focusing his entire energy on developing Gujarat and improving infrastructures. Besides this the law and order phenomenally improved in Modi’s Gujarat. It is perceived in the media that even the daughters roam freely at midnight in Vadodara, Ahmedabad or any other Gujarati cities.

Further, his media managers have always been stressing on his achieving exceptional development and economic growth, and at the same time reinforced social inclusiveness. Through these he has worked hard even to regain the confidence of the minorities, as the persistent and insidious hate campaign against him has continued unabated in the electronic media, among the drawing room intellectuals and civil society activists, who have become the media darlings.

BJP’s campaign claimed that Narendra Modi possessed 5 Ts: — talent, tradition, tourism, trade and technology. Like its bitter political adversary, AAP, its principal plank too was combating corruption and moots multi pronged strategy to eradicate it.

Though BJP’s manifesto shrewdly focused on the economy, with measures aimed at creating jobs, promoting growth. federalism, or the sharing of powers and resources between the Centre and the states were another focus area, it is too early to confidently believe that Modi will deliver these promises with ease and in a record time.

Mod’s much touted plans on e-governance to minimise corruption at the lower levels of the bureaucracy, which deals the most with the public; a law to check malpractices in the private sector; and steps to bring back money stashed abroad illegally, is easily achievable in a highly complex system ridden badly with corruption and controlled and manipulated by middlemen. There also was mention to resort to issuing floating warrants, which will bind countries under the United Nations Convention against Corruption, to divulge information. These are the enticing subjects that endeared him to electorates, which of course appears to be more of myth and rabble mongering for influencing the gullible electorate.

The saffron party under Modi promised to remove unemployment – a tactical move to target India’s 65% voters who are under the age of 35. This ensured the votes of a large chunk of young starry-eyed electorates whose aspirations were boosted by a promise Modi will need to fulfill or face the boot even before his term ends as the prime minister.

The most important clause in Modi’s manifesto was his resolve to allow the private players into the defence production sector thus endearing industrialists and entrepreneurs which he will need to carefully push through. Modi should not forget that his political mentor Atal Behari Vajpayee’s  government was not re-elected to power in 2004 as his (Vajpayee) government’s privatization and dis-investment policy pursued by a lobby of colleagues with non-socialist leanings, led to a steep rise in retrenchment of labour force.  

Modi has ridden on the crest of public expectations, garnering historic mandates. He has to fulfill the promises before the expiry of his term. If he fails to steer clear his ship through various contentious issues the end result would be ignominy the way his predecessor has lost into. From day one Modi should take note of the stark reminder that Dr. Manmohan Singh’s political career succumbed to the twin evils of policy paralysis and corruption.

Modi should avoid political rhetoric, theatrics and criticizing his political opponents and now start working on a war footing to push India ahead on the economic front as Indians expectations have started running high from May 16,2014. We Indians mean business from the day Modi-led BJP won the polls hands down and writings are clear on the wall that Modi needs to either perform or perish.