Dismissing opposition parties’ Mahagathbandhan’ as unviable and unworkable in a Facebook post titled ‘Agenda for 2019 Modi Vs Chaos’, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday on said that India has moved ahead of 1971 and the aspirational society will not commit a collective suicide in the forthcoming general elections. The two-fold strategy of the opposition parties for the general elections is to pursue anti-Modi agenda and take advantage of the electoral arithmetic.
Will 2019 be a replica of 1971? It is Modi vs an unviable and an unworkable short-lived combination. OR is it Modi vs Chaos, Jaitley wondered. The Minister is currently in the US for a medical checkup. Recalling the 1971 General Elections, Jaitley said that the opposition had formed a ‘Grand Alliance’ or the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ teaming up against the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. We had powerful leaders and a head-start in the media. Additionally, the Congress had split into two. The results were announced and India rejected negativism. The India of 2019 has moved way ahead of India of 1971. Aspirational society never commits a collective suicide. They do not suffer from a Lemming Syndrome. Lemming Syndrome refers to a phenomenon wherein crowds of people, imitate actions of each other just because they see majority of their peers doing it.
Stating that every General Election has its own script that is dictated by the prevailing political environment, Jaitley said for 2019 political battle that India’s opposition has a two-fold strategy, firstly, negative anti-Modi agenda and secondly, random political grouping to gain from the electoral arithmetic.
He said that the opposition politics has thrown up four desirous Prime Ministers wishing to challenge Narendra Modi. It is obvious that the level of satisfaction with PM Sh @narendramodi ji is very high. If that weren’t so, what was the need for multiple disparate forces to come together against him? It is only the fear of his popularity & a certain comeback that is bringing them together, stating that the anti-Modi rally organised by opposition parties in Kolkata, became significantly a non-Rahul Gandhi rally by his conspicuous absence. All four ambitious politicians pursue fanciful strategies to replace PM @narendramodi, however, Congress can at best dream only to be a pillion rider, Jaitley said.
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has said that the people of the country were totally “disappointed” with the administration of Narendra Modi and heaped praise on his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, saying that she is a “good administrator” and has all capabilities of leading the country. However, The Janata Dal (Secular) leader maintained that the leadership was not the pressing issue at hand and the opposition needs to focus on ways and ideas to win the polls.
A Cabinet meeting which was chaired by Rio on Friday asserted that the state is protected under provisions of Article 371 (A) and the Inner Line Permit (ILP) as per Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, (BEFR) of 1873. However, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has written to Home Minister Rajnath Singh, saying that the citizenship bill is not to be applicable to the state as it is protected under Article 371 (A) of the Constitution, a release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office said on Sunday.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that there was no “challenge” for his government in the forthcoming general elections as the common man had faith in the present dispensation.
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