Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Vote for Change....Vote for Modi

I want Narendra Modi to be the next Prime Minister of India. However, I have serious doubts. Not on his leadership abilities....not about his popularity. ...but on (a) BJP, along with its allies, winning majority, and (b) BJP making Narendra Modi the PM (if it manages majority through the support of its allies) due to political compulsions.

For now BJP is projecting NaMo as the PM candidate. But that is because they clearly understand that they have better chance of bagging the required seats, if NaMo is the PM candidate. The popularity is with him...the masses are behind him.

However, politics is a mathematical game. With such a 'fragmented market', due to the presence of so many national and regional parties, its difficult for a party to win absolute majority. And when that happens, the game becomes interesting but dirty.

Chances are that BJP will have to take support of several regional parties to be able to form a government. If that happens, the regional parties, no matter how small they are, would have a major say in the decision-making. And some of these parties may have their own 'so called secular' agenda. Then, though they may agree for a PM from BJP, they may not give a green signal to Narendra Modi. Then, all of a sudden, Advani may come back into reckoning.  It could be someone else as well, like Sushma Swaraj. No matter who, it may kill NaMo's chances.

Before going further, I ask myself.....Do I want Congress to go? Definitely YES.....Do I want NaMo to be the PM?....THE BIGGEST YES...EVER.....Do I want BJP to form the government without NaMo as the PM? Hmmmm.....it will be better than now, as Congress is too corrupt and is also taking all of us for granted......but.....apart from NaMo, not many in BJP are any better as well....plus, I do not really believe in BJP.....I believe in NaMo!!!

Clearly, the third question does not have a straight forward answer. I am confused and I guess so would be many others. So, whats the solution.

If we want NaMo to be the PM, we need to give a clear message to our local leaders and parties that we will vote for them only if they support BJP and NaMo. We have to force them to have a pre as well as post poll alliance with BJP. We need to give a strong message across that anything less than 'Modi as PM' will not be acceptable. 

This time, I request everyone to not to vote for your local party or leader.....vote for Modi!!!

No comments: