Please sir, correct yourself. It is 61+ years.Lilo wrote:There are many indications given by NaMo that he will take care of these sikular types and make a lesson out of them when he comes to power - that alone should be sufficient to warm the cockles of those Hindus chaffing at the injustice from the past decade of sikular rule.
+10! Lest I say more?kittoo wrote:There is no problem in the development sense. The problem is that he will alienate those Hindus who are voting for him because they feel he is a leader who will talk about Hindu benefits too, finally. And there are a lot of such voters. So many people, in areas like UP, especially the upper caste people etc. are not galvanizing behind Modi for development alone. There is a sense in a lot of people that there is no one who speaks for Hindus, and Modi is a hope for them. Even if Modi doesn't discriminate in development, he needs to understand that he is not getting votes for that. He is getting votes BOTH for development and for being Hindu Hriday Samrat. Statements like these will make the core Hindu voters feel disenchanted with him.
Definitely true & in agreement.Arun Menon wrote:Ghettoising muslims is the best thing that can be done to strengthen the hands of the islamist filth. In these ghettoes they breed like pigs and spread illiteracy, thereby becoming brain-dead zombies for the islamists. I know that some terrorists are educated, but the ecosystem where these people come from always involves the majority of the community being brainwashed illiterates. Also, I don't need to elaborate the benefits of not having them breed like pigs. Unless these posters suggest sending muslims to the gas chambers, I think the best solution would be to remove them from the influence of the islamists (funded by saudi barbaria). To this end, Mr. Modi must bring them education and prosperity to them as well, whether they deserve it or not.
Let us hope this is true and he is not a closet sickular. I honestly DO NOT feel that he is, but the way things are in india, I wouldnt be shocked if he were. I would however, give him the benefit of doubt that he is "calming" the waters, and preventing an 'anti-wave' driven by congi sickularism rather than trying to win this non-winnable segment as described below:kmkraoind wrote:There is a famous Chinese joke, where Driver of Mao asks for direction, whether to take left (socialism) or right (capitalism) for which Mao says signal toward left and go on right.
+1varunkumar wrote:Modi will never be accepted by monotheists (Muslims and Christians) who consider him as a leader and defender of idol worshippers -- this is how the brain of monotheists works in all its bigoted glory. By such secular statements, Modi will confuse Hindus too about where he stands in respect to them. One must never distance himself from his core community of supporters to curry favor with those on the fringe.
What most people here are forgetting is that its not about "FACTS" or reality - its all about perception. If his core voters think he's a closet <insert whatever phrase here>, then they won't vote - irrespective of whether he is or isn't. As I said, if it is a one off thing just to calm the waters, then he probably will be forgiven, but if he goes around claiming to be secular then the modi wave will start waning. The thing about Modi is that he is seen by ALL hindus as a leader, unlike even yeddi or other hindu leaders, because they command the leadership of just 1 sub-section of the hindus. Modi needs to realise this and not appease everyone at the cost of losing the larger section. If I as a voter thinks he isn't what I thought he was, thats enough - I wont sit and think about this and debate it with a 1000 people before casting my vote. BR posters have the time, energy and opportunity to do so, not for the villager in place where there isnt electricity. He just hears 1 sentence and his decisions are based on such incomplete statements and not analysed.
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