Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 24 May 2013 11:30

I never told Nitish that Modi won’t be PM candidate: Gadkari
This one seems to be more recent.
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I am beginning to think that the media is obfuscating and bringing in confusion to the masses. This seems to be the aim in itself. And our resident Troll-Pro is just an extension of that. First it was corruprtion. If your kid did not eat his idly for breakfast, it was because of corruption for this lot. NOw that it has been exhausted, it is now PM candidate of BJP.
A brief look at this posts show that eagerness.
And despite the myriad questions posed on AAP, out Troll-Pro will say always have a standard answer - we all know what that is.

member_20317 · Post by **member_20317** » 24 May 2013 11:50

Sanku wrote: Hari-ji I believe you misunderstand me, is there a power struggle in BJP? Yes there is. In a party which is not completely authoritarian one leader type party, there will always be power struggles. I have never denied that

Bhai, better to have a tussle and the strong man emerge. What point having the pet of 7 RCR become the PM.

Arjun · Post by **Arjun** » 24 May 2013 12:05

Sanku wrote:However what is ALSO true, is that
1) BJP also a mechanism for handling that, for better or for worse -- and this is not driven merely by individual aspirants, but by RSS who has no aspirations of personal power. Hence neutral and looking at bigger picture.

You started out so loftily with "BJP has a mechanism for handling this..." that I was expecting you to move towards the obvious answer of intra-party democracy...anyway, so the RSS it is. Fair enough - we can give it a really looong rope this time - lets see if they choose to hang themselves or the opponent with it.

panduranghari · Post by **panduranghari** » 24 May 2013 12:33

krisna wrote:contrary to popular perceptions, NaMo is not a person to take the congi route on sc@wing opponents thru'blackmail.
He will just free the institutions to do their job. This is more legal ethical and true democracy at work.

I would like to agree with you. But the new govt needs to put effort into eliminating the termites. That means more resources and trampling on egos, tails, assets etc.

panduranghari · Post by **panduranghari** » 24 May 2013 12:46

Pranav wrote:Here is the plan of Advani & coterie -

NaMo will be given a chance to be the public face and make speeches around the country, but the sale of tickets will be fully controlled by Advani & RSS tall Netas. Advani would obviously have liked to control the sale by himself, but since he cannot fight NaMo alone, he has to accept an alliance with the same RSS tall Netas whom he hates.

Sir,
you are reading too much into things and creating imaginary scenarios where they do not exist.

There is no plan as you are alluding to. Its a mirage. I do not understand why you are so obsessed with what BJP does if your alligiance if for AAP?

Sanku · Post by **Sanku** » 24 May 2013 13:24

Arjun wrote:
Sanku wrote:However what is ALSO true, is that
1) BJP also a mechanism for handling that, for better or for worse -- and this is not driven merely by individual aspirants, but by RSS who has no aspirations of personal power. Hence neutral and looking at bigger picture.
You started out so loftily with "BJP has a mechanism for handling this..." that I was expecting you to move towards the obvious answer of intra-party democracy...anyway, so the RSS it is. Fair enough - we can give it a really looong rope this time - lets see if they choose to hang themselves or the opponent with it.

Arjun-ji; with respects, whether you give a rope or not matters not a whit. It will do what it has done and as it sees right. I am merely saying is. Thats about it.

For better or for worse that is how Sangh has behaved, and it shows no signs of changing or any reasons to either.

Pranav · Post by **Pranav** » 24 May 2013 13:35

Hari Seldon wrote:Sankuji,

Despite your vehement assertions (and no, am not proud to be on the same page as an AAP trojan on this one), does seem like there is an undercurrent of power-struggle going on at present in the BJP's highest echelons. Might as well admit to it than pretend this is allan elaborate chankian ploy played to scripted perfection.

I have no doubt Sushma or LKA would very much like to be POM if PMship were offered on a platter (sadly,m this is BJP and not INC where such offers are possible). That said, the only hope is their damage potential can well be contained and re-channeled since they do not seem to mind hurting the party's chances should namo continue his ascent.

Anyway, JMTPs and all only.

IMO, besides those who have a selfish and corrupt interest in papering over the cracks within the BJP/RSS, there are many who have become so emotionally attached and feeble-minded that they refuse to take cognizance of the many danger signals that have been flashing for years now.

Pranav · Post by **Pranav** » 24 May 2013 13:58

Arjun wrote:
Sanku wrote:BJP also a mechanism for handling that, for better or for worse -- and this is not driven merely by individual aspirants, but by RSS who has no aspirations of personal power. Hence neutral and looking at bigger picture.
You started out so loftily with "BJP has a mechanism for handling this..." that I was expecting you to move towards the obvious answer of intra-party democracy...anyway, so the RSS it is. Fair enough - we can give it a really looong rope this time - lets see if they choose to hang themselves or the opponent with it.

Senior RSS ideologues have speaking like Pakistanis, blaming their misfortunes on Modi. Gadkari himself, when he was BJP President, was confidently asserting that projecting Modi was out of the question. Obviously he would not have had the gall to make such a statement without the backing of the RSS brass.

In these circumstances it would indeed be rather odd to rely on the RSS tall Netas for anything. Ordinary Swayamsevaks are a different story, they are pretty much wholly pro-Modi.

Arjun · Post by **Arjun** » 24 May 2013 14:02

Sanku wrote:Arjun-ji; with respects, whether you give a rope or not matters not a whit. It will do what it has done and as it sees right. I am merely saying is. Thats about it.

For better or for worse that is how Sangh has behaved, and it shows no signs of changing or any reasons to either.

Not questioning you, Sankuji - you are just the messenger communicating a grimy reality.

All I am saying is that if the RSS in its infinitely Indic wisdom believes that it is a better arbiter of BJP leadership than the party support base (not that there is any evidence of that kind of thinking yet on the part of the RSS) - they'd better be prepared to take the heat if their bet fails. Stakes are very high this time around...

Pranav · Post by **Pranav** » 24 May 2013 14:06

panduranghari wrote: I do not understand why you are so obsessed with what BJP does if your alligiance if for AAP?

sir, kindly avoid bringing up the AAP everywhere, the topic is not remotely connected. As far as my humble self is concerned, if I am pro anything it is only constructive ideas for good governance.

satya · Post by **satya** » 24 May 2013 15:31

RSS do naon main sawaar hei : BJP & INC . LKA has backing from RSS , there's no confusion about this in dilli circles =open secret. NaMojee in 7 RCR seeing as chaos so its no desirable for RSS = dilli BJP +INC .

Chandragupta · Post by **Chandragupta** » 24 May 2013 16:37

satya wrote:RSS do naon main sawaar hei : BJP & INC . LKA has backing from RSS , there's no confusion about this in dilli circles =open secret. NaMojee in 7 RCR seeing as chaos so its no desirable for RSS = dilli BJP +INC .

If (and that's a big IF) RSS is complicit in denying NaMo his due, then it should & would be destined to the dustbin of history. Sad end to what truly is a magnificent organization & a sort of the last standing bastion for the Hindus. But if they themselves want it to sink, nobody can stop them.

Kakkaji · Post by **Kakkaji** » 24 May 2013 16:46

NaMo is facing the same situation that IG did in 1967 vis-a-vis the 'syndicate'. She chose to call their bluff, broke the party and won the election. The 'syndicate' was left twisting in the wind.

Will NaMo have to do the same?

Sanku · Post by **Sanku** » 24 May 2013 17:53

Kakkaji wrote:NaMo is facing the same situation that IG did in 1967 vis-a-vis the 'syndicate'. She chose to call their bluff, broke the party and won the election. The 'syndicate' was left twisting in the wind.

Will NaMo have to do the same?

That would be most out of character for Modi, he is a RSS man through and through, and not a princeling of a Dynast whose primary claim to position was her father's name.

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 24 May 2013 18:01

Namo has lot of distence to travel before becoming the PM sir. Ishrat Zahangir case is being used now to detain Modi. There are reports that Modi and Amit Shah will be summoned. It was reported "deal" was struck with IPS officers presently accused and the accused have agreed to help CBI to guide the investegation in the "right" direction. Expect Namo summons incident next weak at the latest. Please do not be surprised even if he is arrested. But I am not certain if INC will be that much foolish. One can never be certain to teh extent INC will stoop. Particularly with D4 keeping quite with glee if Namo getting arrested.

Discrediting of Namo will also done with new CAG and the Lok Ayuktha at Gujarath. 2002 thing will be further pushed (with active involvement of Supreme Court we can not predict the result and INC will have a alibi).

Killing of Namo also can not be ruled out. Many who challenged status quo died in our nation. Sardar Patel, Nethaji (may not have died) Lal Bhagadur Shastry, Sanjay Gandhi ( said to be pro US at that time) Indira herself ( with Sonia as first person to reach the her and never even examined as witness in trail and Russinas in the next building, Rajiv ( atleast some politicos like MK said to be knowing what is about to happen) Rajesh Pilot ( bazar accident) Madhav Rao Sindhiya ( said to be "seeing" Sonia as per rumours along with Rajiv before her marriage) to name of few. Kill Namo and BJP will not find a candidate in near future who can galvanize its base and win elections. Remember BJP has to do its best even to be at 175 plus seats win.

Pranav · Post by **Pranav** » 24 May 2013 19:00

Power struggle intensifies in BJP - http://www.asianage.com/india/power-str ... es-bjp-661

The power struggle has intensified within the BJP between Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s supporters and detractors, especially after the opinion polls predicting advantage for the saffron party if the Mr Modi is projected as the prime mnisterial candidate.

These opinion polls have led to formation of a new power equation within the party. BJP parliamentary party chairman L.K. Advani, who himself is eyeing for the PM candidate post, is reportedly warming up to former party chief Nitin Gadkari.

Mr Advani,who is fighting the decisive battle in his own party at the fag end of his political career has reportedly suggested to BJP chief Rajnath Singh that Mr Gadkari should head the election management committee for the coming Assembly polls, which will see a straight fight between the Congress and the BJP.

Mr Advani had earlier refused to go by the RSS script of giving a second term to Mr Gadkari, leaving the RSS fuming. Sources disclosed the BJP chief himself wants Mr Gadkari to head the election management committee with the calculation of keeping the RSS top brass in good homour.

Sources disclosed Mr Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Ananth Kumar and M.M. Joshi are not in favour of Mr Modi being projected as the prime ministerial candidate despite growing clamour within the party cadre to project the Gujarat CM for the top post.

It could be mentioned here that Sushma Swaraj, considered close to Mr Advani, had Wednesday said that Mr Advani cannot be ruled out as a possible PM candidate of the BJP.

The RSS, meanwhile, does not want to join the power game and may reveal its card at a later stage. The current picture in the BJP is that all senior leaders are playing games in the power struggle at a time when it is yet to be seen whether or not Mr Modi is projected as the PM candidate.

It could be recalled here that Mr Modi had recently called on Mr Advani and described the meeting as “wonderful.” He had also met Mr Gadkari.

Mr Gadkari’s relations with Mr Modi had strained after the latter did not campaign in Assembly polls last year.

LK Advani wants Nitin Gadkari to head BJP election committee - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new ... 236339.cms

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader LK Advani has proposed the name of former party chief Nitin Gadkari for heading the party's election management committee for five state elections later this year, in a move seemingly aimed at queering the pitch for the party's presumptive prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

Advani has met Gadkari thrice this month, including on Thursday night just before the latter left for Nagpur, a person familiar with the matter told ET. The meetings have come as a surprise to many since Advani had spearheaded the campaign for denying Gadkari a second term following allegations of irregularities in his firms.

The outreach on Advani's part is aimed at amplifying his differences with party chief Rajnath Singh, said a senior leader, who did not wish to be named. When Singh went to meet Advani with the list of his new team, he is understood to have told him that if he had come to consult him it was okay but if it was an exercise to complete the formality of showing him the list it was pointless, the source said.

While Advani held his grouse with the party president, Gadkari too had his reasons to be unhappy with Singh in the past on the ground that he was not being consulted on party matters.

Pranav · Post by **Pranav** » 24 May 2013 19:18

Infosys' Kris Gopalakrishnan praises Narendra Modi - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new ... 246066.cms

AHMEDABAD: InfosysBSE -0.51 % executive co-chairman and president of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Kris Gopalakrishnan today heaped praise on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, describing him as "a global leader".

"Modi is a global leader who many wish to emulate. It is a privilege to share the dais with Modi, under whom the state has progressed in all aspects," said Gopalakrishnan at the launch of The Hindu Business Line's Ahmedabad edition here today.

"In CII, we say that if every state grows at Gujarat's pace, we can get double-digit growth in the country," he said.

He said Gujarat has progressed in all sectors -be it agriculture, industry or any other field and also asked the state government to leverage information technology in the administration.

Replying to Gopalakrishnan, Modi said: "Unfortunately, I could not hear what you said, whether you praised Gujarat or not, but I will get to know in two days. Last week, when Infosys praised Gujarat, it got an Income-Tax notice of Rs 500 crore".

Last week, Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy had praised the Gujarat government led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi at a YMCA function in Ahmedabad today -

Lots of affection from the Christian folks.

rkirankr · Post by **rkirankr** » 24 May 2013 19:21

^ expect an IT or CBI raid on Krish soon

fanne · Post by **fanne** » 24 May 2013 19:24

if all the papers are reporting the same thing across the board it means only one thing (not that it is true), but cooked up and controlled from a central place. In all countries, in India as well, you would see some foreign policy pronouncement (specially pertaining to Kashmir, or some massacre, where a message is to be given) a similar report will appear in all newspapers across the board. Even few lines would be exactly same. Con is of course using the same team to sow confusion within public (they hardly use that for foreign policy as they have non). There is a fight in the top brass is an speculation (unless there is a youtube video of Advani/modi fighting Kushti, or exchanging blow or abusing each other), promoted by Italian Mafia.
rgds,
fanne
Ps - I will request informed members not be swayed by opinion or selective news quoting from as Mao would put it - running dogs of imperialists. They prey on Indian sense of hearing the other side, giving a fair chance etc etc

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 24 May 2013 19:53

fanne wrote:if all the papers are reporting the same thing across the board it means only one thing (not that it is true), but cooked up and controlled from a central place. In all countries, in India as well, you would see some foreign policy pronouncement (specially pertaining to Kashmir, or some massacre, where a message is to be given) a similar report will appear in all newspapers across the board. Even few lines would be exactly same. Con is of course using the same team to sow confusion within public (they hardly use that for foreign policy as they have non). There is a fight in the top brass is an speculation (unless there is a youtube video of Advani/modi fighting Kushti, or exchanging blow or abusing each other), promoted by Italian Mafia.
rgds,
fanne
Ps - I will request informed members not be swayed by opinion or selective news quoting from as Mao would put it - running dogs of imperialists. They prey on Indian sense of hearing the other side, giving a fair chance etc etc

http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 5#p1460855

I have also mentioned in various other forms earlier -- too lazy to post these.

on positive note NaMo thread is well on its way to break all existing records in brf

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 24 May 2013 20:24

Pranav wrote: Lots of affection from the Christian folks.

Very pleasant. This Bharatiyata we want, need and expect from all Bharatiyas. Appreciate good governance from all quarters and denounce bad governance in all quarters.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 24 May 2013 20:42

Pranav wrote: Modi at a YMCA function in Ahmedabad today

Lots of affection from the Christian folks.

Modi is doing his best to bring Kerala into play. John Geevarghese, CEO of Sales India, a philanthropist, were there on the podium. He is trying to bring Kerala Christians, or at least the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church adherents, which btw is not controlled by some hierarchy outside India.

So in Kerala they can be an important "voting bloc" which if it shifts to BJP can change the complexion of Kerala politics, with SNDP representing Ezhavas and NSS representing Nairs willing to join in.

So the hope is that if KJP rejoins a BJP with Modi as PM candidate, then Karnataka can also send substantial MPs to Delhi. Telangana in AP can also produce some BJP seats.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 24 May 2013 22:50

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 24 May 2013 23:00

sushma swaraj has mentioned in her twitter that she walking out in a huff in the BJP meet upset at NaMo is entirely inaccurate and baseless.

fanne · Post by **fanne** » 24 May 2013 23:02

I told you, if you give me a video proof with a sworn affidavit that it is undoctored and Rs 10000000000 surety then only I will believe that these news are true. Else anyone can write whatever they want, it does not make it true, even if that is all the newspapers in India.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 24 May 2013 23:05

^^ While NaMO is doign all he can to unite pro Indian communities regardless of their religion/caste, the sick PAIDMEDIA and CONgis are doing every thing to divide Indians.

I want to restrain my anger towards some of the BJP Delhi leaders. It is possible that the whole drama is being orchestrated by PAIDMEDIA to make it appear there are some serious divisions in BJP. We all should hold back. But there is some element of doubt that creeps up constantly that this just not just 100% ploy by PAIDEMDIA. They might be exaggerating but Advani&Co are doing something to derail the chances of BJP if they can't get the power even if it helps the Maino clan. I hope it is not true but day by day, it is looking like that.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 24 May 2013 23:25

^^^^
sure enough, some top BJP leaders are unhappy with rise of NaMo. everyone wants to cash in on the common man disenchantment and become the PM. Nothing wrong with that.
That is why BJP is a better party as the person who wins them all is fit for PM.

In this battle hopefully the dead wood will be removed and better ones will prevail.

This is not so with termite party and the aam aadmi party.

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 24 May 2013 23:54

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 25 May 2013 01:02

satya wrote:RSS do naon main sawaar hei : BJP & INC . LKA has backing from RSS , there's no confusion about this in dilli circles =open secret. NaMojee in 7 RCR seeing as chaos so its no desirable for RSS = dilli BJP +INC .

Thanks for saying in less than two lines. This is the truth.

disha · Post by **disha** » 25 May 2013 01:03

^^^ Lady MacBeth ki vajah se!!!

Yeh Lady MacBeth ki vajah se saab ka sarvanash ho rahan hai:

1. Pehle Kargil mein IA
2. Tata aur Radia
3. Musharaf
4. Aur abhi LKA bhi?

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 25 May 2013 02:15

krisna wrote:^^^^
sure enough, some top BJP leaders are unhappy with rise of NaMo. everyone wants to cash in on the common man disenchantment and become the PM. Nothing wrong with that.
That is why BJP is a better party as the person who wins them all is fit for PM.

In this battle hopefully the dead wood will be removed and better ones will prevail.

This is not so with termite party and the aam aadmi party.

If Advani/Sushma want to articulate a vision that appeals to the voters and challenge Modi on that, it would be always welcome. But that is not the case. How much appeal do they have? Have they come out with their ideas for India? Are the people interested in it? Nope.

I don't agree to the idea that this kind of back room operation is good for the party or the nation.

Remember this is exactly what brought Janata party down: ego play by Charan singh, Jagjivan, Moraji, Chandrasekhar.

This is exactly what finished K'taka party down: the backroom operations by Advani, Ananth Kumar and Sushma Swaraj along with master plan by Maino clan and brazenness of Yeddi.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 25 May 2013 04:29

Continuing from my earlier theory that Modi may be trying to rope in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala. The church people are not happy with either UDF or LDF.

Another church, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church also had earlier invited LKA for which it was criticized.

BTW both the Churches are independent in their organization from any external foreign support.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 25 May 2013 04:40

vivek.rao wrote:
If Advani/Sushma want to articulate a vision that appeals to the voters and challenge Modi on that, it would be always welcome. But that is not the case. How much appeal do they have? Have they come out with their ideas for India? Are the people interested in it? Nope.

I don't agree to the idea that this kind of back room operation is good for the party or the nation.

Remember this is exactly what brought Janata party down: ego play by Charan singh, Jagjivan, Moraji, Chandrasekhar.

This is exactly what finished K'taka party down: the backroom operations by Advani, Ananth Kumar and Sushma Swaraj along with master plan by Maino clan and brazenness of Yeddi.

Both have same ideas but saying it differently.

If people who dont carry weight electorally and have not done well when given chance still call the shots, then no point supporting BJP. If naMo who has done well in all respects cannot make it as PM candidate then not many will vote for BJP. the dead wood will bring everyone down. this is what many have also commented that LOh Purush is the best friend congis can get.
That is what many people in surveys have said- Give NaMo the leadership role many aam aadmi will vote for him.
as simple as that.

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 25 May 2013 07:47

UP: Modi's new frontier

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 25 May 2013 07:49

Kerala government axes vice-chancellor for pro-Modi remarks

The state government has decided to sack IAS officer B Ashok from the post of vice-chancellor of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University for writing an article recently in a vernacular daily where he criticized Rahul Gandhi's refusal thrice to accept invitations to visit Sivagiri Mutt.

A note moved by the Cabinet on Wednesday, a copy of which is with TOI, said Ashok, "... not only breached provisions of All India Service (Conduct) Rules 1968 ... but also made mockery of senior political leaders and department heads".

Incidentally, Ashok was removed from the same post earlier by the UDF government, also for writing an article, an act which was later termed "illegal, arbitrary and capricious" by High Court last year. He was reinstated in August 2012.

When contacted, Ashok denied any knowledge of the government move. "I have not been informed or asked to clarify anything. I just hope that the university does not suffer in the process" he said.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 25 May 2013 08:32

Finely slicing the electorate: With clever use of technology, Narendra Modi plans to customise messages to voters

One of Modi's more interesting but less noticed recent statements was at a BJP leaders' meeting in Delhi last month. He spoke of 'election management', highlighting that in the last general elections the Congress polled overall around 110 million votes, while estimates suggest that by 2014 India will have 140 million mobile internet users. The implication was clear — collect as much data as possible on those 140 million individuals and target some among them with tailored messages.

Modi and his advisers hope to profit from data technologies that can individuate the voter base. Past campaigns have operated by building a representative sample of the electorate as a whole, which could reveal patterns and levels of support among different demographic categories defined by caste, religion, gender, age and class. Leaders would then test opinions and support among sample 'focus groups' — tinkering with their main messages so as to reach more effectively these broad demographics.

The Indian situation of course is very different, not least because of the much lighter penetration of the internet. But Indians are already the third largest users of Facebook, and the fast spread of smartphones and handheld internet devices is making more personal data available — through social media and commercial internet use — and bringing many more within reach of digital campaigns.

The real masterminds of Modi's political campaigns are not shadowy figures wearing RSS uniform under their plainclothes. They are smart, cheery IIT-ians: men like Rajesh Jain. His company, NetCore, declares itself India's number one in email marketing and in the top three in text services, with methods that importantly include iterative messaging, whereby the content of the message can be revised in order to be more effective. Jain, who writes a blog called Emergic, where he muses on the condition of the nation, has expressed as his desire — "changing minds to change people's votes to bringing political change to bringing about the right policies for India's development."

A new Sangh Parivar, a virtual 2.0 version, is indeed emerging: an agglomeration of Web portals, social media sites, blogs such as Emergic, OneIndia, NitiCentral, United Voters of India and others, linked to mobile internet consultancies that specialise in aggregating and data mining. Devoted to identifying potential supporters and getting them out to vote, the strategy followed by these groups is utterly different from that of earlier BJP campaigns.

In the past, the BJP leadership sought to create majorities through 'waves', and searched for major lines of cleavage to divide the electorate. Now, the strategy is to precision target individual voters: And in particular to aim for those not at the extreme end of the spectrum, but those leaning just to the right of centre, or just inclining away from the Congress — not an unusual position these days. As the website of United Votes of India declares, "Even 5% of the total voting population can make a huge difference to the outcome of any election," a particularly resonant thought in the Indian case — where small shifts in the distribution of vote share can bring decisive rewards in terms of seats, and where there is currently much fragmentation in voter preferences.

It's not Modi's use of holographic effects and other gimmicks which is his real innovation. Rather, it's his efforts to acquire voter data precise enough to allow him to target that decisive, persuadable 5%.

There is an interesting twist to this strategy. Working with outside consultants, Modi has built his own information network that sidelines the BJP and party systems. That's one reason he has so many opponents within the Gujarat BJP, and one reason the national leadership is fearful of him, even as they hope he will deliver electoral gains.

Many in the BJP's national leadership are old enough to remember how the first Mrs Gandhi, Indira, transformed her own party from the late 1960s onwards, even as she appeared to seal her electoral triumph. Her enduring impact on Congress was organisational decimation, not ideological regeneration. Narendra Modi's impact on his party may turn out to be curiously similar. In that sense, he could pose as much of a threat to the BJP as to his declared ideological opponents in the Congress.

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 25 May 2013 10:19

Narendra Modi effect: No annual function at Ravenshaw

CUTTACK: Had the students' union of Ravenshaw University only wanted chief minister Naveen Patnaik as chief guest at their annual function, the even could have taken place after three years. However, students wanted Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi too leading to cancellation of the function.

Sources said soon after the students' body zeroed in on Modi, the university authorities felt jittery, apparently apprehensive of how Naveen, no more in the NDA, would react and sat over the proposal.

Vice-chancellor B C Tripathy denied he was against inviting Modi to address the students. "I had no hesitation in inviting Modi nor did I sit over the proposal. We had rather sent the invitation first to chief minister Naveen Patnaik in March thinking that after getting his consent we will send an invitation to his Gujarat counterpart. But two months passed, no response came from the chief minister's office," the VC said.

Students' union secretary Abhilash Panda refused to buy the VC's version. "Our union in its executive body meeting on March 9 had unanimously decided to invite Modi as chief speaker along with Naveen Patnaik as chief guest to the function scheduled this month. The proposal was sent to the vice-chancellor and he did nothing," Panda said.

"We had chosen Modi for obvious reasons. He has proved his mettle by scripting a tangible growth story in Gujarat and the whole country wants to listen to him as evident from the scores of invitations he had been receiving from different educational institutions within India and abroad. The VC for reasons best known to him, did not send our proposal to the Gujarat chief minister. We made several requests to the VC since March to act on our proposal, but he did not react," Panda, who resigned from his post on Thursday in protest, alleged.

The VC said he had proposed the students to invite intellectuals, academicians and writers, but they stuck to Modi. "The students did not listen to my alternative proposal. Since summer vacation has started from May 23, the students' union function stands cancelled," the VC said.

http://m.timesofindia.com/city/bhubanes ... 254963.cms

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 25 May 2013 10:35

Why women so desperate to be around Namo?

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 25 May 2013 10:42

Isn't NaMo the most eligible bachelor in India today?

My hormones started pumping wild just before my 12th class examination! Almost spoiled everything! So no Manekas now for NaMo!

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 25 May 2013 10:43