moDOOMism....

Finally the fears have come true. As a stunned Nations tries to cope with the headline everywhere, Narender Modi readies himself to take oath for a third term as Chief Minister (And not Common Man) of Gujarat.

I have always been a staunch opposer of him, and really wished he lost elections this time. But it did not happen, and he again tasted victory. So I re-captulated my dislike for him. Here is the list

1. He is a hardliner. Hardliners can be good in autocratic rulership and democratic.

2. He is communalist. He has religious bais.

3. He is criminal. His role in post godhra riots is known to all now.

BJP is close to calling him "Gr8" leader, but a little introspection will make them shy away from saying the same.

It is being said that Modi has won election mainly on "Progress" and due to his charismatic personality. Probably i can also not deny that he has some charisma in his personality, but i beg to differ on progress issue. If we see history we find that Gujarat has always been among the richest states in India. That coupled with the bouyantic growth India has seen in last couple of years because of global factors, I dont think what Gujarat has achieved is anything significant more. Also to be kept in mind is that Reliance, whose forte is gujarat, has been doing massive expantions in recent years. Thus the progress gujarat has achieved is unelastic to Modi's so called good policies.

How elections are won and lost is probably known to none, and thats why it is difficult to say why Modi wont election. But the strongest factor that I see was that he did not have any opposition from anybody else.

But what has been interesting is that Modis own people revolted against him, and mainly because of his autocratic style of working. One of the key attribute of a good leader is that they create loyalist. But modi seems to be too self centred to think of others, and share his power.

Whatever reason it is, a really sad chapter has begun in Indian Politics, which will have ramification at National level. Gujarat and India have sent out the wrong signals, and this will only have ill effects at macro level. 'God Bless u India'