Earlier in a blog here, a senior journalist was quoted for writing that in the present political scenario, it appeared to be ‘Modi versus all’. It was a common type remark. The way things have developed, it looks more objectionable. The Modi phobia is so strong that it has blurred their vision and they see nothing except Modi, as if there is no other issue. They are so afraid that it looks like a cat pouncing over a flock of pigeons. They all just fly away, leaving the field vacant.
The political game in the country shows that both the leading national parties have embarked on a calculated move of not going beyond the issue of communalism. The Congress thinks that so long communalism is selling like a hot cake, it is a good opportunity to brush the unpardonable corruption cases against its leaders under the carpet. This is coming true also. Today nobody talks about Kalmadi, Raja, P.K. Bansal, Ashwini Kumar, Kanimojhi, Ashok Chavan, Robert Vadra so on and so forth. The ruling party may not find a more suitable situation. The party has given full freedom to its spokespersons and others like Digvijay Singh, Rashid Alvi, Shakil Ahmad, Rashid Masood etc to fire on all cylinders to defame NaMo.
On the other hand, the BJP also finds the situation suitable. In its estimation, by abusing Modi, they are not only giving him unwanted publicity but also provoking the majority community to polarize. You see any TV debate on any subject, the representatives of the Congress, JDU, BSP and SP will speak only on Modi. If the topic is education, they would say that Modi did not do anything and so Gujarat was lagging behind several states. In their view there was only one communal riot in India and that was in 2002 in Gujarat. Never before and never after there is any other incident. The worst riot has been the anti-Sikh riot of 1984. They will name Modi for Gujarat riot but none other for Anti-Sikh riot of 1984, Bhagalpur, Jamshedpur and several other riots in UP and elsewhere. 64 MPs wrote a letter to Obama for denying Visa to Modi for the alleged violation of Human Rights but they do not see the cases of Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar. The letter was written on the request of a Muslim platform in USA. The writers are not ashamed of playing at the hands of foreign elements. They have no respect for the constitution and sovereignty of India. Moreover, several MPs have denied to have signed that document. Sitaram Yechry of CPM charged that his signature was forged. Karunanidhi is on the record to have said that no DMK parliamentarian put his signature on that controversial letter. An advocate has requested Meira Kumar to hold an enquiry and terminate the membership of culprits. The growing popularity of Modi has frightened them so much that they are not testing issues to fix their stand.
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