Narendra Modi for PM? - No Thanks!

Some people think Narendra Modi should be India's PM. Here’s why I disagree.

Whatever arguments, one may have in favour of him, we need to face it - certain truths about him can not be brushed under the carpet. Let us clearly understand that those who support Modi are in fact in favour of everything he stands for.

1) Modi belongs to the tribe that subscribes to the belief system that works with a vision, towards a "hindu rashtra". Where Muslims and Christians and whoever else need to understand and accept their proper place in the system. (for “good” reason of course based on a few actual and a few doctored historic facts)

2) He is capable of stooping to inhuman levels for this. And he is capable of not feeling any remorse for the tragedy. He claims it to be a "natural reaction".

3) Modi is capable of and does in fact see qualities that are worth admiring in Hitler.

Gujrat will flourish even without Modi. The nation too, is and will continue to progress even without Modi. Development and progress is inevitable. We the people are making it happen. It would help if we weren’t distracted by forcefully induced communal tension.

Narendra Modi as PM would only confirm to the world that, we indeed are uneducated, unenlightened and easily manipulated as a people. And that the values mentioned in our Constitution doesn’t hold much weight with the most of us.

Comments

mathew said…
said perfectly..Pooja just remember us as kids we never used to look at friends from prespective of religion which he or she is from..But now its a situation that people often look it under that scanner..and the politicians are to be blamed for a good deal in culitvating that..esp folks like Modi...the damage which he does will last for several years..and thats a dangerous precedent..
Unknown said…
POOJA..
I TOO CHALLENGE YOU TO SHOW ME A VIDEO CLIPPINGS WHERE NARENDRA MODI HAS SAID" i LIKE HITLER"

just open your shuttered mind..and dont go by the media reports,which are PSEUDO SECULARISTS,but come down to Gujarat, and see yourself the development of the state..
Unknown said…
POOJA..
I TOO CHALLENGE YOU TO SHOW ME A VIDEO CLIPPINGS WHERE NARENDRA MODI HAS SAID" i LIKE HITLER"

just open your shuttered mind..and dont go by the media reports,which are PSEUDO SECULARISTS,but come down to Gujarat, and see yourself the development of the state..
Pooja Nair said…
True Mathew...

Swadesh,

In Gujrat you see development. In Gujrat you also see religious polarisation.

If you dnt want me to trust mainstream media. please recommend who i should trust?

"development" is the facade Modi and his supporters use to promote his communal policies.

Gujrat will continue to flourish even without Modi.
Hi, This is about your previous post 'do these ads offend you'? To be frank, I found it really puzzling that despite being from the ad industry, it offended you. Of course, if you go by the visual only, it will. But then an ad must be treated as 'wholesome' ie a single entity consists of both copy and visual. In that sense it doesn't offend me, in fact the ad present these great men with respect for what they did and what changes they caused in the society and humanity as a whole.

Thanks for sharing the ads.
mathew said…
Pooj...You are tagged!
Pooja Nair said…
Arun,

my instant reaction was of feeling offended. The reasoning i have applied after is probably a result of my advertising background.

Aundiences rarely lok at an ad in a holistic way. first impressions matter...

Please comment under that post if you have more to say on the subject...

Mathew!!!

My first tag! will get to it soon! :)
Ajith said…
Gud post. I can't imagine Modi as our PM. It ll be a shame for all the Indians. We should identify politicians who play their cards using religion and regionalism. India has an image of a secular, democratic country. We need to protect it at any cost. This is one major difference between India and Pakistan. We will definitely lose out this advantage if Modi becomes our PM.
Pooja Nair said…
thanks ajith... you are right!
Anonymous said…
This is being written by a sickened Indian who has seen the carnage in Mumbai. This is going to sound fundamentalistic, so be it. I'm an Indian, I love the fact. I also love the fact that I'm a Hindu. For centuries, we have welcomed Christians, Muslims, Parsis and Jews to settle/convert. Now we are being pushed to the wall by the very people we welcomed (read muslims). Even if 1%of India's Muslims symapatise with these sickos (which i think is a fact), we are looking at 15-20m enemies in our country. Dangerous situations call for drastic actions. Do you know that Muslims in Gujarat don't dare to wag their tails now? Fear sometimes is good the overall good. This country has to go thru the circle of life. Maybe Modi will start this circle. You can't stop a thing whose time has come. He's no angel, but don't Hindus need to feel good about themselves sometimes? Maybe he'll do it. Maybe he is worth a shot.
Pooja Nair said…
hello anonymous!

poople who support Modi have these common traits. that i see in you too.

they all get rude, offensive and violent in their comments.

well,

yes i say NO TO MODI escepecially after the carnage in Mumbai.

I say he has helped the terrorists in brainwashing youngs muslims into giving up their own lives for this...

This is not the result of our tolerance. this is the result of sections of us who exhibit intolerence.

See? I made my point without being rude.

You should try it too... :)
Anonymous said…
Pls show me states which have automatically benefitted by development . By that logic Kerala should be automatically benefited since it has got highly educated people . I am saying this because I am also a Keralite like you

Modi is a PRAGMATIC Leader and let us not take old worms from can and ramble on this for long . 2002 is seven years old and pls give me a break and move on
Pooja Nair said…
Anonymous,

Kerala IS by far one of THE MOST developed states in the country.

You visit rural gujrat and rural Kerala and you will see what i mean.

The litracy ITSELF is a proof of that!

The kind of glossy development Modi achieves is the typical, myopic one which makes the rich richer and poor poorer!

Here's a blog on the subject:

http://anandnair.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/07/kerala-and-gujarat-a-comparison.htm

WHY?
should we ignore history? Yes it has been 7 years!!! it's shameful that MODI is still free of charge!

MODI has a fascist ideology. If he sends out a public notice that he has changed, i will agree wiht you.

HE IS A LOOMING THREAT TO INDIA.

India & Gujrat will continue to flourish even without him.

But the communal disharmony will def. worsen under his leadership!
Ajith said…
Pooja,

Well said!! People should realise that Modi cannot wash away his sins by the crores of investment he is attracting from Corporates. I pity on those corporate leaders who were showering praises on him. The support India enjoys in west and US will no longer be there if modi is elected as PM. We all know he is no better than those Lashkar terrorists. Forget seven years, he will be marked as a criminal for 1000 years.

There is a ridiculous trend in blog space, which is spreading negative news about Kerala. the funniest aspect is most of them are mallus, who doesnt know anything about real kerala and those arm chair critics would have never gone out of their developed cities, to see what is actually happening in the rural part of the so called 'developed' states.
Anonymous said…
Hi Pooja,

I read your entire post on Modi, but as i assume that you have never visited Gujarat, One must have known Gujarat before giving such statement. As you raised you point very well, but it would be worth if you can throw some lights on my question.

1.(As from post "Where muslims and christians can be taught a lesson for thriving through forced conversions 100s of years ago. He wants them to pay for it today. So they must all live in ghettos in fear of Hindus. He uses the current global islamophobia as a catalyst." )

I am completely disagree, what he always mention , that there should not any kind of conversion, as we aware that some churches (sorry to say) are showing some benefits of converting to poor and uneducated people - like "you are hindu still you are poor see how wonderful life we are living with Isu - example - Its true as of Dang,Gujarat.

Its complete nonsense to convert with this kind of stuff - If pop is really concern about security of people, why not he takes a step of self ban on conversion atleast for India

2. ( From post Modi admires Hitler. He has made that very clear! He has made it amply clear that he DOES NOT REGRET what happened in Gujrat.
He claims it to be a "natural reaction".
)

Why should one regret which is natural reaction - law of nature

Modi never hailed Hitler, its so called secular and eng. media compare him as hitler of 21 century. And about natural reaction , yes it was, when some group trying to create fear in majority then its obvious to have such event. Read ans. 4 for further.

3. (From post "Gujrat will flourish even without Modi.")

Here again , your mind sets gives ans. Yes Gujarat will flourish with any one , but to counter you question , if you asked me one example - I would give Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada.

Dam was suppose to be ready in 1970s but nothing done and entire saurashtra was remain without water to farm. It was Modi who takes charge in completing project despite problems created by Megha Patekar and Maharashtra Gov. Its a leader who shows a path. Check now in Saurashtra , they are getting water of Narmada. Still not done completely but those who not able to done in 40 years , he managed to get it done in last 6 years.

4.( From one of your comment "I say he has helped the terrorists in brainwashing youngs muslims into giving up their own lives for this..." )

here you are getting wrong with your own words, you just mention about "natural reaction"

If you are justifying that Modi has helped Terrorist ( due to Gujarat riots - if not wrong )
It tells me that Its a reaction to Gujarat Riots,

Then why people like you and others don't accept Gujaratis Reaction - You must else stop blame modi.
Pooja Nair said…
Vivek,

I say that there is absolutely no reason for anyone to feel insecure about "peacefull" conversions.

Why should we, as hindus feel hurt if a fellow hindu chooses to covert to another religion?

Even if i am the only hindu left in the world. i must only care about what faith i want to follow..

In anycase,If NM took the initiative to initiate and run hindu missionaries, i would not have complained.

But he doesn't seem to care atall about the poor and down-trodden.

he only cares about increasing hindu population even if he has to draw blood for it - which is evil, selfish and political!

Yes i have been to gujrat - i have seen abject poverty in some of its villages too...
Pooja Nair said…
HE calls it a natural reaction.

i say HE fuelled the spark of "natural reaction" to ensure a destructive fire ensued for days!

Hence, I stand by the statement that he has made it easier for the terrorists to influence impressionable, young minds of muslims...

And yet majority of muslims in this country stand strong and do not allow such prejudices to creep in...

However, if NM becomes PM it will show that majority of Hindu's have failed to prevent themselves from getting prejudiced!

And that will be a shamefull state of affairs...
Pooja Nair said…
Gujrat is not the only state that has seen development in the past few years.

that itself proves that 'development' is not a function of NM.

However no other state has seen as shameful riots as Gujrat in the last few years...

Secular disharmony is most defenetly a function of NM
Anonymous said…
NM took the initiative to initiate and run hindu missionaries, i would not have complained.

I am sure if he start it, English media and self claimed secular will ran after him for dividing policy thats why I say , pop should take initiative to put self ban on conversion in India.

I should insist people who came for conversion to keep faith in God which is with him since birth.

if NM becomes PM it will show that majority of Hindu's have failed to prevent themselves from getting prejudiced!

Its not 100% right, if what you are saying is right then Modi had been PM in 2003 itself but people wait , to see his work, in BJP at least people not come in power with father name, they have raised from grass root level, which modi has already done. Being from poor family he has reached here.

Gujrat is not the only state that has seen development in the past few years.

that itself proves that 'development' is not a function of NM.

However no other state has seen as shameful riots as Gujrat in the last few years...


We never say , Gujarat is the only state, but its rare state where leader is committed to take harsh step to ensure the growth of the state, for example, West Bengal Tata's Nano project was thrown out just a sake of egoistic Mamta, she also knows that it was in benefit of state but just to keep her name in light she forced all this. While in Gujarat , Namo provided a land within 48 hours, this makes him CM with difference, For PM , we need a person who take decision quickly, else we can still be a developing nation for next 60 years.

And about Riots , don't forget Godhara. We were forced to do after Godhara to ensure the safety of ours.

If some groups killed your children and women we can't keep quiet and will not if it repeats in future regardless who is in Power, thats history of Gujarat, be it in 60s or 1985 or 2002, we will curb all those who will try to spread fear in us.

We as Gujarati will tolerate everything but not fear. We never harm anyone but we will have no mercy who try to harm us.

For Godhara, mob of 1500 people can't be imported from Pakistan, it means there were hands of local people. So if you can't bear aftermath don't dare to do.

This is the message to all those who are acting against Gujarat.

Keep my words, Modi will become Prime Minister supported by People of India.
Pooja Nair said…
As if the Media has spared him for carrying out riots!
He might aswell get infamous for starting a hindu missionary instead of for fueling riots.

He will not become PM as long as people remember the riots.

If he does become PM it will show that people have forgotten OR that the majority think like you do. (I really hope its the former)

I can never have any respect for NM or for anyone who supports him...
Ajith said…
@Vivek - Countering aggressively quoting each sentence by providing some stupid arguments will not mean whatever u say is truth. We can clearly see your hate and intolerance towards other religions. (Hope u remember the pledge we take in school which states all Indians are my brothers and sisters.)

This is a result of divisive politics and spread of hate by some of the leaders who can be classified as 'National Shame'.
I hope that u will not have any doubt that Gujarat riots is a creation of a modi, and that makes him a terrorist who has no regard for innocent's life. (Worse than Hitler!)

Pooja - Go ahead girl. Keep writing..
Anonymous said…
@ Ajith

May be telling truth is stupid in your terms or telling opposite what you think is stupid.
we were forced to go aggressive by burning 59 ppl , aren't they innocent, don't they had human rights or definition of innocent and human rights is different for some people.
And I do remember wht my school has teach me but same school has teach me that you should protect your brothers and sisters at at cost(may be you had forget that).

Today in Gujarat , majority of ppl had forgotten what happen in 2002 but still ppl like you self claimed secular and TRP crazy media don't want to forget it for their own benefit. And if you still want to bash against Gujarati ppl go to hell.

@ Pooja.

Yes media has played a vital roll in spreading riots to increase its TRP by showing pictures live during violence period. They should not have shown this at that time instead they should have wait till peace.

And about forgetting 2002, People has forget it already and it is not very far when people of India forget it except ppl like you. Remember ppl has voted Congress despite 1969,1974,1984,1989 riots becaz they think it is suitable so whats harm in handing power in Modi's hand if there is lack of leadership.

All and all you ppl like to give your opinion becaz you had not lost your loved ones in Sabarmati Express else your thoughts may be same as mine.
Pooja Nair said…
Vivek,

How does killing of 1000s of random people get them their revenge?

I doubt that the souls of the 59 gentlemen felt at peace after the riots.

The congress has apologized for the 1984 riots. Modi however, only denies his actions.

Going by the laws of probability:

There were 59 on the train. Yes, highly unlikey that someone i knew was amongst them.

Now, 1000s suffered during the riots. The chances of someone i know being amongst them is higher.

And sure enough, one of our dear family friends had to move out of Ahmedabad for a while along with their little daughter to protect themselves.

Ajith and I are not doing gujrat-bashing.

We are only bashing NM as PM.
Ajith said…
@Vivek -

"We were forced to go aggressive" - who gave authority for u to take law in ur hands. Grouping together with arms and killing innocents can never be justified. Anybody who has a mind to think, can make out that was a politically motivated riot aiming vote banks.
I know the school which u r referring to, that is a place where kids are brainwashed which is exactly what Taliban and Let doing in Pakistan - Spreading hate.
Anonymous said…
Thanks for clarifying that at least you are not doing Gujarat Bashing. Now coming on Modi,

you said probability of finding, for your info. that one who died from either side is 100% for that family (you will also agree - i hope)

Further, Don't see Gujarat Riots from one side that Muslims were killed in that.

For your information, go and check what indian government has presented to parliament. Government run by Congress which is in any terms Gujarat and Namo bashing.

As per figures given by the Union Minister of State for Home Shriprakash Jaiswal, who belongs to the Congress Party, in Parliament on 11 May 2005, 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus were killed in the riots, 2548 people were injured and 223 people were missing.

Now if Modi has planned everything how the hell those 254 ppl died apart from those were burn alive. One can't kill ppl who are supporting.

You may called this stats false, then my dear pooja, you don't have trust on Gujarat Gov. not even on this data which comes from Anti Modi ppl who will not leave single piece to hang modi. And case in suprim court still going, and before hearing judgment calling modi responsible for it would be too early. You may also excuse that cases takes ages in court. Now what can i say, you can continue to trust on TRP crazy media report for further. God can help you then.

And about PM post, if Congress ppl dream of making Rahul Gandhi a PM without any credential except a prince of Gandhi family then why not Modi who comes from bottom and has won the trust of Gujartis twice after riots and also responsible for Gujarat growth.
Pooja Nair said…
Vivek,

Proving that more Hindus died does not make NM a saint for fuelling the riots.

The point is that "people" died for no fault of their own!

And they lost their lives to evil right-wing politics, in this case, instigated by NM.

We all choose to believe what we want.

You choose to beleive NM cares for the nation. I choose to beleive he is too evil-minded for that.

Gujrat made its choice - out of fear or out of conviction.

It remains to be seen what India chooses...
Anonymous said…
I am not saying Namo is saint. infact anyone who is in politics is never be saint. Here matter is some group of elements deliberately describing Gujarat's choice of leader as mass murderer. Those who said he is , has not dare to prove it(in court). And those who has faith in Tehelka , we don't trust it as it was funded from outside country. They just excuse that modi govn not allowing fair trail. See how zahira sheikh changes statement in Suprim court. Zahira is one on whom entire story was build until she change her stand. After that all concentrate on Bilkishbano. ( yes with her whatever happen was unjustified and culprits must be hanged ) but for few incidents caused by local anger blaming entire administrator as failure is too much.

English media is describing this riots is such manner that it was first and last riots of World. It would be better for all of us to forget it as past and take decision for future.

If you blame Modi for riots than you must give credit for growth.(as he was leader in both cases)
Pooja Nair said…
Even if I do give him credit for development, i can not ignore his contribution to communal disharmony.

That such shameful murder took place during his reign itself is a shame.

A man who can allow such chaos even once during his tenure does not deserve his position.
Anonymous said…
Modi's so called contribution to communal disharmony is a fiction that is propagated by pseudo secular media and more importantly the NGO's which used to get foreign funds for Gujarat. If you study more into the details of what happened, then you will see that he actually did all he can.

Some examples of this fiction are,

1) There was supposed to be this 3 days during which he did nothing (from Feb 28 - March 1!!)

2) This pregnant lady who was killed and her stomach slit open. Arundhati fiction roy had to admit that she was reporting hearsay and took back this piece of fiction.

Whole lot of fiction like this was spread by MSM and digested by the population of this country. Nobody cared to look more into the details. They just believed MSM.

Also pl read through the campaign details of last Gujarat election and find out which party/media was speaking/dividing people along religious and caste lines. You will be enlightened.
Pooja Nair said…
Anonymous,

When a riot lasts for more than a few hours, it is an indication that the acting government has no control over things.

NM's capability in other areas shows that he is not exactly an incapable man.

Clearly he as CM turned a blind eye towards the killings if not encouraged it...

in this case the killings lasted for a few days... shameful!
Karthik said…
Hi ajith and pooja,

Having gone thru ur posts,i can clearly see that u r one of the pseudo-secular fundamentalists-the one that doesnt care abt other people's lives or empathize with them..to these kind of weaklings,an eye for an eye makes the world blind until u lose ur own eye!then we wil see abt ur reaction!people of ur kind r so selfish abt urselves dat u preach non-violence without thinking abt the victim's feelings..u jus hv to look at the 'religion of peace'!wat does its holy book profess?AN EYE FOR AN EYE!!!
for all u pseudo-seculars and modi-baiters i wud like 2 ask u this..
in 2002 abt 3000 people(going by unofficial estimates larger than 1000 officially dead) and u blame mid since he was cm..fine..but answer this as well.
aug 14-15 1947 : due to the selfishness and stupidity of 2 individuals called nehru and jinnah who both wanted to be pm,TWENTY MILLION people were killed and raped!by ur yardstick,NEHRU IS A BILLION TIMES COMMUNAL!!
1984 : the secular rahul gandhi takes the mantle after his mother's assasination..and wat happens?3000 sikhs r murdered!
sitting in air conditioned offices u guys r woefully unawre of the ground situations..think of it..a mob of few thousand approaces and how many bullets does the police party have?wat can he do?kill them all?am sure dat wud b the appropriate thing for ur pseudo-secular fundamnetalists!
wake up guys..ALL the politicians r communal in india..v jus hv to choose the lesser evil..
bharat zala said…
Poojaben have you ever visit Gujarat please once you visit muslim area in Gujarat than set a topic. I agree with you Modi should not become PM of India because we don't want lost him from gujarat. MAY BE LALLU YADAV,MAAVATI, AMARSINGH,MULAYAM, RAMVILAS PASWAN, RAHULGANDHI ARE BETTER OPTION. Nobody remeber sikh riots in delhi.We have lots keralite here in gujarat all are well educated but do you know one fact thier boss is villager Gujarati.This is the diffrance gujarat village and kerala village
Anonymous said…
Dear Pooja you are absolutly right Modi must not become PM of India otherwise we lost one great Leader from Gujarat.For India LALLU YADAV , MAYAVATI,AMARSING,RAHULGANDHI,RAMVILASPASWAN, YOUR KERALA CM are better option then him.one more thing as you write diffrance in rural kerala and rural gujarat.Let me explaine you lots of you educated keralites are salute villager gujarati for thier monthly salary this the real diffrance one more thing please come to gujarat we will visit muslim area I will give you gurentee you fell insecurity. we are not against muslime but we are against their activity. Modi not kill muslim but people who expolited by this people kill them.This is same like bihar and zarkhand naxelite where more than 1000 killing but nobody care because media will not much highlite.Each and every country of the world has gujarati have ever heard any problem by Gujarati than why its happen in 2000 becuase its question of sustainbilty. Please ask youe KERALITE FRIENDS in Gujarat they are happy with Narendra Modi iF not may be problem like you
Pooja Nair said…
@karthik,

You too seem to be a fan of the philosophy "an eye for an eye".

Who else but the CM is responsible for his own state??? NM is 100% responsible for the 2002 riots. The mututal killings went on for 3 days and that is a blot on his administration. (he is not incabable of stopping it if he wants. so shows he planned it this way)

Nehru is long dead. If he were running for PM today, it would make sense to debate his abilities.

The 1984 riots ARE a blot on the Congress. I will NEVER deny that and neither will the Congress. Today a sikh is the congress PM.

that is the key differenence between the congress and the BJP. :)

If NM apologises for what happened in Gujrat i will accept him. But he is a sworn villain - proud of the murders he caused.
Pooja Nair said…
@bharat zala,


I know that muslims feel insecure in hindu areas too. This is not a healthy situation. this tension is not there in other states. It is created by NM and the RSS in Gujarat.


I remember 1984 riots. I am happy that Tytler nver became the CM of Punjab.

The congress has repeatedly apologized. today manmohan singh is proof that they dnt hold any prejudice.

But ask NM to apologize for 2002 and watch his face!

This is not a kerala Vs Gujrat debate.

This is a debate about whether NM is good for PM or not.

And I say he is NOT good for PM because his prime contribution is to make EVRYONE insecure in their own country...
Pooja Nair said…
@anonymous,

Yes i do feel insecure in Muslim dominated areas. I feel insecure because i know that my people bought down their Masjid!!! And still i alwasy realise that my fear in unnecessary.

i am also not against Modi. I am against his activity.

Lots of killings are taking place in the country but how does that justify Modi's actions in Gujrat???

Arrey some of my best frieds are gujratis. I even have gujrati relatives. I have nothing against Gujratis. I am against N.MODI for PM thats all.

Even if my keralite friends in gujarat love MODI i still will be against him as PM.
The Contrast said…
Hey Pooja,

You know views.....and economic development is not at the cost of harmony...anyway as said by it is inevitable......and anonymous....for your kind information all the muslims or any other relegion u hate are genetically hindu in their past generations.....u trying to say they are sickos...then all of us are....

this is all political simply.....modi, RSS or VHP dont give a damn bout hindus....they just want win power still we cant think above it....

e.g RSS just fired up the mandir issue in public yet again as they want to make a platform for BJP votes in 2012.....:)

i am happy being of no religion than titled as any fanatic....and ppl who grow india are the businessmen who dont give a damn bout religion...

and rest i appreciate Modi for good development of gujarat....does not mean he is free with his crime...

all the heads of NGOS should be given opportunity of being PM if is to be.....
---Anand Singh
soumitra said…
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?236317
soumitra said…
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?236317
Shayari said…
Modi is fittest candidate for PM and he will do the justice to post,but is he allowed to do so??

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