Narendra Damodardas Modi, born in 1950 in a poor family from a backward community, worked hard even as a child. In a corrupt political and social climate, when one had to be filthy rich as well as associated with a political dynasty in order to be successful, Narendra Modi rose in politics by the dint of hard labour and sheer determination. His idealism and desire to serve his country took him to the RSS and then to the BJP, where he proved himself with an impeccable record. Incorruptible and result-oriented, he set standards in conduct and governance in his own party and then in his own state. Modi is a hard worker by nature and we can reasonably expect him to work harder once he becomes the Prime Minister of India.
If you are indeed in the mood to judge Narendra Modi as a man, you have to go by what he has actually done and is doing rather than rely on hearsay and repeat what the dubious mass media is vomiting. The only charge against Modi that is repeated over and over again from the rooftops is that he is a murderer. This irrational and contemptuous charge is completely fabricated and rooted in a hatred of India. You can confidently believe he is innocent because his powerful enemies – all suspicious, slimy characters that include the UPA government with all its state machinery and deceptive foreign agencies operating in India through their proxies – have been exhausting themselves, desperately trying to frame him in vain for culpability in the riots.
Another evidence that exposes this blatant lie is the UPA government’s own official version, according to which about 30% of those killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots were Hindu and died in police action to quell the riots and many policemen too died. Then how can Modi’s government be held responsible for a riot that was engineered through the Godhra massacre perpetrated by Muslim members of the Congress party?
George W. Bush, whose government denied a US visa for Modi on the charge of persecuting Muslims, was responsible for killing tens of thousands of innocent Muslims in just a few days. The Obama administration tows the same line committing atrocities against Libyans, Egyptians and Syrians. And tens of thousands of innocent Muslims are shot down, beheaded or hung in Islamic countries, from Pakistan via Saudi Arabia to Egypt, on a daily basis, but the media can regurgitate only the Gujarat episode, because their intention is not to find justice to a wrong, but to destroy a Hindu pagan who challenges the global imperial order imposed on India. None of the media ever mentions this aspect of disparity. This is the kind of pseudo-secular hypocrisy that is enacted at a global scale by the widespread use of cheap media and that finds a counterpart in India through the cancer-like network of the anti-Hindutva coalition.
There is too little of Modi’s private life in public domain just like ordinary Indians, and in his public life we haven’t yet heard of any relative of his setting up shop to capitalise on his good office. He walked away from everything personal to pursue his true calling of offering his life in the service of the nation. After spending two years in the Himalayas in a spiritual search, Narendra Modi joined the RSS. It is outrageous and outright incredible to accuse Narendra Modi of even killing a fly, let alone a human being. There is also absolutely nothing to indicate that he harbours a hatred against Muslims or members of any other religion. We have no grounds for harbouring such suspicion, for he has so far performed his duties like a hundred percent Hindu following the immemorial tradition and attitude of his ancestors, which I may remind is the true tradition of all Indians, namely Hindutva, wherein true secularism is the flesh and blood of Rajya-dharma (code of governance). The personal faith of a ruler has no significance in the ancient code of law of our ancestors, the Dharmasastras.
Modi the “Hindu nationalist” visits a temple only once a year on Gujarati New Year’s day, but this didn’t stop him from demolishing 200 Hindu shrines built illegally in public spaces in Gandhinagar, even causing a rift with the VHP in the process, but he competently saw the job of an administrator to the end, dutifully and forcefully. Without going into the merits of Modi’s decision, his dispassionate action showcases a truly secular leader while setting a benchmark of neutrality for future leaders to follow without sectarian colourings and flavourings. Modi’s slogan “India First” chimes very well with his actions. He has produced excellent economic results for all communities as a sincere ruler, which none can deny.
A detractor of Modi might say at this point that Narendra Modi’s progress is negative in terms of the Human Development Index. If this accusation is even partially true, you can’t blame Modi for neglecting the nutrition and health of those who elected him. First of all, this kind of indexes are prepared in Western countries by natives or westernised Indians like Amartya Sen and the limit values that are applicable in those countries are invalid in an Asian country like India. For example, the healthy weight of a European according to his height need not be very healthy on an Indian frame even at the same height. The highest priorities of the HDI are life expectancy and time spent at school – two factors that are entirely dependent on the wealth one possesses. So, once an overall economic feasibility is achieved, healthy life and education are a given for anybody. Here too, Narendra Modi is on the right track.
