| Bangalore welcomes Modi, Delhi shows thumb to Rahul | | | Hari Om | 11/20/2013 12:22:04 AM |
| November 17, like October 27, once again clearly and unequivocally indicated the direction in which the political wind is blowing in the country as far as the acceptability, credibility, charisma, appeal, oratory and vision of the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and the Congress's undeclared Prime Ministerial nominee Rahul Gandhi is concerned. On October 27, Narendra Modi addressed the biggest ever public meeting at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna. It was styled as 'Hunkar Rally'. More than five lakh people, who were pulsating with vigour and determination and drawn from different parts of the State, listened to him and appreciated each and ever statement that he made and held out solemn commitment that they and the entire population of Bihar would inflict a crushing defeat on the JDU and similar other pro-terrorist and ultra communal outfits, including the Congress, and return him to power at the centre with a massive mandate.
Several thousands people had occupied their space in the Gandhi Maidan hours before Narendra Modi addressed the October public meeting. In fact, several thousand people had spent the night at the Gandhi Maidan so that they could occupy the right place and have a glimpse of Narendra Modi. But more than that, they stayed put ignoring the threat to their life and limb and defeated comprehensively the evil designs of radical Islamists and their supporters in the JDU-led Government in Bihar. Remember, on October 27, Patna railway station and Gandhi Maidan and areas around it witnessed serial bomb blasts, which left six innocents dead and many others wounded, some of them fatally. The fans and supporters of Narendra Modi and the BJP sent a clear message that they would fight out and defeat the anti-national forces and fake secularists, come what may, and ensure a massive victory for the BJP not only in Bihar, which has become a safe heaven for terrorists and hub of anti-national activities, but in the country as a whole.
Indeed, Gandhi Maidan clinched many issues and established that the days of the Congress, the JDU and similar other pro-terrorist outfits were just numbered and the elevation of Narendra Modi to the post of Prime Minister just a matter of a few months. And the exceptionally orderly manner in which the otherwise extremely angry citizens of Bihar dispersed demonstrated how disciplined they were. They were angry with the JDU Government in general and the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his gang of ultra communalists in particular. It must remain a matter of shame for Nitish Kumar and his gang who tried to create an impression that what happened in Patna that day was the brain-child of the BJP. They stooped so low to pander to their communal and separatist constituency.
The same day, the Congress's shehzada and Sonia Gandhi's son Rahul Gandhi, also addressed an election rally at Mangolpuri in northwest Delhi. He was scheduled to address the much-hyped election rally at 11 am, but couldn't do so because there was none at the venue of the rally to listen to him. It was only at 2 pm that he reached the venue after he was informed that the crowd was respectable and the moment he started opening his mouth, the entire audience comprising less than 5,000 people staged a walked out in a most dramatic manner, thus telling him that they were not interested in listening to nonsense. In fact, they directly snubbed and ridiculed him and rejected all his claims to the country's top executive job.
How else should one interpret that abrupt walk out? The organisers of the rally had expected a crowd of over 50,000 people. It was a very poor show by any yardstick. The only highlight of the failed rally was that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit commended the leadership qualities of Rahul Gandhi and the AICC vice-president reciprocating her politically-motivated sentiment, saying she had changed the face of Delhi. Of course, the senseless, inarticulate, incoherent, frustrated, clueless, desperate and visibly shaken Rahul Gandhi, who spoke only for about five-six minutes, did use all kinds of invectives and epithets against the BJP without making any point and it was expected of him. However, the most significant highlight of October 27 was that all the channels, without any exception, covered live the Narendra Modi's entire speech and completely blacked out Rahul Gandhi. They blacked out Rahul Gandhi because there was nothing whatsoever in his speech that deserved any coverage or any comment.
It all happened because both Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi started their addresses almost at the same time and political pundits the same day and without any exception declared that Rahul Gandhi was no match to Narendra Modi in any respect. On November 17, the committed people of Karnataka replicated Patna in Bangalore and people of Delhi replicated Mangolpuri at Ambedkar Nagar in South Delhi. At Bangalore, Narendra Modi addressed the biggest ever public meeting, called 'Bharat Jitao Rally'. Over three lakh people gathered to listen to Narendra Modi, who spoke for almost an hour and touched upon almost all the issues facing the people and the country. His Bangalore speech, like his previous speeches, was full of content and it was no wonder then that the people listened to him very carefully and responded whenever Narendra Modi asked them pertinent questions on the state of the nation, state of economy, inflation, high food prices, plight of young India and women, rights of middle class, plight of the poor Indians, job situation, democracy, credibility or otherwise of the Congress and the UPA, communalism, secularism, democracy, cow killing, vote-bank politics, incentives to slaughter houses, policy of appeasement being pursued ruthlessly by the Congress Governments at the Centre and in Karnataka, to mention only a few. Narendra Modi not just drew the attention of the nation to the damage the Congress and the UPA Government caused during the past more than nine years, but also spoke extensively on what needs to be done forth with to surmount the problems facing the country and its nationals. Indeed, his was a comprehensive address that was repeatedly appreciated and applauded by the people. Political pundits took no time in describing the Narendra Modi's Bangalore rally as the biggest rally ever held by any political party in the political history of Karnataka. As said, the people of Delhi replicated Mongolpuri at Dakshinpuri on November 17. And the man who was shown his rightful place by the Delhi electorate was again Rahul Gandhi, the Congress's so-called star campaigner and vote-catcher. He was scheduled to address an election rally again at 11 am. But he didn't turn up on time. Why because members of his public relations department, including the Delhi Chief Minister, might have told him that only empty chairs were there to greet him. At 11 am only a handful of people had reached the venue to listen to him. According to one private TV new channel, which was covering the event live, only 400 to 500 people were there at the venue at 11 am and the reporter's comment was that "it is strange that only about 500 people have gathered to listen to the Congress's greatest leader, Rahul Gandhi".
Like Mongolpuri, the Ambedkar Nagar rally also turned out to be a fiasco. All senior Delhi Congress leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Diskit, PCC chief JP Agrawal, AICC general secretary and in-charge for Delhi Shakeel Ahmad, MPs and State Ministers were there on the dais, but only to get disturbed and disappointed over the people's cold response. The visibly upset Rahul Gandhi, who reached the venue around 2 pm, spoke only for eight minutes and left the dais in a huff at 2.9 pm. And like Mongolpuri, Sheila Dikshit showered praises on the leadership of Rahul Gandhi and the latter again reciprocated her out-of-compulsions goodwill gestures, singing the same old song: Sheila Dikshit has changed the face of Delhi and she will do much more in the days to come. It is significant to note that Rahul Gandhi committed a number of faux passes during his brief speech. He stopped his speech thrice as he was not finding words to even complete his otherwise silly statements. The messages from Bangalore and Delhi were loud and clear. The message from Bangalore was that the stage is all set for Narendra Modi to lead the nation. And the message from Ambedkar Nagar was that the people of Delhi, or for that the entire country, have made up their mind to decimate the "Congress of termites" and teach a befitting lesson to the Nehru-Gandhi family for the crimes it has committed against the nation and the country during its over 55-year-long misrule. Indeed, there are potent reasons to believe that the Nehru-Gandhi family and the UPA Government, which have been hatching conspiracy after conspiracy against Narendra Modi and unleashed a no-holds-barred vilification campaign against the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate, would surely become a story of the past after April 2014.
Courtesy: www.niticentral.com |
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