A former minister in the UPA II government said the Congress leadership cannot compete with the 24X7 politics of PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. The leader since then has joined the BJP and is now a senior leader of the party in UP. He made an example of himself and his Modern School upbringing in Lutyens Delhi, he said.
The BJP’s decisive successive victories in UP, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur indicate that the voter is happy with the good governance and security model of the party. The results have shown a pro-incumbency factor with voting percentages going up in favour of BJP. The Manipur victory reveals that the party’s grip is tightening over India’s northeast, most neglected by the past regimes, under the leadership of an Amit Shah clone.
Unlike the Congress which believes that Twitter can replace work on the ground by party cadres, the BJP leadership is simply outrunning the opposition with humongous energy and incisive politics. Party leaders like Modi, Shah, J.P. Nadda and Yogi Adityanath do not allow national media to exercise veto over their policies and seek the fourth state or social media only for propagation of the party vision. The party exercises discipline with hardly anyone speaking out of turn and gives up on those leaders who don’t get this message from the top.
Modi, Shah, Nadda and Yogi are working round the clock for either the country or the party. There are no holidays or chill zones, only traditional Indian sweet dishes or icecreams are rewards. Those who work with Union home minister Amit Shah find his schedules back breaking. The home minister has not stepped out of the country since he assumed charge at the North Block in 2019.
Complete News Source: Hindustan Times
