What is it about incumbent Indian Prime Minister that makes the stereotypical Aam Aadmi hurl invectives at him and continually take pot shots at him no matter however misplaced and misguided the same may be.........
At the outset; let me confess that I am neither a Modi fan; acolyte; campwallah; hold no brief for him and if anything have been a staunch and virulent critic of his style of functioning and increasingly divisive communal agenda that has only served to create deep rooted fissures within an already hopelessly divided polity and nation.........
But what gets my goat is the senseless and meaningless political invective that is hurled at Modi for no fault of his by so called political commentators who seem to know no better and want to score political brownie points no matter how.........
Sample this for example; one comment that featured prominently on the Headlines Today Ticker tape last night poked fun at Modi's sterling foreign policy achievement vis a vis ensuring US president Barack Obama's presence as the guest of honour at India's next Republic Day celebrations slated to be held on January 26; 2015 and attributed Modi's much touted fiat accompli to Obama's political desperation rather than Modi's astutue and Chanakyan diplomacy...........
According to this self appointed and styled wise alec; Modi's so called diplomatic coup was much ado about nothing and at best a reflection of Obama's declining popularity and approval ratings back in the USA that have made him increasingly desperate to get the Indian diaspora on his side and reach out to them in order to ensure that his next shot at presidency does not turn out to be a damp squib..........
Now; here is a reality check for this wise cracking smart alec who as usual has got his facts woefully wrong and convoluted; Obama is already midway into his second term as President of the USA and cannot serve or then run for a third term even if he wants to as the US constitution does not accord any individual of serving a third term and restricts the same to two..........
Secondly; the increasingly burgeoning Indian diaspora cannot land Obama a mythical third term even if it wanted to as it simply does not have the numbers to do so and would have to align itself with at least 5-6 more ethnic minorities like the Afro- Americans; Spanish; Poles and so and so forth in order to constitute a working majority and land a cornered Obama that elusive and unreachable third shot at a presidential term........
And last but not the least; Obama's political party will have to hold a series of primaries beginning next year in order to finalise their candidate for the next presidential elections slated for November 8, 2016 (58th quadrennial Us presidential elections) and Obama at best can hope to be a rallying factor for his party's presidential candidate and nothing more besides..........
Criticise and ridicule Modi by all means as doing so is your constitutionally ordained or bestowed right but do son on the basis of inalienable or irrefutable facts and figures that embellish and bolster your argument/s; thesis rather than tying yourself up in knots and reducing yourself to a laughing stock and object of ridicule in the eyes of the rest of the world............ ;
At the outset; let me confess that I am neither a Modi fan; acolyte; campwallah; hold no brief for him and if anything have been a staunch and virulent critic of his style of functioning and increasingly divisive communal agenda that has only served to create deep rooted fissures within an already hopelessly divided polity and nation.........
But what gets my goat is the senseless and meaningless political invective that is hurled at Modi for no fault of his by so called political commentators who seem to know no better and want to score political brownie points no matter how.........
Sample this for example; one comment that featured prominently on the Headlines Today Ticker tape last night poked fun at Modi's sterling foreign policy achievement vis a vis ensuring US president Barack Obama's presence as the guest of honour at India's next Republic Day celebrations slated to be held on January 26; 2015 and attributed Modi's much touted fiat accompli to Obama's political desperation rather than Modi's astutue and Chanakyan diplomacy...........
According to this self appointed and styled wise alec; Modi's so called diplomatic coup was much ado about nothing and at best a reflection of Obama's declining popularity and approval ratings back in the USA that have made him increasingly desperate to get the Indian diaspora on his side and reach out to them in order to ensure that his next shot at presidency does not turn out to be a damp squib..........
Now; here is a reality check for this wise cracking smart alec who as usual has got his facts woefully wrong and convoluted; Obama is already midway into his second term as President of the USA and cannot serve or then run for a third term even if he wants to as the US constitution does not accord any individual of serving a third term and restricts the same to two..........
Secondly; the increasingly burgeoning Indian diaspora cannot land Obama a mythical third term even if it wanted to as it simply does not have the numbers to do so and would have to align itself with at least 5-6 more ethnic minorities like the Afro- Americans; Spanish; Poles and so and so forth in order to constitute a working majority and land a cornered Obama that elusive and unreachable third shot at a presidential term........
And last but not the least; Obama's political party will have to hold a series of primaries beginning next year in order to finalise their candidate for the next presidential elections slated for November 8, 2016 (58th quadrennial Us presidential elections) and Obama at best can hope to be a rallying factor for his party's presidential candidate and nothing more besides..........
Criticise and ridicule Modi by all means as doing so is your constitutionally ordained or bestowed right but do son on the basis of inalienable or irrefutable facts and figures that embellish and bolster your argument/s; thesis rather than tying yourself up in knots and reducing yourself to a laughing stock and object of ridicule in the eyes of the rest of the world............ ;
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