pappu should first become a CM and show how he can implement his commie ideas. He thinks he has birthright to the PM ship. But he is not lucky like this daddy who got it without even being in politics.
To be fair, atleast Rajiv had a bit of charisma and was very presentable but our Puppu on the other hand lol...
Rajiv's stupidity was hidden because there was no social media. Once when talking to farmers, he asked why they don't grow red chilly instead of green chilly. There is a book (forgot the name) by Tavleen Singh who is anti BJP, in which she has anecdotes about original pappu.
I have been a bit close to this gandhi family ( close as in one handshake away) but can't say anything even anonymously without running the risk of revealing myself. I have never voted for BJP. Turned towards Dharma after 2020, and reluctantly towards BJP as it is the least anti hindu party, and there is no better choice.
The Arnab interview showed how dumb puppu was, this guy literally lives on an alternate reality...He is the same person as he was a few decades ago; nothing has changed.
This is his first formal, detailed, long interview, 10 years after becoming an MP.
@Rajdeep @Romali_rotti I recommend you watch this video again if you already have.
The first 20 minutes are hilarious.
Possibly the single most impactful interview in political history. He wasn't able to answer even a single question with clarity. The entire nation found out that he's dumb on live TV and unfit for politics. Handed the election to Modi on a silver platter.
Arnab exposed him first time, almost 10 years ago, on 28th Jan, it is this interview that saved India. 
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Rajiv had one good thing about him that he used to listen to people around him because he accepted his lack of administrative experience and hence was open to ideas from his advisors. Now his advisory pool consisted of a few idiots who ruined his PMship is a different thing. Rahul on the other hand believes he knows it all and doesn't listen to anyone except may be 2-3 folks, and that to me is the biggest risk. It's one thing to be in power with limited competency but accepting your limitations and thus rely on others to get the work done. It's an entirely different thing to have limited competency but to not accept that and start believing that you know everything, that to me is a recipe for disaster.
That's because feku shouts about his OBC status from all possible rooftops.
lol, bhakts have to be dumbest creatures going around. Just throw them some chillar and they'll start chanting feku's name.
There isn't a bigger liar than your boss, motabhai!
Then it should be easy to buy them cheap for pappu if all they need is some chillar. Imagine these dumbest creatures being the mainstream, and you lot becoming fringe. India as we knew is dead now.
I would certainly hope not. While Modi is a right-wing religious extremist, he is or has turned himself into first and foremost a pragmatic politician. Yogi comes off as much more of an ideologue. He would deepen the already deepening religious rifts in the country and if he starts promoting stuff such as Hindi usage, could widen the North-South divide.
Yogi can't win UP on his own, he needed Modi this time around to campaign for him. I don't see any realistic chance of Yogi becoming PM. You speak to anyone in UP and the only positive thing they say about him is that he has significantly improved law and order in the state but apart from that, there isn't much to his credit.
How is Modi a right wing extremist. Please provide some evidence.
I'm not very familiar with UP politics but hopefully you're right. BJP has unfortunately lost a few big names in Jaitley, Swaraj and Mahajan and the succession question is up in the air.
Amit Shah is good as a backroom politician. Leaders will emerge when the time is right.
That's a huge step up. Way beyond either of them I would think. Gadkari is a glorified bureaucrat and Fadnavis is barely popular outside Vidarbha forget Maharashtra. One of them rising to Prime Ministership would be a Manmohan Singh in India or a Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in Pakistan type of deal. Used by the powers behind the throne. The danger in a setup like that is nothing moves.
I think it's tough to explain to an outsider. He's not as anti-establishment and bombastic as the likes of Bolsonaro, Trump or Imran Khan. But he does come off as a man of people. I think the closest parallel would be Erdogan...right wing, populist but an underlying pragmatism and ability to sense the pulse of the most popular current issue and ride it.
From right wing extremist, you have mellowed down to just right wing in describing modi. How do you define right wing?
How do you define education?
Going through the grades at school, achieving some sort of proficiency at some subject. In the UK Indians put great value on this. Is that not so in Bharat?
So you meant formal education. That is a narrow definition of education. Education is about acquiring knowledge, skills and values from any source, your experiences, your interactions, your teachers, your books etc etc.
Two main values/skills. 1. Strong leader. The predecessor was more academically qualified, in fact there is no comparison, but he was weak. A growing confident nation cannot see itself expressed through a meek leader.
Yes, I meant within India. In other countries, their own local culture should have primacy.
Speech writing is easy. Someone has himself given speech ideas to some.
This post I agree with, Puppu is very Charismatic
I think you're right to an extent. Hindus...perhaps even Indians in general have traditionally shied away from too open an expression of their culture. They've looked to keep it private, turned the other cheek to ridicule (Apu in Simpsons is an example). But then that's similar to other large immigrant populations - Chinese, Jews, Koreans etc.
This post I agree with, Puppu is very Charismatic
It's 2024 of bust, Puppu for PM
This post I agree with, Puppu is very Charismatic
It's 2024 of bust, Puppu for PM
Bro, comparing a significant figure from the Nehru family lineage and a potential PM candidate with someone like a dumb Jay, who isn't even involved in politics, doesn't seem logical. Drawing comparisons with him would be an insult to Rahul.
One word adminstration. In a country as big as india, implementation/execution matters the most. No academically educated politician could have thought of providing free houses or free ration or ensuring electricity in every village, as those don't sound good policies, but those things impact real lives. And even if they do the level of control and leadership you need in every state, every district, every block, every village to actually deliver outcome, comes only and only with administrative experience and not education.
Another lie that he was a chaiwala. His father had a government contract of running a food stall at a railway station. This is far different from being humble chaiwala we see in every nook and corner of India. In fact these sarkari contractors are well off.
His father was a tea seller. And Modi also sold tea. Now it is your problem if that is not the humble tea seller you see in every corner. You are a fringe minority, your opinions don't affect his popularity.
Lalu has lost his political relevance. So whatever he says, take it with a bucketful of salt.
Used to be a great name in India a decade ago i remember.
Yeah, frequent jail yatras has diminished his aura a lot.
His son is very politically savvy, and will soon be the CM of Bihar. One of the few cases where the dynast son has done well.
He was a darling of the media because of his fierce secularism and rustic humour. He was never anti Hindu like the commies, but a practicing Hindu who took along muslims as equals. His dark side was not corruption (which is still acceptable) but the lawlessness he promoted.
You seem to be very classist- always poking at Modi’s lack of education or his humble background. The very fact that Modi reached the pinnacle from that background and with no dynastic support appeals to many in our country. Modi’s administrative record - his meteoric rise as a politician & his success in transforming Gujarat as a Chief Minister was very well documented.
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It was a general comment not directed at you. A person's origin does not define what they become. I feel stupid even saying such an obvious thing. He was CM for around a decade. What qualifications does one need? Our formal education and degree obsession has made us think too highly of ourselves. I am usually more academically qualified than most in a room I enter, but have realized the most important skills for a leader is their vision and their ability to motivate people, something beyond my skills.
What journals have you read so far? You should read proper books. There are many available. But if you prefer western authors, then there is one by Andy Marino.
