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As per BJP traditions, the party head must retire or get sidelined at the age of 75. So will his successor be a moderate individual or an even more narcissistic or autocratic politician
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The real issue is whether Modi is as good as his word. If you look at the fact that Mr Advani and others were retired or sidelined or made margdarshaks because they were older than 75, then logically speaking, based on the same logic and Mr Modi's own words, he should be paving way for others at 75.
If that happens, there are three questions. First is, if Mr Modi is not there, what happens to Modi ki guarantee or Madi’s guarantee which has been a theme in this campaign? That means if he is not there, how can anybody be held accountable for the guarantees he gives? That is the first question. If he does not do that and stays on and becomes the prime minister, let us say, and fulfils or tries to fulfil his words, there are issues of integrity. Should we believe a person who says that he will retire at 75 but will not? So, I do not know.
You can always argue that these things only matter to the certain discerning middle class, people who are looking for people as good as their words or that jumla as part of politics as phrases being thrown or slogans being thrown, but to the extent that Mr Modi's legacy and personality stands for acclaimed, sticking to the words, guarantees to be fulfilled and a certain amount of character that will create peculiar questions and that needs to be answered by the party, not in terms of the party's constitution but in terms of concepts of integrity in public life.
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The real issue is whether Modi is as good as his word. If you look at the fact that Mr Advani and others were retired or sidelined or made margdarshaks because they were older than 75, then logically speaking, based on the same logic and Mr Modi's own words, he should be paving way for others at 75.
If that happens, there are three questions. First is, if Mr Modi is not there, what happens to Modi ki guarantee or Madi’s guarantee which has been a theme in this campaign? That means if he is not there, how can anybody be held accountable for the guarantees he gives? That is the first question. If he does not do that and stays on and becomes the prime minister, let us say, and fulfils or tries to fulfil his words, there are issues of integrity. Should we believe a person who says that he will retire at 75 but will not? So, I do not know.
You can always argue that these things only matter to the certain discerning middle class, people who are looking for people as good as their words or that jumla as part of politics as phrases being thrown or slogans being thrown, but to the extent that Mr Modi's legacy and personality stands for acclaimed, sticking to the words, guarantees to be fulfilled and a certain amount of character that will create peculiar questions and that needs to be answered by the party, not in terms of the party's constitution but in terms of concepts of integrity in public life.
Will Modi be as good as his words and retire at 75, leaving field for Amit Shah?
Madhavan Narayanan explores the complexities of Modi potentially retiring at 75, Amit Shah's role, Kanhaiya Kumar's impact, Yogi Adityanath's succession, and the evolving election agenda influenced by Congress and social media polls. Narayanan says: "Everybody from global investors to local...
. Would be the end of India. Arjun Jateli died otherwise he was a fine fellow.
