Why is Pakistan a popular topic during Indian elections?

[MenInG]

[Karnataka BJP chief ** Yeddyurappa has said that India's air strikes on a terror camp in Pakistan on Tuesday has created a wave in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will help the party win over 22 of 28 seats in the state in the national election due by May.

"The atmosphere....day by day, the wind is increasingly blowing in favour of the BJP. Yesterday's (Tuesday's) action of destroying terror hideouts by entering inside Pakistan has resulted in a pro-Modi wave in the country, the results of which can be seen in coming Lok Sabha polls," Mr Yeddyurappa said on Wednesday in Chitradurga.

"It has enthused youths; all this will help us in winning more than 22 Lok Sabha seats (in Karnataka)," said the former chief minister. The BJP has 16 parliamentary seats in Karnataka, the Congress 10 and Janata Dal Secular 2.

Mr Yeddyurappa's comments have added fuel to the opposition's allegation of "blatant politicisation" of the sacrifices of the armed forces by the "leaders of the ruling party (BJP)."

National security, 21 opposition parties said in a statement, "must transcend narrow political considerations."

Karnataka Chief Minister ** Yeddyurappa, reacting to Mr Yeddyurappa's comments, tweeted:

In the early hours of Tuesday, Indian Air Force fighter planes crossed the Line of Control for the first time since 1971 and bombed a training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, the terrorist group responsible for the February 14 terror attack in Kashmir's Pulwama in which over 40 soldiers were killed.

The government said the strike was successful and a "very large number" of terrorists, trainers and senior commanders were killed.

Amid escalating hostilities, Pakistan yesterday captured an Indian Air Force pilot after an air combat, after which the government put out a strong statement demanding his safe return.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/**-...-than-22-lok-sabha-seats-in-karnataka-2000419

 

[JaDed]

I think its deleted MenIng

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

He means death of 40 youths, 6 soldiers who crashed in Kashmir, 1 pilot and one detained guy.

Not to mention civilians who were needlessly killed during LOC shelling...

Anything is justified to win the elections, I guess.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Absolutely shameless.

 

[Junaid_ahmed]

What new in this? This is what we are saying since months.

 

[hafeezrocks]

Disgusting Hindutva Politician but expected.

 

[JaDed]

What new in this? This is what we are saying since months.

No, see how this news will work after our Pilot is captured, just wait for it!

 

[JaDed]

These are the worst times when Rahul Gandhi is making sense.

 

[Varun]

Ahahaha Yeddyuruppa?

Any politician in Karnataka is a mere stooge of the BJP of Congress - be it Yeddyuruppa or Siddaramaiah. Absolute nobodies.

Amazing that the neighbouring states can produce strong local leaders (Chandrababu Naidu, Jayalalithaa etc) while Karnataka is left with these loudmouth pumpkins.

 

[JaDed]

Ahahaha Yeddyuruppa?

Any politician in Karnataka is a mere stooge of the BJP of Congress - be it Yeddyuruppa or Siddaramaiah. Absolute nobodies.

Amazing that the neighbouring states can produce strong local leaders (Chandrababu Naidu, Jayalalithaa etc) while Karnataka is left with these loudmouth pumpkins.

You are forgetting Gowdas. They are local and pathetic.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

What a douchebag

 

[AZulfi]

Shameless politics by BJP. This rogue party is a real threat to peace in the region

They will stoop to any level to get votes

However not too surprised; we knew this all along

 

[Bewal Express]

And the Indians keep asking us why we blame BJP and Modi.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Real motive is coming out now.

 

[kingusama92]

Indians should really be questioning their politicians. Pro BJP or not.

"...all this will help us in winning more" sounds incredibly distasteful. Remember, "all this" also includes 40+ dead soldiers + Abhinandan's troubles.

How it appropriate to mention the vote bank at this time?

 

[Green Patriot]

Well we all know this was done for the elections.

Nothing new.

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

Both Indians and Pakistanis should call out their politicians for using the deaths of innocent people to their political advantage.

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

Well we all know this was done for the elections.

Nothing new.

Pakistan should hold on to the pilot until after the elections and use him to discredit the Modi government and their diabolical plan to win the elections by using war and killing of innocent people as basis.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Air strikes will help us win more than 22 Lok Sabha seats: ** Yeddyurappa <a href="https://t.co/oMTQnoJc94">https://t.co/oMTQnoJc94</a> <a href="https://t.co/fiWiMJtnNN">pic.twitter.com/fiWiMJtnNN</a></p>— NDTV Videos (@ndtvvideos) <a href="https://twitter.com/ndtvvideos/status/1100967005467815936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Green Patriot]

Pakistan should hold on to the pilot until after the elections and use him to discredit the Modi government and their diabolical plan to win the elections by using war and killing of innocent people as basis.

That will undoubtedly put pressure on India.
The citizens will demand his release.

 

[MP2011]

Shameless politics by BJP. This rogue party is a real threat to peace in the region

They will stoop to any level to get votes

However not too surprised; we knew this all along

Most shameless are the bhakts who'll still defend Bharat Jalao Party, no matter what.

 

[MP2011]

Indians should really be questioning their politicians. Pro BJP or not.

"...all this will help us in winning more" sounds incredibly distasteful. Remember, "all this" also includes 40+ dead soldiers + Abhinandan's troubles.

How it appropriate to mention the vote bank at this time?

If you are still saying this, it means that you don't know how thick skinned and gullible bhakts are. They have nothing to do with welfare of India, but only pray and work for welfare of Modi.

 

[MP2011]

Real motive is coming out now.

Did you get that only now? I knew it all along.

 

[Technics 1210]

BJP leader says India-Pakistan war will help win election seats

Social media users and other BJP leaders furious at insensitive comment!

Tweets and report : https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/ind...IyNgjMrfOE4gwYJ2LPpbTPK1jKDsbOXALvreMvxCi5EeE

Ruling BJP party wades into fresh controversy, as India reels under the stress of escalating conflict with its neighbour Pakistan. And social media users are furious.

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly opposition leader ** Yeddyurappa told Indian reporters on Wednesday: “Day by day, the wind is increasingly blowing in favour of the BJP. Yesterday's action of destroying terror hideouts by entering inside Pakistan has resulted in a pro-Modi wave in the country, the results of which can be seen in coming Lok Sabha polls …It has enthused youths; all this will help us in winning more than 22 Lok Sabha seats.

He was talking about India’s February 26 attack on Pakistan territory to destroy apparent Jaish-e-Mohammed hideouts In Balakot.

International journalist Barkha Dutt @BDUTT tweeted: “BJP leader #Yeddyurappa statement claiming party will get 22 seats in Karnataka as a consequence of #BalakotAirStrike is revolting and an absolute insult to #WingCommanderAbhiNandan and the 40 CRPF soldiers martyred in Pulwama. UGH."

Indian Airforce pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, was captured by the Pakistan army after his aircraft was shot down, and he landed across the Line of Control, yesterday.

Raminder @ramindersays from Kashmir responded to @BDUTT: “#Yeddyurappa statement claiming party will get 22 seats in Karnataka as a consequence of #BalakotAirStrike is like dancing over the ashes of the bravehearts who have sacrificed their lives in service of the Nation. #Shame”

And H.Dhaka‏ @harsh211281, who calls himself a “BJP bhakt” added: “@BDUTT I am BJP supporter... but agree with you first time.”

Indian social media users were aghast at the Karnataka politician’s statement and their reaction so vitriolic that BJP Union Minister VK Singh released a public statement against his own party colleague. He said: "I beg to differ. We stand as one nation, action taken by our government is to safeguard our nation and ensure safety of our citizens, not to win a few extra seats.”

But, it has not appeased the anger among the Indian tweeple.

Juno‏ @jun_oh posted: “Is it any secret that Pulwama and Pakistan are going to be used for electoral gains? A source high up in the govt told me on the day of the air strike ‘aaj se leke election tak aap sirf ek hi naam sunoge – Pakistan’ [From today till elections, you will hear only one word – Pakistan]. It’s going to be Modi’s no. 1 strategy.”

Dr A K Varma‏ @drvarma_ak, responded: “One do not know how come such people are elected people should vote as per their consciousness in the best interest of country countrymen.”

Ryan‏ [MENTION=12872]Ryan[/MENTION]30 tweeted: “Not just an insult they are playing with the lives of soldiers so that they win more seats .”

Hope‏ @SR422, replied to @BDUTT: “It shows Pulwama and Balakot were planned to win election by BJP govt. For that they have killed 40 CRPF and have lost 2 aircrafts.”

Some went so far as to say that these kind of political statements are being made with impunity because India’s media is not doing its job – of being the vanguard of truth.

Subhanil‏ [MENTION=140305]subhani[/MENTION]lc tweeted: ”Did you expect otherwise? It’s clear from day one that all this will be used for votes by the BJP. One part of the media is naive or afraid to say it, the other part is nothing but paid agents of the ruling party and establishment.”

Pakistan ruling party @PTIofficial added their voice to this online outcry with a tweet. They wrote: “We hope you understand that you were manipulated into war mongering. #LetBetterSensePrevail; isolate the people who are desperate to win an election. War is in no nation’s interest, & its soldiers & civilians who are the collateral damage. Don’t let one man use it for political mileage.”

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My question is, why doesn't the international community/leaders see the woods from the trees? The intentions of BJP are clear!

 

[Abdullah719]

Muslims, terrorism, Pakistan – not development – were key issues for BJP in Bihar Polls 2020

The BJP leaders have failed to make development an electoral plank in the recently held Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The Hindutva leaders, instead, have invoked Muslims, terrorism, and Pakistan in their electoral speeches.

Last week the elections for the second (94 seats) and the third phase (78 seats) were held for 243-member Bihar Legislative Assembly. During this period, the top BJP leaders kept harping on communal issues. The mainstream media – particularly the Hindi newspapers published from the state – prominently covered their provocative speeches without raising any objection.

The media, which is expected to play a role of the watchdog, forgot that in a representative democracy winning a majority on communal and emotive issues strikes at the very root of democracy itself.

Addressing an electoral rally in the north Bihar district Chhapra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked the religious sentiments of the majority Hindus by referring to ‘Chhat Pooja’, an important festival of the Hindus observed in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh and parts of Jharkhand.

The next day Dainik Jagran (Patna, November 2) reported his speech in an eight-column story. Modi, despite being the leader of the country and holding constitutional post, played the Hindu card: “At the time of corona no mother needs to feel worried about how she will observe the Chhat Pooja. My mother, you have made your son sit in the chair of the Government of Delhi (Union Government). Will he not be concerned about you? Mother, you prepare for the festival, your son, sitting in Delhi, will arrange ration for you”.

The critics argue that many women voters might not have been moved by the speech of the Prime Minister. Perhaps, they have not forgotten that during the corona lockdown they had to starve. Even that time their self-appointed son did not show any concern about them. Instead of giving them relief, Modi asked people to clap their hands and bang vessels in appreciation for the work of corona fighters such as doctors, nurses etc. The lockdown was suddenly imposed without any social policies for the poor and the workers by the Modi Government

Modi’s colleague, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was busy invoking Pakistan in electoral rallies held in Madhubani district of the Mithila region and in Katihar district of the Seemanchal region. Note that both the regions had a large proportion of Muslims. The BJP has often tried to divide the voters on the religious lines.

In his rally, Rajnath Singh invoked the threat of terrorism and claimed that within two years it would be weeded out: “Our target is the complete extermination (safaya) of terrorism (aatankwad). In the coming two years we will achieve this goal. Article 370 has been abolished from Kashmir. People can go and settle in any part of the country” (Dainik Jagran, Patna, November 4).

Afterwards, Rajnath Singh attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for raising questions over security and strategic issues of the country. He also tried to scare the voters by invoking the threat of Pakistan. In order to strike a chord with the locals, he praised the jawans of Bihar regiments for showing courage in the Galwan valley.

A few days later Modi addressed several other rallies in the Seemanchal region of Araria and Saharsa. In his speech, Modi again failed to offer any concrete welfare policies to the voters. Here again, he played the religious card and sounded hyper-nationalist. “Some people have problems with raising slogans in favour of ‘Ma Bharati’(a symbol for Motherland). They do not want you to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’ as well” (Dainik Jagran, Patna, November 4).

The contents of his speeches are in sharp contrast to the dominant narrative in the mainstream corporate media that he is “a champion of development”, while the opposition leaders indulge in petty and sectarian issues such as caste and religion. Many political analysts lament that Modi, as the leader of the country, should lead by example by bringing to the centre stage substantive issues. But he appears to be convinced that the Hindutva agenda – not development – can fetch more votes for the BJP.

Two days before the end of the last phase of elections, the communal campaign got intensified. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was at the forefront to polarize the voters. In Mithila and Seemanchal region, Yogi Adityanath alias Ajay Singh Bisht invoked the threat of Muslims, Pakistan, Naxalism: “If the politics of appeasement (tushtikaran) had not existed in the country, then terrorism and Naxalism would not have spread. Today Pakistan has lost its senses (sitti pitti gum ho jana). If leaders from the Congress and the RJD get elected, they will create anarchy as we saw (during the anti-CAA protests) in Shaheen Bagh”. In Seemanchal, Yogi said that “infiltration is a big problem in India. To drive the infiltrators out, the CAA and NRC have been brought in” (Dainik Jagran, Patna, November 4).

As the exit polls on the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 indicate, the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan is likely to win the elections. Unlike the BJP’s strategy to communalize the electoral campaigns, the Mahagathbandhan consistently raised common man’s issues such as unemployment, education and development of the state. It appears that Mahagathbandhan leaders have been able to strike a chord with the voters. This accounts for the large turnout at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav’s rallies.

Contrary to this, the frequent invocation of Hindutva agendas – appealing to religious sentiments of the majority Hindus, support for CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), the abolition of Article-370 that put an end to the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, the threat from Pakistan, etc. – has not appealed to the voters of Bihar, reeling under the acute crisis of unemployment, flood, and price-hike.

The anger of the people – towards the NDA Governments, both in the centre and the state, for miserably failing to give relief to the migrant workers hailing from Bihar during the corona lockdown – has not been diverted by Hindutva leaders’ recourse to communalism and hyper-nationalism. This shows that the antidote to hard Hindutva is not soft-Hindutva but taking up the issues of welfare and development.

https://countercurrents.org/2020/11...-were-key-issues-for-bjp-in-bihar-polls-2020/

 

[MP2011]

When you don't have anything to show as your accomplishments, naturally you'll talk about someone which'll polarize electorate.

 

[MP2011]

All bigot talks about in electioneering is hindu muslim, bharat mata, 370, Ram temple etc.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

The masses are easily swayed when issues about enemy come up. There's a reason why Modi can't just shut up about Pakistan and Imran brings India into everything.

 

[Abdullah719]

Hyderabad civic polls: Telangana Police warns politicians of legal action against communal speeches

Telangana Director General of Police Mahender Reddy on Thursday said the police have decided to monitor the speeches made by political leaders for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections, days after Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tejasvi Surya made several communal remarks during his high-decibel campaign, NDTV reported.

Reddy told the channel that the police had received inputs about certain “communal elements” who are are trying to create trouble. He said that legal action will be taken against any politician who is found to be making provocative statements.

“We are examining the speeches carefully,” he added. “Action will be taken per law against those trying to create disturbances. If the speeches are found to be instigating trouble, case will be registered.”

Reddy added that police personnel from all over Telangana will be commissioned to monitor the political speeches and other content circulated during campaign, including on social media platforms.

Elections are being held for 150 civic constituencies or wards of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. As many as 1,122 candidates are in the fray. The polling will be held on December 1 and results will be announced on December 4.

In his speeches, BJP’s Surya, the Bangalore South MP, has made several controversial remarks while taking on the state’s ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi.

On November 23, Surya had accused Owaisi of speaking Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s language of “rabid Islamism, separatism, and extremism”, and claimed that every vote for the Muslim leader was a vote against India and “everything India stands for”.

Surya had accused Owaisi and his brother of “allowing only Rohingya Muslims, not development”, in Hyderabad. “[It is] laughable that Akbaruddin and Asaduddin are speaking the language of development,” he had said.

The BJP leader had also mocked Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for promising to make Hyderabad like Istanbul, saying he actually wants to make “Hyderabad of Pakistan” as he had an alliance with the AIMIM .

The AIMIM chief had retorted, saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s intention was to create hatred. Owaisi referred to the elections as a “fight between Hyderabad and Bhagyanagar”, in a reference to a tweet by Surya, where he addressed the people of Hyderabad as those of Bhagyanagar, kicking up a political row.

https://scroll.in/latest/979548/hyd...ans-of-legal-action-against-communal-speeches

 

[MP2011]

So even municipal elections are not immune from Pakistan being invoked!

Told you guys, this Surya guy is a bigot!