PM, MODI, AS THE LAST OF THE MOHICAN.(updated)

 

By K. P. PASWAN.

Prime Minister of the largest democratic country of this planet is Narendra Modi. For a long time, he hold the post of Chief Minister of a state named Gujarat, which happened to be a prosperous state. Many Pharma giants have their manufacturing units in the state , has many big industries, like oil refineries, soft wares, diamond cutting and above all garment manufacturing units. The state has also so many exporters in finished diamond products, who imports rough diamonds, give different shapes and exports to different countries all over the world, earning much needed hard currency. The minority Muslims known as Bohras are backbone of many industries.

 Gujarat has a rich and memorable past. Foreign invaders from Central Asia came to Gujarat in the past to loot and plunder the prosperity and the famous Somnath temple was damaged and desecrated by these invaders. Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest of the freedom fighter was borne and brought up here and the first Home Minister of independent India was a Gujarat Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel, who gave us what we see as united India, without him geography of India would have been different.

 Then there is another side of the history. The state is famous for atrocities against the Dalits, these poor Dalits cannot scream as they are not allowed to scream

GUJARAT MODEL. Several politicians and some of academics have expressed opinion against Gujarat model of industrial growth, applying in every state of India.  But the real fact is that there is nothing like Gujarat model. There is only a strategy. Gujarat faces the Arabian ocean and have some natural harbors, which exist from ancient times. Some of these harbors have been developed as outstanding ports for carrying out international trade. 

 Gujarati are also very religious. Communal violence erupted, when Narendra Modi was the chief minister of the state. Those who indulged in inciting violence are called communal and those who opposed are dubbed as secular, but the fact is that they are neither secular nor communal but Hippocratic. It is therefore pleasant surprise to find Narendra Modi, an honest man of words heading a democratic India in a professional and rational manner.

  SERIOUS TALK. India has its own fault, the country has high unemployment, a nasty immigrant problem but its health under Modi is commendable, it is not dependent upon foreign aid. It has moderate poverty and the lowest income inequality among industrialized nations. The founding fathers of our constitution were well read, and erudite. The Indian idea of uniqueness, religious tolerance and  freedom of expression came from the West. But the current administration is putting that to the test. Narendra Modi has been dragged into controversy for no obvious reasons. He is accused of favoring middlemen in the  famous Rafael  Arms deal but without any proof, it is like dragging late Rajiv Gandhi also known as Mr Clean into Bofors deal but without proofs.

Than there is so called Farmers agitation, going on in India for a long time A legislation was passed for giving new dimension to agriculture, based on modern technology, but the farmers are demanding nothing less than the withdrawal of legislation.  The so-called farmers agitation has invoked support from some  politician like Justin Trudeau the PM of Canada. There are a few Labours MPs in U K, who had been dubbed by the former PM, David Cameron as either terrorists or supporter of terrorism, these MPs have supported the farmer’s agitation

 J&K . The abrogation of Article 356 has given rise to hopes that  the action would have been applied long ago. One year ago, the insurgents in Kashmir valley were launching not less than 20 attacks per day, now the daily average is less than one or two a day. However the security worry, that improvement may not last long. Some pro Pak groups are already seeking Pakistan's help in rebuilding their projects. At the same time, Indian PM is in no hurry to initiate dialogue with Pakistan or the separatists which is bound to end in failure. Stone pelting was bad and bloody. Now they want electricity and cooking gas back. The question is that, can the PM of India step up and deliver the goods. The danger is the Govt allows pro separatists led by Mehbooba Mufti to suffer, while Pakistan's new-found drift back into the jihadist’s orbit. Patriots began urging their followers to join police and army, the enlistments soared. The drop-in attacks would seem to indicate that many of the newly minted cops were once the part of insurgency. In every counterinsurgency, one of the indicators ultimately some level of success, was that the people who fought you, decided not to fight you anymore. Residents are finally venturing into the streets, trying to resume some semblance of normal life. Townspeople go out of their way on foot and bicycle even under chilly day to buy essentials. Nobel Peace prize has lost its gravity. Two politicians who received Nobel Peace prizes for peace are not preaching peace. Barack Obama preached violence in the Middle East while Abi Mehmet, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and now the PM of Ethiopia is preaching genocide in his own country, then we have Malala Yusufzai, a Pakistani girl, who won Nobel peace prize for reasons not known to anybody in this world, is engaged in hate speech against India and Myanmar. She recently graduated from Oxford without passing any examination ( She did not violate rules) and declared her intention to become the PM of Pakistan.

 CHINA. China has agreed to disengage in Ladakh, that is not surprising. It also does not mean that the China has suddenly morphed into a cuddly panda, There is a hostile newly elected Boss of the Oval Office who has declared that China would not be allowed to fix the international agenda. Any conflict with India means, unbearable collateral damage and the nasty dictator Xi jinping also knows that China cannot sustain prolonged border dispute with India without impacting its booming Stock Market. Majority or near majority of respondents in most countries don’t trust China to act responsibly beyond its border. The country’s standing has definitely risen from the days when China exported revolution internationally and chairman Mao topped world’s rogue’s gallery. While Mao exported Cultural Revolution unsuccessfully, Xi jinping is exporting Wuhan virus with outstanding success.

 ECONOMY. If India lapses into an outright recession due to lock down to contain the Wuhan virus, the impact will be large enough to unravel the global economic story, but any scenario less drastic than the dreaded recession now looks manageable under Modi. Almost, effortlessly, it seems that India has escaped its risky dependence on foreign investments, and credit goes to this PM. 

But India is nowhere achieving economic parity with China, it is so because an open democracy is not compatible with rapid rise in manufacturing activities and people in India are taking streets in on flimsy grounds. Again, some of the noted business houses turned out to be involve in money laundering which resulted in their bankruptcy, but retaining enough money to lead a lavish life somewhere else, but outside India. In China every month, a few powerful businessmen have to face the firing squad, as they were involved in corrupt activities, situation in India is just opposite. Here it is difficult to punish economic offenders as they donate to various political parties.  Several top bureaucrats have amassed huge unaccounted property, but are immune from prosecution as the Govt would not sanction prosecution. Honestly speaking foreign investors dislike India in comparison with China and are migrating to Vietnam to evade Wuhan virus. PM, Mr Modi with a down to approach is working silently. Alternative is not emerging from anywhere.

AND FINAL WORDS.

 Narendra Modi as a PM of this country is a great watchman except, he represents a political  party ,notorious for anti-Dalit stand, otherwise his every move and policy are meant for development of the country. He may not be the last man standing, but more than this, he is last of the Mohican.

 

(Note: Mohican was in real time an American General during Civil War. He stood like a rock against all odds)