Narendra Modi’s Speech at Patel Samaj function(Video)
Saurashtra Patel samaj has initiated a work for ladies hostel building in Ahmedabad. This ladies hostel will have a facility of 1000 girls boarding and lodging who come for education purpose in Ahmedabad above standard 10. Work of hostel building was recently started with a function that had presence of swami sachidanand and chief minister shri Narendra Modi. Narendra Modi’s speech on this occasion is presented here in three parts of video.
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Friends:
Below is article where Karan Thapar in Hindustan Times asking for sudden elimination of Modi (see in red in last para). Is he insinuating assassination of Modi?
It is time every self respecting Indian, particularly proud Gujaratis who voted him to drag these people by hair into the courts. They are traitors of Indian democracy.
Below is full article along with two draft responses. Please contact Hindustan Times at http://www.hindustantimes.in/news/specials/htmedia/contact/index.shtml
and provide a fitting response. Pass it to every Indian.
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Karan Thapar
December 29, 2007
First Published: 23:24 IST(29/12/2007)
Last Updated: 23:31 IST(29/12/2007)
‘Modification’ of politics
Narendra Modi’s stunning victory will change Indian politics decisively, perhaps
dramatically, possibly desperately. I have no doubt it’s a turning point. Actually,
it will amount to several turning points. For the Congress and for the Left, just
as much as for the BJP and the NDA.
First the BJP. Nothing has galvanised the party so comprehensively since
Advani’s rathyatra of 1989, imbuing it with a sense of hope, even a sense of
purpose. In Modi, the BJP has discovered three elements it was anxiously
searching for — leadership, issues to stand for and the first hope that it can
win a majority on its own.
Of course, Advani will continue as its prime ministerial candidate, but Modi is
the future. The succession is settled. No other second generation leader can
match him. And as for the argument that Modi cannot take centrestage in Delhi
because the NDA allies won’t accept him, the counter is that with Modi at the
helm, the BJP could attempt to win on its own. The NDA may no longer be critical.
The key question is can Moditva work outside Gujarat? It depends on how you
define it. If you believe it combines strong personal leadership and integrity,
with an appeal to regional pride or robust nationalism — admittedly with strong
communal undertones — and a stress on development, I see no reason why it
can’t translate throughout the country. Even the fact that it alienates minorities
is counterbalanced by the promise of uniting Hindus as never before. And if in
Gujarat it could cut across divisions of caste, wealth and location, then it can
hope to do so elsewhere as well.
Modi and Moditva is, therefore, the challenge facing the Congress, the UPA and
the Left. I don’t deny it has to be fought ideologically, but that also calls for the
projection of a single personality who, in herself, embodies the fight. She has to
rival Modi’s appeal — both his magnetism and his myth — and symbolise the
alternate vision.
Perhaps there is only one person who can do that. The pronoun ‘she’ was used
deliberately. It’s Sonia Gandhi. It may be an irony that an Italian-born woman, a
widow who till 1998 detested politics, should transform into one of the twin poles
of Indian politics, but it could also be an inescapable fact. No other person from
the anti-BJP parties has the appeal or the nation-wide image to rival Modi.
Of course, Sonia has a lot to learn. Amongst the most important is the capacity
to articulate ideas that catch like fire, and the ability to sell herself to the India
beyond the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. At the moment she provokes
curiosity or, perhaps, awe. Now she needs to create a following.
For the rest of us, voters rather than politicians, commentators but not participants,
we also have to make a critical choice. We can either accept the idea of Modi and
Moditva and adapt and adjust to it, or overcome our concerns with the Gandhi
dynasty and Sonia in particular, and join the fight she must lead.
If I’m right, the middle ground is shrinking, even disappearing. The emergence of a
dominant idea on the saffron front and, in response, the creation of an equal but
counterveiling force on the other will squeeze out everything else. The more Moditva
grows, the more its opposite has to be strengthened. Increasingly the choice will be
one or the other. We will have to take sides.
Where does this leave the regional parties and the Left? They may retain their
identity, even their present base, but they will have to line-up behind Modi or Sonia,
in the saffron camp or the liberal/secular one. They may even have to submerge
themselves within the broad appeal of the camp they belong to.
Only the sudden removal of Narendra Modi can stop this. For he is the agent forcing
this change. And whilst he’s with us, he will do just that. I have no doubt Indian
politics after Sunday the 23rd is another country. We have to live with new challenges.
Some of us have to accept new leaders.
DRAFT LETTER 1 (of 2)
Respond to Hindustan Times at: http://www.hindustantimes.in/news/specials/htmedia/contact/index.shtml
Sir,
The verdict given by the people of Gujarat in a free and fair election has caused quite a heart-burn for many pseudo-secularists for whom democratic norms are anathema.
The out-burst of Karan Thapar (” ‘Modification’ of Politics”, HT, Dec 29, 2007) was quite expected, but not the tone and language. Let me quote him verbatim.
” Only the sudden removal of Narendra Modi can stop this. For he is the agent forcing this change. And whilst he’s with us, he will do just that. I have no doubt Indian politics after Sunday the 23rd is another country. We have to live with new challenges. Some of us have to accept new leaders.”
It is pretty apparent that Mr. Thapar is advocating or insinuating assassination of Shri Mod, a democratically elected leader of a state in a soverign country. Such repugnant words should not only be condemned, but also legal actions be brought against Karan Thapar for propagating violence against a duly elected leader.
Yours truly,
(full name)…..
(full address + Ph number)
DRAFT LETTER 2 (of 2)
Respond to Hindustan Times at: http://www.hindustantimes.in/news/specials/htmedia/contact/index.shtml
Dear Editor:
I am writing this with deep sense of rage at Karan Thapar’s article, ‘The Modification of Politics. There is a limit to perversion in Journalism. What caused me rage is his article is the statement, ‘Only the Suddent removal of Narendra Modi can stop this’. Can he explain what he meant by that? It is shameful that Hindustan Times has such desperadoes and the past coverage of HT shows the management of this newspaper cannot be much different.
Let us come to analysing the article. Who made what Narendra MOdi is today? It is very policies of terrorism, minorytism and corruption of UPA Govt is what made Modi. Who helped Modi win so big. It is the perverted and biased media of those like Karans in India. Notwithstanding this, Modi has proved able to all Gujarthis irrespective of their religion. He proved himself a great leader. The opposition cannot even name a chief minister for the state. Look at what he has done to all Gujarathis. Mr. Karan just have to open his perverted mind and see even in case of Muslims, where they are better off, in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra or is it Gujarat?
If there are issues with Narendra Modi, sure I think we have to give objective analysis and see if it can be made better. We have to extol the values he brings and encourage the opposition to emulate the same. That is way we build a vibrant democracy.
What did Sonia Gandhi done to the country. Please ask Mr. Karan to look at websites such as http://gandhiheritage.org and the exposure of her during protests in front of UN. They even took out a full page NY Times Ad and not a single charge was challenged. WHY?
But the likes of journalism practised by karan’s of India is danger to democracy of India. It is time, Indians take some decisive action against such media as HT and journalists such as Karan’s who are great danger for Indian democracy.
Regards,
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