The August 15 speech must be about achievements and vision! Is inaugurating just a 9-km stretch of a road to claim credit for the 96-km Delhi-Meerut Expressway that may still take another two years to complete an achievement? Is declaring open a 190-km part section of the Railways' western dedicated freight corridor on August 15 to take credit of the success of the 1504-km corridor which may take at least another three years to complete an achievement?

How does one portray a better achievement? Just change the lane kilometre method which involves measuring the length of each new lane that is built instead of counting the overall length of the highway. For instance, one km of a four-lane highway will be counted as four kms under the method. Is changing the name of Mughalsarai railway station to Deen Dayal Upadhyay junction an achievement? Is changing a village name from 'Miyon ka Bara' to 'Mahesh Nagar' an achievement? India is changing from Democracy to Mobocracy; is that an achievement? Let us not forget when the Babri Masjid was demolished it was celebrated and treated as a major achievement. When you garland lynchers you treat them as some Olympic games medal winners. What an achievement!

Trying to stop lynching is like an arsonist blaming the fire services for not coming in time to douse the fire he has lit. Blaming Nehru and Congress for the ills of the country is looking at the past to justify your present failure. Coming to vision, is our vision myopic? Is our vision for India limited to cow, temple, beef, Hindu-Muslim and winning the next elections?

Hitler issued an endless stream of slogans to win potential supporters over. He would make Germany great again. He would give Germans work once more. He would put Germany first. Hitler offered voters a vision of a better future;that vision took Germany efficiently and determinedly on a path to ruin.

We should learn from History. Do you want the Hitler vision for India or do you want a strong secular and democratic India?