We are seeing yet again the Gujarat model at work being put through by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the context of rising fuel prices. Just like in the 2002 Gujarat communal riots Modi did nothing in the first couple of days allowing the rioters to literally run-riot across Gujarat, so also now fuel prices are being allowed to spiral beyond control with Modi not even lifting his little finger to allow some relief to the common man.
We have seen this prevarication and indecision till almost the point of no return since 2014 many times starting with the intolerance Issue, then it was the polarisation of university students at JNU and Osmania University with the dubious intent of controlling the student’s unions and thus the student voice, then it was the lynching of mostly Muslims and Dalits on various cow charges, then on the rape of the girl child and women across the country which in brutality in some cases was in excess of the Nirbhaya incident in 2012 at Delhi.
On crimes against women the nation wondered that Modi who has at most times a voice preferred to remain mute except to make a lame statement late in the day that we need to respect women in our society though one must grant his government for having passed a stringent law against rapists that goes up to capital punishment for raping minors.
Where in matters related to the common man and relief and sympathy to him Modi and his government have been remiss, they have with great alacrity and a sense of purpose put through measures like Demonetisation and GST which have loaded misery on the common man for no great economic gains or for showing this government’s administrative ability to put through major reforms.
In most matters related to the nation there is a tendency to blame the previous UPA regimes or the Congress party to a point where one needs to ask that after being almost 5 years in power what has the Modi government done?
Have they achieved anything? Nothing tangible has been achieved except for shows of bluff and bluster.
