By Renu Bedi
The life cycle of a country?s political history is adorned with crests and triumphs of more than one political movement, phenomena and trend. The same in Indian polity is factored in by variables such as globalization, diffusion of innovation with respect to technology and religious significance. The BJP led NDA government is today?s trend setter with its magnetic aura in the field of electoral success. The party after fetching administrative powers in seventeen states across India is maintaining its upper hand in the Union as well as the state legislature.
What is predicted by the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, is that Narendra Modi has an inevitable prime ministerial reelection possibility. This comes from a leader who has recently paired up with the BJP government and in turn, has been accused of practising power oriented politics. The Bihar CM is not only an opportunistic leader but also someone with clever circumstantial knowledge. He is perceived to have found his own favours while BJP accelerates to find the zenith of its political career. As a peripheral effect, Congress MPs in Gujarat quitting the party came as less of a surprise. Political analysts and politicians including Omar Abdullah, P. Chidambaram and NDTV?s Pranoy Roy predict the absence of any other prime ministerial candidate other than Narendra Modi in the 2019 elections. ?At this rate, we might as well forget 2019 and start planning/hoping for 2024.? tweeted Omar Abdullah.
Nitish Kumar validating Modi?s reelection must be interpreted objectively and carefully, without drawing premature conclusions. A trend has been set, and it is a derivative of a powerful, authoritative, and protectionist emotion. Modi?s tenure which has been marked with cow vigilantism, debates on free-speech, comprehensive foreign policy, Triple Talaq conundrums and a wave of brushing the pluralistic society with saffron has influenced Indian psychography in a surprisingly underlying positive way. The intellectually elite fear socio-economic metamorphosis in the country if BJP retains power, and at the same time are blatantly aware of the rising possibilities of it.
Barring Narendra Modi, Indians are facing a Hobson?s choice in the electoral setup. The real question India faces today is: will the current trend of Indian polity that is homogenizing social history, yet is segmenting people based on identity and geography, mark a significant shift in how India will be governed in future? Are religion and social identity becoming a recessive element in a globalizing world, or is it now a dominant set of data for measuring political incentives and disincentives?
Narendra Modi has by far established a strong ideological difference from the prior UPA government. His second term (if at all it comes) will come with complex and advanced derivatives of that ideology. It will take no less than an equally powerful and influential leader to replace Mr Modi in order to maintain democracy. But for now, just like any other patriot (carefully, not a nationalist) will say, I believe in the qualitative and quantitative welfare of India.
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