Clumsy Covert Frauds

Whether in business, social service or in politics, one of the attributes of a leader is that he/she sees the “Finish Line” of any endeavour or major policy decision. If one cannot see that, then before starting one must rework the plans, perhaps carry out more negotiations but not tread a reckless path of disaster and turmoil. PM Narendra Modi enjoyed immense trust, political capital and mandate but much of it is coming undone with a series of clumsy, covert acts of cowardice and stealth-frauds that hardly warrant respect. 

One of the worst frauds and loot by ModiSarkar was the covert handling of Rail fares since the Covid pandemic broke. They were as clumsy as the waiters dressed as “Sadhus” on the Ramayana Express. One hopes this idiocy will be changed soon. It reflects poor sensitivity to Hindu society which assigns the highest social position to Sadhus. There is a covert but definite contempt for Hindus that Modi secretly nurtures. Who in hell would dress up railway waiters as Sadhus? Only ModiSarkar!

 

As soon as rail services were restarted the trains were tagged as “Special trains”, their numbers prefixed with a “0” and fares increased unreasonably without any notice. Where Rajdhanis and Shatabdis are concerned, fares were increased even as linen and food were stopped. Cancellation and platform ticket charges also became high. Since the Rail Budget was merged with the general budget it has enabled the GOI to carry out such fraudulent loot without being noticed much. Four crore senior citizens paid higher than normal concessional rate. It is only after this fraud was trashed in a Twitter thread that the Railways reacted to restore fares and services to pre-Covid levels:

There is enough evidence of covert loot of public to believe that the Rail budget should be restored. A govt monopoly should not be allowed to execute such a hike in fares without a discussion in parliament and without any public notice. Avarice by the govt is not provided for in the Constitution. Almost every decision of ModiSarkar smacks of avarice and a desperate greed for money to spend on Modi’s much vaunted social welfare schemes for the “Soshit, Vanchit, Peedit”. This has reached a point where the ordinary middle class and tax paying folks are unable to tolerate this. There are #BhajanMandli idiots who grandly claimed they will vote BJP even if petrol price reaches 200.

There were frequent increases in petrol and diesel prices. Domestic LPG prices have also gone up dramatically. Modi and his moronic Bhakts live in an ivory tower assuming all other parties are dead and there will be no political challenge to Modi. Firstly, the GOI minister Hardeep Puri claimed petrol price hikes were also to cover up for “free vaccines”. So, how is vaccine free if you are looting Ram to pay for Ruksana? Then, all it took was a few bypoll losses, especially 3 straight seats to the Congress in Himachal and the GOI slashed petrol and diesel prices. Some states too followed the price-reduction act:

Every vaccine certificate, every hoarding and billboard on roads, highways, railway stations and airports prominently show Modi as the “Grand Devta” of free vaccines. He has been reduced to quackery, imagery and a worthless Ribbon-cutting actor – so much that he has not even spared ribbon-cutting goods trains and milk plants. While Modi dazzles the public with such theatrical shows the “operation loot” happens behind the scene. Rail fare hikes, petrol and diesel price hikes and now GST is being increased from 5% to 12% on certain garments and footwear from January 2022. And as you breathe, the Railways had announced bonus for their losses during the Covid period. Lucky dodos I should say:

Obviously, the GOI desperately needs money for all its freebies, doles to feed 80cr “Bhooka-Nanga” and behind the scene that is they plot all day and night – how to loot more money from taxpayers. It went as far as Modi hawking gifts received from sportspersons at an auction. Such avarice is unbecoming for a PM. And this one was in the name of Namami Ganga. Are we to believe that the GOI has become such a Bhikari that it has to auction gifts that belong in a sports museum? This is too clumsy, comic and cowardly to ignore. But that is not all. Modi is enchanted with beautifying everything. It’s old penchant of his starting with the Sabarmati Riverfront. There is nothing wrong with Swachh Bharat, clean cities and rail stations, modern airports and expressways.

However, with some of the projects he goes overboard. There is his pet project of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor which has attracted a lot of complaints and criticism of temples being broken and Vigrahas being demolished. And no, all of this is not propaganda. There is enough evidence that temples were indeed destroyed; some for no reason or rhyme whatsoever. This penchant for beautification cannot be at the cost of the ancient heritage of Hindu temples. Some of the pictures and videos coming out of Kashi are not exactly complimentary to Modi or Yogi:

This partly destroyed Shiva temple complex is also part of the entire Kashi Vishwanath temple complex. And because the so-called “Double Engine” govt of Modi-Yogi work in tandem, the news and truth about Kashi demolitions are being covered up and media is not allowed much access to the areas in question. Most of such news is only coming through private videos and SM posts. I will write more about the Kashi issue in a separate post later. In the name of beautification and development Modi has indeed shown contempt for Hindu temples in the past too in Gujarat:

The total temples targeted in Gujarat was 200. Surely, all of them cannot be illegal and if there were encroachments then only the encroaching portions needed to be demolished not the entire temple. But such is the reckless contempt Modi holds for Hindus that he carried out these demolitions like a thief in the middle of the night. Why should such an operation be carried covertly at 2am in the night?

And there are temple demolitions in multiple states. More Hindu temples have been destroyed/vandalised under BJP than under any other political party in recent history. Amidst all this, Modi grandly donates 2 acres of land to Bhutan to build a Buddhist temple. Why? Why should Bhutan be donated a land and why should a Buddhist temple be built in the sacred Hindu town of Varanasi? This also condones the fact that Bhutan has indulged in ethnic cleansing of Hindus in the past and does not allow building of Hindu temples in their tiny country:

Almost everything Modi does is for personal glorification which is not necessarily monetary. How is Modi donating land from Varanasi as if it is some property of BJP or his? These are covert and senseless acts for which the arrogant Modi finds no reason to offer any explanation to anyone. The coward never faces the press either. Such news comes out only by accident. All his 24X7 TV appearances or monologues or where he is the “main event” in a show or sermonizes like an old grandma with his retarded “Mann ki Baat”. All this while he glosses over real issues of law and order, violence under his nose in Delhi, attacks on the Red Fort and non-stop strikes and blockades since November 2019.

The Shaheen Bagh blockade ended because of Covid but immediately the farmer riots and blockades started. As the saying goes “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything”. That is exactly Modi and his govt since 2019. They are just drifting aimlessly. The farm laws for which they allowed riots, rapes, murders and violence on Republic Day was withdrawn for electoral compromise. It was Modi who went on TV suddenly and made a splash as if he was the Emperor of the land. Withdrawing the farm laws without any compliances imposed on the rioters was one of the most foolish acts by Modi. And though the BJP dancers may try hard to wash this foolishness all they can, it is simply nothing but another electoral calculation. And it’s not Punjab, they are also worried about UP (with a big chunk of Jat farmers). This Deccan Herald quote comparison reflects it accurately:

The rioters naturally tasted blood and want some more. They now refuse to withdraw their agitation and go back. They want compensation for some dead rioters, they want a law for guaranteed MSP, they want any criminal cases on them withdrawn. That’s how foolish Modi’s action was for going on air like a “Lone Ranger” without any pre-conditions for withdrawal of the laws the farmers. There is nothing wrong in withdrawing laws but it’s the manner that Modi did it that smacks of thoughtlessness. Now the strife and blockade will continue for some more time and people will still face the nonsense.

Modi has achieved nothing with this withdrawal except eggs on his face. There are sundry commenters who are concocting some Khalistan problem surfacing or Hindu-Sikh divide because of the farm laws. All this is just the BJP propaganda. If such threats existed, they didn’t surface suddenly for Modi to rush to TV. Worse, Modi invokes Guru Nanak as if only Sikhs are farmers and the rest are chopped liver in the country.

The abuse of religion for his political follies is another ridiculous practice that is growing in the Modi-resume. He also fools Hindus with his fake Pujas while demolishing temples and doing absolutely nothing on key issues affecting Hindus. The caste-divide and the clumsy frauds of ModiSarkar have put the country on a path of irreparable damage. This feature of blockades is an unwanted gift by ModiSarkar to Indians. It is a permanent feature gifted by an ego-maniac who just wants his image and stamp on everything in India. It’s a colossal failure by the clumsy cowards of BJP. As the DH quote says, with elections around the corner, the weeping fox (Modi) now pretends it cares about the poultry.

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