The Bengal Warning

I don’t think anyone expected the BJP to put up a great show in Tamil Nadu or Kerala so there wont by any regrets. However, their alliance partner AIADMK losing power to DMK is certainly a major loss in terms of ending up with the losing side. The results in Assam were on predictable lines and the BJP fully deserved to win the state. It is, however, Bengal that has delivered the biggest slap to Modi & Co. It is not just an electoral defeat but a defeat of the mighty egos of these chest-thumpers who practically declared themselves victors in Bengal. Every BJP member and staunch supporter declared BJP would convincingly win Bengal and, therefore, the loss must be all the more hurtful and painful. The first and the biggest culprit of this loss is none other than the worthless Home Minister Amit Shah who tends to thump his chest a bit too much:

When Amit Shah bragged of 150 in Gujarat, he misled the whole party into a delusion. PM Modi had to make passionate personal appeals in the final stages of the 2017 campaign to Gujarat voters. Consequently, BJP barely managed to cling to dear life with 99 and the first time in many years fell below 100 in the state. No lessons learned. AS tried the same foolish trick in Bengal and got all his mujra dancers to chant 200, 200, 200 including some moronic pollsters who claimed every voter was deserting TMC. I have listed some such fraudsters in tweets with the hashtag #BengalBJPBusted. As the party became powerful and rich with cash, they have indulged in the same cheap tricks that we know Congis to use. In other words, they are a bit removed from people and reality.

In the first few rallies, Modi kept harping on “Jai Shri Ram” and why Mamata “Didi” was getting offended by that chant. Someone must have then told him, that harping too much on Ram may not yield dividends in Bengal as there is a sizeable Muslim population which has backed TMC in the past. So, Modi changed tracks. In the middle of the campaign he chose to go to Bangladesh during Covid and celebrate the anniversary of “Bangabandhu Mujibur Rehman”. He also foolishly proclaimed “Mujibur is a hero for all Indians”. This is the lowest level of indecent appeasement of Muslims and very brainless at that. Modi also made a few temple-runs in Bangladesh. Tragically, during and after his visit, Hindu houses and temples were attacked and some vandalized or set ablaze. So, he caused more inadvertent damage to Hindus even with his silly visit during elections.

If appeasement of Muslim was a game, Mamata would obviously beat Modi at it any given day. But Modi and Shah think they are too smart for everyone else. Not only did Modi glorify Mujibur excessively, he also doled out Muslim youth in Bangladesh because their aunties and uncles are in Bengal as voters. This is the worst form of wanton abuse of Prime Ministerial power and office for mere elections. And do all this because Bangladesh is not covered under Model Code of Conduct:

Modi met quite of a few of his supporters here and there on stage and at airports. But the images that got most flashed across MSM and SM were the ones with Muslims who either whispered “I love you” in his ears or were keen to hug him despite Covid. These two pics were flashed all over. The pic on the left where the Muslim is whispering to Modi was flashed on April 3 and one BJP lady proclaimed with the pic “BJP has won West Bengal”. Not one coward from the BJP had the guts to point out to Modi and other leaders that sucking up to Muslims will not pay for BJP. Although the BJP appeases Muslims and is now as anti-Hindu in its approach as any Sickular party, it is still considered an anti-Muslim party and the image will be hard to rid of. This is a deadly mistake the BJP is making:

It is hard to understand or explain why BJP was so foolish in its approach in Bengal. They should have observed the fact that the Congress and CPM which are the other players in Bengal, even if currently marginal, hardly campaigned. In all probability, these parties persuaded their supporters, especially Muslims, to vote for TMC. If the results had been close and TMC needed a few numbers, these parties would have supported it just to keep BJP out. The image of the woman dancing in delight at a BJP rally was widely used as a symbol and face of victory that beckons them. Unfortunately, instead of chasing Hindu votes, the BJP also chose to chase Muslim votes. Modi cannot beat Mamata when it comes to Muslim votes. Though Modi is hardly a Hindutva guy, he is still painted and perceived as an “Anti-Muslim” villain and that will never change even if he goes through plastic surgery to make himself look like Aurangzeb. The Periyar-Tagore look failed in TN and Bengal but we don’t know the reasons behind growing his beard and wanting to look like someone who is retired from Karmic life. It is strange behaviour for a PM.

For all the bragging and chest-thumping of Amit Shah, JP Nadda and a whole lot of BJP leaders, the biggest slap came from none other than election adviser to TMC, Prashant Kishor. He correctly predicted BJP won’t even cross double digits. Such has been the thrashing from the chance of a lifetime that BJP had to topple Mamata from her violent, goonda government. Those who think BJP has improved its performance from the last time are right but their claim that 2026 BJP may topple TMC is misplaced. BJP rides entirely on the popularity of PM Modi. I am not sure Modi will be that popular in 2026 or even be PM. Everything is up in the air. And Modi is growing older and unlikely to have the same energy in any campaign. Thus, the onus is on BJP to find newer local leaders (like they have found in Assam). The final stupidity of BJP supporters whining is that about “Hindu unity”.

The morons of #BhajanMandli grandly offer the excuse that BJP lost Bengal because Hindus were not united while Muslims were. These morons are the biggest danger to BJP. They don’t seem to realise that the party itself doesn’t chase Hindus but chases Muslim votes and in their entire approach they have only appeased Muslims with no consideration for Hindus whatsoever. The other nonsense is they claim 370 or CAA is for Hindus. There is nothing that 370 or CAA has to do with Hindus – both are laws or change in integration of JK with India. Both have NOTHING specific to Hindus. CAA too applies to Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Jews – so idiotic to claim it is for Hindus.

The worst claim is that of Ram Mandir as if that is some great gift from Modi to Hindus. It is not. First of all, Ram Mandir didn’t have anything to do with Modi. One cannot credit Modi with a Supreme Court verdict against a battle of 100 years. Modi is just creaming the credit for it by Bhumi-Pujans and will delay the temple construction till 2024 to inaugurate it around February 2024 for Hindu votes in LS 2024. From 2001 to 2019 Modi never mentioned Ram Mandir, except to criticize Kapil Sibal in the 2019 campaign. Even otherwise, Ram Mandir DOES NOT change anything in the lives of Hindus other than give some emotional satisfaction. Already that corrupt Trust is diverting funds to Covid when it has no business to do so. Hindus should not be fooled. There are important issues like RTE and other schemes that discriminate against Hindus. Those are the ones that affect Hindus the most. Those are not being touched at all by GOI. The foolish question and statements by BJP morons should be defied by all right-thinking Hindus. It is BJP that has failed Hindus and not the other way around:

Hindus are not answerable or liable to BJP or Modi. Twice, it is because of overwhelming Hindu votes that Modi and BJP have been voted to power. They have done nothing specifically for Hindus. They can continue to crawl for Muslims if they want but Hindus don’t owe them anything. Hindus don’t owe any party anything. It’s BJP and Modi that owe Hindus any explanation or responsibility, if at all any are due. This constant nonsense of Hindus lacking unity is a fraudulent dialogue perpetrated by goons of BJP and their Bhajan Mandli. These criminal liars must wonder how BJP won LS twice without Hindu unity or many other states without Hindu votes. The BJP is in danger of wiping itself out. They have been busted badly in Bengal and elsewhere.

And the thrashing in Bengal and other states comes in the wake of allegations that Modi & Co have recklessly ignored Covid threats in their rallies and campaigns. While the election results cannot be directly linked to Modi’s handling of Covid the Centre and States have been careless about it throughout the election season. Some media in India and abroad will trumpet this for quite a while and this is not of Hindu doing, this moronery is from Modi’s own incompetence and unwillingness to deal with such elements or combat them:

The fact is that the results are far below BJP expectations and it’s a thrashing that they will find hard to stomach. In 2022, UP, Punjab and Gujarat are at stake. If these goons of BJP continue abusing Hindus, they will face a bigger problem certainly in UP and Gujarat. Punjab is anyway gone as Sikhs are no more with Modi despite his frequent runs to Gurudwaras. Modi will not last forever and he must now think of successors and groom them. Although he is still popular it has diminished quite a bit and he is not growing any younger. If not, BJP is slowly headed the same way of destruction as Congress has been.

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