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Hindus, offer gratitude at the feet of Almighty for the victory of Hindu leader Shri. Narendra Modi. – Editor
New York (PTI): The Indian American Intellectuals Forum has congratulated Chief Minister Narendra Modi for leading BJP to a thumping victory in Gujarat and said the Assembly election result will give a boost to "forces of nationalism".
"We believe that it is the vote for sincerity, integrity, peace, progress and prosperity of Gujarat and India. It is vote against pro-terrorist policies of the UPA led government," said Forum’s President Narain Kataria.
Modi’s victory, he added, is also a "slap" on the face of "anti-Hindu English media" who have been "maligning and vilifying unfairly and unjustifiably Chief Minister Narendra Modi."
"This election will give boost to the forces of nationalism. It will pave the way for demolition of UPA government which has been trying to increasingly divide Indian polity on the basis of caste and religion," he said in a statement.
Source: hindu.com
Hindu leader Shri. Narendra Modi wins Gujarat polls
Ahmedabad (Gujarat): Hindu nationalist party leader Narendra Modi swept back to power in Gujarat state today in what was called a national victory over the rival Congress Party. Shri. Modi has won from Maninagar assembly seat by a margin of over 86,000 votes against his nearest Congress candidate Dinsha Patel. The Congress loss in the Hindu nationalist bastion, though expected, was the fourth setback in regional polls this year for the party, which governs nationally, and raised questions about its federal poll prospects in 2009.
The Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 117 seats in the 182-member state legislature, leaving Congress trailing with just 59 seats, the commission said. Another six seats were picked up by small parties or independent candidates.
Analysts had forecast the BJP could win almost two thirds of the total, or just shy of the 127 it won in 2002, while Congress was predicted to increase its tally marginally from 51. The BJP, blamed for stoking anti-Muslim riots in the western state in 2002, had done well in regions where scores of debt-ridden farmers committed suicide in the past few years, pollsters said.
The victory provides a political momentum for Modi, 57, who came to prominence in October 2001 when he was appointed Gujarat chief minister months after a devastating earthquake in the state left some 25,000 people dead. In 2002 he won outright in elections called after the riots.
A senior BJP leader said the win was a "turning point" for his party, which lost federal power in 2004. "State assembly elections are quite frequent in our country but rarely does the people’s verdict in a particular state become a turning point for national politics," said Lal Krishna Advani, the party’s prospective prime ministerial candidate.
"This is a victory for the BJP and Modi’s record on development," BJP party chief Rajnath Singh told reporters shortly after Congress conceded. Modi ran on a development platform in Gujarat, one of India’s most affluent states and the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi.
Modi, however, is better known in India as a controversial figure who has been frequently accused of encouraging sectarian riots in 2002, which saw at least 2,000 Muslims hacked or burned to death. The violence erupted after 59 Hindu pilgrims died in a train fire first blamed on a Muslim mob, but which an inquiry later concluded was accidental. Rights activists were aghast at the election result.
"I would concede that he has better organisational abilities and some connection to the people," a grim-looking Teesta Setalvad, an advocate for the riot victims, told the CNN-IBN channel. "But I would not concede that he stands for constitutional government and the rule of democracy. I personally see a very troubled time ahead because of the kind of politics he represents."
Some political analysts have predicted a Modi win might be a harbinger of a resurgence of the party’s brand of Hindu nationalism, which hit a popularity peak in the 1990s before declining. "He virtually repeats his 2002 win. After a long time we are seeing a pro-incumbency win," Chandan Mitra, editor of the pro-BJP Pioneer newspaper, said on CNN-IBN.
In spite of his popularity in Gujarat, the BJP has long kept Modi from campaigning alongside its candidates in other states, perhaps fearing his fiery brand of Hinduism might backfire elsewhere. That might now change.
"Even those who fear the kind of politics he embodies concede that he has become larger than Gujarat," Tavleen Singh wrote in an Indian Express column Sunday. "No other chief minister is as recognisable outside his own state."
Source: thetimes.co.za
Narendra Modi’s victory will be Bharat’s victory
By J. G. Arora | Organiser
Author’s e-mail: [email protected]
New Delhi: Assembly elections in Gujarat to be held on December 11 and December 16, 2007 are very crucial since they would determine Bharat’s future destiny.
For the nationalists, Narendra Modi is a symbol of nationalism. If Narendra Modi wins these elections, it would amount to Bharat’s victory since it would strengthen the nationalists; and diminish communal forces masquerading as secularists. However, Modi’s defeat would fortify anti-Hindu forces and make their attacks on Hindu religion and Hindu heritage more strident in keeping with their agenda of demolishing Hinduism the way other native cultures and religions have been wiped off from the earth.
Nationalism v. communalism
Main contestants in these elections are the ruling BJP and Congress.
Congress has been generally following communal and divisive politics in the name of secularism. Unfortunately, the policies pursued by the Congress-led UPA government are generating pre-1947 conditions which had led to the creation of Pakistan.
Only a few illustrations of such self-defeating policies are given here.
Congress government under Jawaharlal Nehru started "Haj subsidy" for Muslims in 1959 though such subsidy is anti-secular and though none of the 57 Muslim countries pays any such subsidy. And the same Congress which had rejected "Communal Award" in 1932 is now spearheading reservation for Muslims in government jobs; and is sharing power with Muslim League which had demanded and got Pakistan. UPA government supports reservation for Muslims though reservation on religious grounds is unconstitutional and though there can be no Muslim reservation after the creation of Pakistan as demanded by Muslims.
Besides, debunking nation’s security, after regaining power in 2004, Congress government repealed Prevention of terrorist Activities Act (POTA) the way it had repealed Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) in 1995.
And as per the present Congress Prime Minister, Muslims have the first right over India’s national resources.
But the most vexatious outcome of sectarian politics is the demographic and terrorist invasion of India.
In its bid to demolish and dismember India, Pak- Bangla combine is focussed to plant one more Islamic country on Indian soil for which it has dispatched countless terrorists and crores of its nationals into India. Despite the Supreme Court’s judgements delivered on July 12, 2005 and December 5, 2006 to deport infiltrators, no infiltrators have been deported by the UPA government so far. Rather, the government’s policy of soft borders is inviting more infiltrators every day.
Malicious propaganda
Though as the Fourth Estate, media is supposed to guard national interests, most of the Indian print and electronic media in India is an ally of anti-Hindu outfits; and has a similar anti-Hindu agenda. As Gujarat assembly elections are nearing, this media has raised its anti-Modi disinformation campaign.
During 1980s and 1990s, Pakistan sponsored terrorists killed thousands of Hindus in Kashmir forcing several lakhs of terrorized Hindus to flee from Kashmir. Most of these ousted Kashmiri Hindus are living in pathetic conditions in refugee camps. For main stream media, genocide and eviction of Hindus from Kashmir are no news. But communal riots of Gujarat in 2002 are always kept in the news.
What happened in Gujarat after 59 Hindu pilgrims in coach number S-6 of Sabarmati Express were burnt alive by a Muslim mob at Godhra on February 27, 2002 were communal riots, and not a state sponsored genocide as wrongly propagated by some sections of print and electronic media.
On May 11, 2005, the Minister of State for Home Affairs informed the Rajya Sabha that 254 Hindus and 790 Muslims were killed in Gujarat in the post Godhra riots of 2002.
Though each Indian’s life is sacrosanct, thousands of Hindus killed in Kashmir and Hindu passengers killed in Sabarmati Express do not matter for some sections of media.
A section of media has also been spreading the canard that as the Chief Minister, Narendra Modi had given freedom to indulge in anti-Muslim violence for three days after Hindu rail passengers were killed in Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002. But the facts prove that these allegations are false and malicious.
The undisputed fact is that the Gujarat Government had acted with alacrity and requisitioned the army and had also issued ‘shoot at sight’ orders to police on 28th February, 2002 itself. Besides, scores of Hindus had been killed in police firing on 28th February and 1st march 2002.
The fact that thousands of Hindus and Muslims had to take shelter in relief camps shows the extent of these communal riots. Looking to enormity of problem, Narendra Modi deserves credit for restoring normalcy with speed.
Note of caution
Though Narendra Modi has given good governance and crushed terrorism, he is being demonised by anti-Hindu media. Modi’s government is people-friendly, and has done more regarding all round development, water, power, employment, industrialisation, law and order, security and good governance for the state of Gujarat than any other state government has ever done in the country.
Besides, his government has contained terrorism, transforming Gujarat into one of the most secure states of India. Instead of commending Gujarat’s march towards prosperity, development, peace & harmony, some sections of media are communalising the polity.
It is true that normally power can bring arrogance and self-righteousness. I hope Narendra Modi is free from these common human frailties. Nevertheless, he has to ensure that no section of nationalist forces feels ignored and alienated. Therefore, he has to try to win over even his detractors among the nationalist forces. Similarly, his detractors have also to realise that Modi’s victory will be their victory as well.
Of course, dynamics of electoral politics have also to be remembered. There is no scope for complacence, whatsoever, as swing of even one percentage of votes can affect the number of seats going to a political party. Therefore, all nationalist organisations and individuals must do their utmost to ensure the victory of nationalism over divisive forces in these elections.
Modi’s victory will signify Bharat’s victory. Modi’s loss will mean loss of nationalist forces.
Bharat’s destiny
In a recent interview to a television news channel, while clarifying his approach to terrorism, Modi remarked, "Main Gujarat ki dharti par maut ke saudagron ko panapane nahin doonga" (I shall not allow merchants of death to thrive in the land of Gujarat). How I wish that those in charge of India should also echo similar sentiments!
Since Gujarat elections to be held on December 11 and December 16 are very crucial as they would determine the future destiny of Bharat, it is imperative that all nationalist organsations and individuals do their utmost to ensure the victory of nationalist forces in these elections.
For Bharat’s very survival as a nation; and for saving Bharat from subversion and dismemberment, it is imperative that nationalists are returned to power in Gujarat with a thumping majority.
Pray to the Almighty to grace Shri. Narendra Modi
November 29, 2007
Ahmedabad (Gujarat): The stage was set for the big fight in Gujarat as Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Congress opponent, central minister Dinsha Patel, filed their nomination papers from the Maninagar constituency of Ahmedabad Wednesday within seconds of each other. (O Hindus, Pray to the Almighty to grace Shri. Narendra Modi, the fiery Hindu leader of Gujarat, with success through majority votes ! – Editor)
While Modi signed the papers just before 12.39 p.m. – the auspicious time fixed by astrologers – Patel chose to affix his signature right at the designated time.
Modi is seeking to retain the Maninagar seat from which the Congress party has fielded the 70-year-old minister of state for petroleum and natural gas.
Speaking to reporters after filing his nomination, Modi observed he was confident that his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would emerge victorious.
‘I have come to file my nomination and I am a candidate for the coming elections. I will be faithful to India’s constitution. I support the sovereignty and integrity of the country,’ he told reporters, as if taking an oath.
For the Congress party, Leader of Opposition Arjun Modhvadia said: ‘Dinsha is our choice against Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Not only he has been in public life for a long time, he also has a very clean image. Modi is no match for him.’
Modi entered the assembly by winning the Rajkot seat in December 2001. For the December 2002 assembly elections, he shifted to Maninagar, a middle class residential area in east Ahmedabad.
He won the 2002 polls by a margin of little more than 73,000 votes, securing 62.5 percent of the votes polled.
Patel has been representing the Caira constituency in the Lok Sabha since 1996. Earlier he was elected to the state assembly five times and served as minister of public works.
While the Congress considered several names including some Gandhians for the prestigious seat, it finally zeroed in on the seasoned campaigner.
The central minister will be a tough rival for Modi as the constituency has a good proportion of people from the Patel community.
With Patel’s candidature, the Congress also expects to force Modi to spend more time in his constituency and less in campaigning elsewhere in the state.
The state is going to polls in two phases, Dec 11 and Dec 16. The votes will be counted on Dec 23. Maninagar will go to the polls in the second phase.
Source: narendra-modi-news
