UPA's secular escape

Recently 500 crore contract has been signed by Congress. Just to counter Modi by finding faults in him. 500 crore! Yes, UPA deals in lakh crores. But this time, only crores.

If Modi’s fault worth 500 crore, how much does his success worth?

No one knows. Montek could have helped. But he is busy, in projecting 5% growth rate. But hope is definitely in the air. Hope for a successful, decisive leader. India was becoming pessimistic country. Growth rate low. Investment low. Rupee value low. All lows except Raghuram. Who is err.. hot. (That's what Shobhaa said, don't call me sexist now)

Haan, hot se yaad aya, Modi’s promotion has heated up the whole atmosphere. By more than 10%. An outsider has been given a chance to prove. Outsider is very popular and so dabang. Because of him, the dynastic rulers and the entire system revolving around them are in danger. "Media se dar nahi lagta hai saab, Modi se lagta hai".
Media predictably playing Advani’s dissent as if it is the major breaking news than Modi's promotion. Well that's natural. Modi & 2002 was the TRP earner for them during last decade. Now how can they replace 2002 with 2014?

Present UPA government has almost lost the public confidence. Mega scams, corruption was the daily news. 2G, CWG, all G even damaadG was also not clean. Image makeover was the only option left. UPA decided to re-position its image. Manmohan is being sidelined. Not only sidelined, all the blame for UPA’s misgovernance will be attributed to him. Many reformist bills were introduced. Though these bills were mainly populist, but were projected as pro-poor. As always any good thing, Sonia and Rahul will take credit. 

UPA has two options with its PM candidate, i.e. Rahul now or Rahul later. If Rahul is projected now, Digvijay Singh, Tharoor, Maken and Sibal all have to work overnight to enlighten us about Rahul’s dynamic leadership qualities. If they as leaderless for now, then it will help Rahul to take credit if congress wins or otherwise attribute it to someone else for the defeat. (e.g. Manmohan).

Now with a man like Modi, issue of corruption and development will become the central issue.  But Congress will do it's best to keep it secular vs communal. 

Here are some of the Congress’s FAQ’s on Modi that you will hear daily:

“How can a communal man even talk of corruption and growth?”

“He will divide, Rahul will unite”

“How can he rule? He is Bhasmasur, Ravan, Hitler and Autocrat” (You may wonder: Split personality or what?)

And the eternal one “What about malnutrition and non-inclusive growth in Gujarat?”

However Modi might ask:

 “Mere paas development hai, image hai, growth model hai, kya hai Tumhare paas Mr. Golden spoon?”

“Mai kisi ka naam nahi lena chahta hun, Mr. Modi, par mere paas vote winning surname hai”