Apart from this timid ignorance by the Economist, the twitter today showed that there are more intelligent people on social media who can reason well (some with pun intended) on the issue whether Modi should become PM or not.
While the whole country is waiting for the elections to be over and results to come out with bated breath, it seems almost inevitable that Bhartiya Janata Party’s Narendra Modi will become the prime minister of the country.
The Economist in its editorial, titled “Can Anyone Stop Narendra Modi?”, has shockingly endorsed Congress scion Rahul Gandhi for this eminent post despite agreeing to the fact that he “seems not to know his own mind—even whether he wants power”.
More shocking is the biased argument that it presents towards Modi’s candidature. According to The Economist, Modi is fundamentally a man who fuels “sectarian hatred” and is therefore unsuited to govern a “fissile” country like India. The Gujarat riots of 2002 are presented as the main piece of evidence to support the sectarian argument.
It doesn’t buy the clean chit of the Supreme Court’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) because it says the evidence was either “lost” or “wilfully destroyed.” Moreover, it does not provide any evidence to back its claim.
While Modi’s candidature does not need an endorsement from Economist to win, it sure has disappointed its readers who expect an unbiased journalism from it. The politically incorrect piece could have included argument to support Naveen Patnaik, or Jayalalitha or even Arvind Kejriwal , but by wasting so much valuable time on Rahul Gandhi it has become worthy of pity.
Apart from this timid ignorance by the Economist, the twitter today showed that there are more intelligent people on social media who can reason well (some with pun intended) on the issue whether Modi should become PM or not. While doing so, the trended #IfModiBecomesPM and gave us a peek into the future which was funny as well as well intentioned too.
Here is a look:
#IfModiBecomesPM Fafda-jalebi will be natl food.Amdavad natl capital.Kite flying natl sport.Modi wave will replace Sine wave n Cos wave.
— Dilliwallah (@ProudDilliwala) April 4, 2014
#IfModiBecomesPM the next big cyclone will be named as ‘Modi-Wave’ 🙂
— Pavan Kumar (@pavz88) April 4, 2014
#IfModiBecomesPM Adani will become Ambani
— Ruchir Vora (@Score2Nite) April 4, 2014
@Roflindian #IfModiBecomesPM we will be able to book tickets on IRCTC website
— Spitting Fire (@khurchattu) April 4, 2014
#IfModiBecomesPM there will no U-Turns.
— Haatim Tau (@HaatimTau) April 4, 2014
#IfModiBecomesPM Rajnath, Advani and Joshi will go for morning walk together.
— Rofl Indian (@Roflindian) April 4, 2014
#IfModiBecomesPM WhatsApp in all Indian phone will renamed as Kem-cho
— Dubyaman (@anotherconfused) April 4, 2014
#IfModiBecomesPM we can get rid of these stupid social bills (food security) which ultimately end up in higher taxes on us aam janta.
— Mughal-e-Azam (@whiskey_eyed) April 4, 2014
#IfModiBecomesPM Then Qutab Minar will be demolished and 22 Hindu/Jain temples originally there will be reconstructed
— Vimal Dixit (@VimalD) April 4, 2014
#IfModiBecomesPM we will have “TOLL-FREE” entrances for inter-state pass through !
— Pavan Kumar (@pavz88) April 4, 2014
#IfModiBecomesPM No ghoose, No booze only Aam ka juice(aam ras)
— Ãlök (@alok_kaul) April 4, 2014
#IfModiBecomesPM for sure Pakistan ki toh lag jayegi..
— Amit Maheshwari (@sane_amit) April 4, 2014
Hinduism will play a central role in each policy formation Unwanted religious sentiments will be harming the society #IfModiBecomesPM
— HumHaiThakuraien! (@thakur_gauri) April 4, 2014
Intelligent janta of India will take heed and vote reasonably.
