While reams have already been written about India’s 2019 Loksabha
election results, one word which stuck with me was – Tsu-namo! Indeed it was a Modi tsunami – he single handedly swamped
opposition parties in a unexpected and unprecedented deluge.
I wasn’t a Modi fan, for sure. I carried his Gujarat’s
partisan impression for long with me. But I wasn’t alone – there were many
people who saw him in that light and doubted his fairness as leader for a
secular nation. But Modi is not just a politician – he is a phenomenon, rather a
“jaadugar” who silently weaved his magic
around and kept on increasing his fan-base. No wonder, this election, people
came out in hoards and inked their trust on Modi.
I find it magical that despite absence of any sort of wave
in this election, how crores of completely unconnected people – separated by
regions, caste, gender, economical strata, motives and even religion – together
decided that they would vote for Modi! This was despite a poor economic performance
and a big let down on his 2014 promises.
Again, there are multiple theories as to what helped Modi to
do what he did, to my mind, people this time voted for integrity and nationalism
– people believe beyond doubt that he is an honest, hard working leader and the
one who has inspires a new sense of national pride through his actions.
You can say that I am one of the newer converts and very
appreciative of his honesty, work-ethics, national pride and global networking.
I am extremely happy that he comes back with an even better mandate and feel
confident that this term of his would be a defining one for India in a very
positive way.
The unexpected and unprecedented mandate also gives him and his
party an opportunity to be more inclusive and rely on “love” rather than “hate” to weave everyone
into the national fabric respecting whatever faith, values and choices they
have. That’s my hope!
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