Trumpet lost its sound
Looks like the royal blue fox is losing its outer colour and coming back onto its skin shade. Some leaders within BJP have begun to speak about the bad performance of the party and failure of Amit Shah and Modi, in the elections held across five states.
Now all those who thought the fake royal blue fox was an original one and that itself was the royal leader for having spoken against the administrational failure of other parties, been stunned into silence now.
BJP is in a fix whether the party should face the election in the leadership of Modi or not. If the leadership changes, it would mean the party conceded that the performance was bad in the last term. If Modi is continued as the leader, BJP isn't too sure that it can garner votes like last time. At a time like this, union minister Nitin Gadkari has voiced out his opinion rather loudly.
So far, Amit Shah and Narendra Modi took the credit of all successes through the elections in other states. Media would go gaga over the ‘Chanakya Neeti’ adapted by Amit Shah.
It would be projected as though people voted for the best administration that Modi has been giving to the people of this country. Modi and Amit Shah had proactively campaigned in all the five states that voted recently, like they'd do with all other elections. Campaign strategy was designed keeping in mind the results of these states would have an impact on the upcoming lok sabha elections next year.
But then BJP failed miserably in all the states. Amit Shah and Modi who took credit for every victory, have maintained strategic silence this time and have conveniently escaped the responsibility of owning it up. This should have been an occasion for Modi to at least reflect on the lacunae of administrational failures to take stock for the future. Instead of that, Modi is still continuing to lamely blame Nehru for the situation India is in, today and even for his own failures. And instead of accepting demonetisation as a grand failure, he is trying to impose it as a mandatory success through his speeches. Nehru is the only answer Modi has, if one questions him about inflation, economic deficit, increased oil prices, unemployment and massive shutdown of co industries both small and big scale in rural as well as urban areas.
They still don't seem to understand the mammoth statues of Patel or Shivaji or Ram are not any answer to the real time problems people are facing. And it is during this time that Gadkari has said the party chiefs must take the responsibility of failure in performance too.
“If I were to be the party president, and my party didn't do well in the elections I'd take full responsibility of the results” he said in a meeting going over the performance of the party in five state elections, indirectly indicating Amit Shah is responsible for the dismal show. These words are major embarrassment for Amit Shah and Modi too.
This simply means Gadkari is not too happy with eh leadership of Modi and Shah. However, for the first time in recent days, BJP is trying to emerge from the mindset that Modi is inevitable for the party. Many BJP leaders are feeling stifled that they cannot raise their concerns against Modi and Shah duo. If things continue like this, they will soon join Gadkari in his stance. The workers and activists at base level aren't too happy with Shah and Modi that they are humiliating the leaders who struggled to build the party base. All these issues will definitely plague the party in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Dissidence against Modi and Shah has now found space in NDA too. Many allies want another leader apart from Modi to lead the equation. The shadows of Modi's misrule is definitely going to cast its shadow on the next polls.
Since Modi's charisma is waning, the allies are now negotiating to get more seats for themselves. The misunderstanding between Shiv Sena and BJP in Maharashtra makes one wonder whether they'll still go to elections as allies. Sena has always had its dislike towards Modi and now the party is using the dismal results of states to grind the axe further on the PM.
Sena wants the change of guard within BJP. As of now, Gadkari is in consideration as an alternative candidate for Modi. Even Rajnath Singh can make for a good PM with his experience in politics and parliament. Gadkari has charges of corruption on him and this had forced him to step down from big responsibility of being national president within BJP.
Now if he has to be projected as the PM candidate, all those allegations will resurface too. Having been cornered by the failures, Modi has reached the brink of his strategy. As a result he will fall back on the old ways of arresting terror suspects by the NIA.
The agency will reveal more suspects or make-believe terror plots to show assassination attempts on Modi. When the elections come close, we may witness explosions here and there. Even this time, looks like Modi has to resort on attempts on life or terror plot etc to win elections.
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Strict security measures in place in Mumbai for Messi's events at 2 venues Dec 14, say police
Mumbai (PTI): In view of Argentine superstar footballer Lionel Messi's visit to Mumbai on Sunday, the city police are implementing stringent security measures, like not allowing water bottles, metals, coins inside the stadiums and setting up watchtowers to keep an eye on the crowd, officials said.
The police also said taking extra care to avoid any stampede-like situation and to prevent recurrence of the chaotic situation that unfolded in Kolkata during Messi's visit on Saturday as thousands of fans protested inside the Salt Lake stadium here after failing to catch a clear glimpse of the football icon despite paying hefty sums for tickets.
Messi is expected to be present at the Cricket Club of India (Brabourne Stadium) in Mumbai on Sunday for a Padel GOAT Cup event followed by attending a celebrity football match. He is expected to proceed to the Wankhede Stadium for the GOAT India Tour main event around 5 pm.
"In view of Lionel Messi's visit to Mumbai, the police are geared up and have put in place a high level of security arrangements in and around the stadiums located in south Mumbai. Considering the chaos that prevailed in Kolkata and the security breach, we have deployed World Cup-level security arrangements at Brabourne and Wankhede stadiums," an official said.
Expecting heavy crowd near the stadiums during Messi's visit, the city police force has deployed more than 2,000 of its personnel near and around both the venues, he said.
As the Mumbai police have the experience of security 'bandobast' during the victory parade of ICC World Cup-winning Indian team and World Cup final match at the Wankhede Stadium, in which over one lakh cricket fans had gathered, we are prepared to handle a large crowd of fans, he said.
"We are trying to avoid the errors that occurred in the past," the official said.
There is no place to sneak inside the stadiums in Mumbai like the Kolkata stadium, according to him.
The police are also asking the organisers to provide all the required facilities to the fans inside the stadium, so that there will be no chaos, he said, adding the spectators have purchased tickets in the range of Rs 5,000 to 25,000. After paying so much of amount, any spectator expects proper services, while enjoying the event, he said.
The police are expecting 33,000 spectators at the Wankhede Stadium and over 4,000 at Brabourne Stadium. Besides this, more than 30,000 people are expected outside and around the stadiums just to have a glimpse of the football sensation, he said.
The organisers responsible for Messi's India visit recently came to Mumbai to discuss security arrangements. During the meeting, the Mumbai police asked them not to take the event lightly, according to the official.
After those requirements were fulfilled, the final security deployment was chalked out, he said.
Police has the standard procedure of the security arrangements inside the Wankhede Stadium, where people are barred from taking water bottles, metals objects, coins. Police are setting up watch towers near the stadiums and there will be traffic diversions, so that there is maximum space available to stand, according to the official.
Police are also appealing to the spectators to use public transport service for commuting and avoid personal vehicles to reach south Mumbai.
To avoid any stampede-like situation, police are also taking precautionary measures and will stop the fans some distance ahead of the stadium and public announcement systems will be used to guide the crowd. Barricades will be placed at various places to manage the crowd.
In case the crowd swells up beyond expectation, the police will divert people to other grounds and preparations in this regard underway, he said.
Additional police force has been deployed in south Mumbai to tackle any kind of situation, he said.
