Mani Shankar Aiyar, Congress MP, Rajya Sabha
Narendra Modi's opening salvo in the forthcoming Bihar elections, which will determine whether his government is merely in difficulty or in free-fall, has been to make a nasty remark about his rival, Nitish Kumar's DNA. This follows Nitin Gadkari's "quip" that "casteism is in Bihar's DNA". Little wonder Nitish is incensed. He has retorted that his DNA is the same as every true Bihari's DNA and that this is the DNA of the cradle of India's civilization, home and workplace of both Gautama Buddha and Asoka, home to India's long history from Nalanda to Champaran. What Nitish did not add is that DNA, in India, stands for Dharma, Niti, Acharan (Righteousness, Right Policy and Right Behaviour) - and that what Modi and his cohort have demonstrated is that Modi and they lack altogether any such DNA...
...In Nitish Kumar's powerful oratory, Modi is going to discover his match. The BJP's 'jumlas' worked once. They are not going to work again. While Nitish will probably not be able to match Kejriwal's thrashing of Modi's men at the polls, there is little doubt that Modi's fading sheen will suffer further loss of shine come the Bihar elections, probably in October-November. It is an election that could sound the knell for the four years that remain for Modi. more
Narendra Modi's opening salvo in the forthcoming Bihar elections, which will determine whether his government is merely in difficulty or in free-fall, has been to make a nasty remark about his rival, Nitish Kumar's DNA. This follows Nitin Gadkari's "quip" that "casteism is in Bihar's DNA". Little wonder Nitish is incensed. He has retorted that his DNA is the same as every true Bihari's DNA and that this is the DNA of the cradle of India's civilization, home and workplace of both Gautama Buddha and Asoka, home to India's long history from Nalanda to Champaran. What Nitish did not add is that DNA, in India, stands for Dharma, Niti, Acharan (Righteousness, Right Policy and Right Behaviour) - and that what Modi and his cohort have demonstrated is that Modi and they lack altogether any such DNA...
...In Nitish Kumar's powerful oratory, Modi is going to discover his match. The BJP's 'jumlas' worked once. They are not going to work again. While Nitish will probably not be able to match Kejriwal's thrashing of Modi's men at the polls, there is little doubt that Modi's fading sheen will suffer further loss of shine come the Bihar elections, probably in October-November. It is an election that could sound the knell for the four years that remain for Modi. more
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