My two cents on this election
This is not BJP vs Congress election, this is Narendra Modi vs Everyone else election. Congress being reduced to 44 seats in 2014 was because of their own fault. 10 years of scams and little progress ousted them. Just as an example from my own perspective it took them 10 years to build the Mumbai Metro and just line 1. We have 8 lines I think that are concurrently being built right now and on an average in last 5 years of BJP governance 50% of the work is completed amongst those lines.
Narendra Modi has always been a villain figure in public because of the 2012 riots, other leaders under whom riots have happened have lived a merry life and have never seen such lime light. The rise in Modi's arrogance, attitude and ego was because of this fact. Even after so many push backs, he did become the PM of the worlds largest democracy.
Opposition had 0 narrative even going into this campaign and this is why politics in India sucks Opposition did not put forward what they vision for the country, they only put forward what Modi did bad. If they would have put forward a vision to the eyes of the people, things would have been different. I supported Aam Aadmi Party, but what has Kejriwal reduced that party too?
On BJP side, if and only if they would have controlled their ministers from barking shit in public places, this whole narrative of HINDUTVA would have shot in the oppositions face.
With opposition's vision only being defeating Modi, there is no good choice then Modi currently whether one likes it or not. I certainly do not want Mamta Banerjee to be my PM or Rahul Gandhi for that matter. While Mamta is a stronger personality compared to Gandhi, Mamta's own state WB has been a shamble. Rahul Gandhi on the other hand should no where even be leading the Congress Party. Scindia is a much better option compared to Gandhi.
Your thoughts?
You are not really taking into account the way minorities are treated in the name of Hindutva. Though BJP have already understood the fact that it isn't possible to bring in Hindutva easily into the country, it's very late to accept that fact. BJP leaders may have forgotten about hindutva, but their party workers, booth level workers, state units still believe and follow those agendas. Yogi Adityanath is the example for this. His indirect attempt to impose hindutva in UP by promoting 'Ghar Wapsi', mob lynching etc.. Just go through my opinion on this Hindutva topic, I've given my own example and experience on things that have actually happened around me.
Again, Me being the supporter of Congress doesn't mean that I support Rahul Gandhi as PM candidate. Rahul Gandhi has made a joke of himself in his early political career and his immature speeches in 2014-2015 are some of the examples. Adding fuel to that, BJP has made sure to bring a solid 'immature guy' impression among the voters with a branding 'Pappu'.
I can compare Kohli's Captaincy to Rahul's leadership. Though, both the things are completely different, I believe they are similar in terms of skill such as leadership. While people can believe in Kohli that he MIGHT improve as a captain in future, same can be said for Rahul aswell. We can see how a 2014 Pappu turned into 2019 Rahul Gandhi. Still he has lots to improve.
I was about to post this earlier today, but forgot to post. My PM candidate from Congress would be -
1. Priyanka Gandhi
2. Jyothiraditya Scindia
3. Sachin Pilot.
Each of the above are more than capable of leading the country. I'll tell you why -
Priyanka Gandhi has been known for her solid speeches and an amazing crowd puller. She is known her words and know what is good for the party, people and the country as a whole. Her resemblance to her grand mother Indira Gandhi is one of the reasons why people like her. Her introduction into active politics this year means that she may take the top position as PM candidate of Congress in the next Lok Sabha election.
Scindia is an amazing leader, top speaker and a visionary. He has been amazing young politician for Congress and has also been a Union minister in the past. He too knows how to speak, react and also take right decisions for the party.
Sachin Pilot is a fantastic leader. If Congress looks out for a party chief in the future, he is a great pick. There was a time in 2013-2015 when many senior Congress leaders switched to BJP and other parties in Rajasthan. Sachin came to rescue as he built a solid Congress party in the state with youngsters in 5 years and we know what was the outcome during 2018 election. While picking CM for the state, people got angry for selecting Gehlot. Because Sachin was the only reason for revival of Congress in the state and it was injustice for his hardwork. He too has been an Union minister in the past.
