Why opposition is finding it difficult to tackle Modi

CHANGE THE NARRATIVE TO FIGHT MODI

This is a free advice to opposition parties from a common man and a citizen who supports Modi. Congress, opposition parties and their supporters are putting in their best efforts to revive their respective parties but somehow have not been able to get the desired result. Despite running huge anti Modi campaigns why these parties are unable to make even a small dent on BJP? I firmly believe that we should have a strong opposition with a logical narrative that should keep the government always on its toes.

Here are my observations why the opposition has failed to challenge BJP. This is my personal opinion and if you like it I will be happy if you don't, you have right to disagree.

Stop calling names to BJP voters.

More than 80 percent of BJP voters have nothing to do with RSS, VHP and other such organizations. They voted BJP because of the development model they projected in front of the nation. This large population believes that Modi is committed to reforms that will ultimately lead to a developed country.

If any citizen of the country says something good about his/her PM or BJP Government, he is immediately labeled a Bhakt, Sanghi or Modi propagandist. Here the opposition is faltering; calling names to a citizen who respects his/her PM is not helping their cause.

Keep in mind that the public have voted him to power, so nobody has the right to label persons just because he respects and values the nation's leader. Hurting sentiments without any logic means losing votes

Stop Blaming Modi for everything

There are many social issues and problems in our country since ages. It will take few more generations to come out of such problems. A magic wand is required to make India free from these social issues.

A road rage is not a cast fight or communal fight. However if the victim happens to be a Dalit or from minority community the opposition thinks they have got a good issue. They will start beating the drum that Modi is responsible for all this. Modi should resign blab bla.

If someone is denied any help due to a corrupt officer in a locality, Modi is responsible directly. Yes the corrupt system need to be dealt with strictly but we all know that it is so deep-rooted that will take some time

Selectively picking the issues is not helping their cause either

Opposition also needs to see the pulse of the common man. When Modi is visiting another country and addressing people over there, meeting the top dignitaries, businessmen and heads of other countries the general public and the NRIs feel proud that their PM is getting so much of respect there. The opposition is again faltering here. Don’t say words against the PM when the public at large is supporting the PM.

In a locality there is water problem, electricity issues, roads, traffic, healthcare etc etc. opposition will shout out loud on social media Modi responsible. In fact these are the opportunities for opposition to score points in public. Go to the ground level, help people resolve the issues in order to change their mindset and vote you. Just raising the issues in media, social media and doing nothing is not going to help the opposition.

Either the opposition will highlight the issues on social media or gather somewhere and shout slogans against the government. It is better to work at the ground, interact with the public, and help them to get their work done. Twitter, Face book, heated debates on TV will have little impact.

Stop Fake Propaganda

In today’s day and age when everybody has access to internet on phone spreading something fake will boomerang. You try to spread a fake news and fake propaganda and within minutes the public will show you the mirror. Everyone is mature enough to understand what is true and what is fake. The fake news, abusive language will highlight you in the public but can never fetch you votes. The voter is smart enough you know that.

How can someone think of spreading FAKE propaganda in today’s world? Gone are the days now, the new generation and millennial hate the propaganda politics. They want logic in a narrative.

The fake news stories will not work in the future as the Indian public is well informed and intelligent now. You cannot make fool out of them now, gone are the days when the politicians befooled them for votes.

Stop Appeasement Politics

The opposition should understand that appeasing a particular minority community for votes is not going to help now. The community has also understood that they were treated a mere vote bank and nothing has been done for their betterment. Appeasing a minority community means losing votes of the majority community. Be secular and that doesn’t mean you have to appease a particular community. The only agenda that will work in the future would be development. The youth of this country is literate now and want to see a developed nation without and cast or religion politics.  

Playing the communal card by the opposition is going to cost them dear as the more they will try to appease the minority the more this country will see polarization and that is going to help BJP as they will get more support from the majority community in this country.

Stop Abusive language

Generally people who have failed and are left with no logic start using derogatory and abusive words. Abusive language by the opposition against the PM, government, ministers gives the indication that they have no narrative and out of frustration the opposition is using abusive words or trying to demean the PM or top leaders. Need to maintain certain decorum and discipline in front of the public from whom you are asking for votes.

Way Forward

The propaganda managers of all the parties who are working day and night on Facebook and social media to demean each other should be trained again as they have already exposed themselves in the eye of general public. Their campaigns are not working now.

The only way out is to reach to the people, talk to them but talk sense and help them overcome their problems rather than lecturing them or abusing the government. Work on the states where you are in power and showcase it to the public while asking for the votes.

Rest it is up to the parties how they are going to strategize their future campaigns.

Rajesh Rana

rajeshrana2@hotmail.com

Can an opposition with logical fallacies stop BJP in 2019?

Want to stop BJP?? Start working for People now

In a democracy like India opposition parties has a big role to play. An opposition is must in our country so that they can bring to notice the issues and challenges the country is facing. However after 2014 when Modi government came to power the meaning of opposition has changed now. Yes it is true that opposition should oppose the government but reacting to everything that government does is not helping the cause of the opposition. 

There is no alternative narrative, no leader with the mass appeal, no logical debates and people of the country understand very well which move by the government is in their favour and which is not.  

The likes of Congress, Samajwadis, Owaisis, Communists and others have decided that they are going to target the PM for whatever is happening in this country.

India is a hugely populated country and every day we witness thousands of incidents like family disputes, fights and clashes among groups, robberies, road rages, and murders and such incidents are happening from ages. India is a country where you will find people from all religions, casts, and creeds and obviously these people are involved in the incidents.

However the opposition parties and a section of media will cherry pick an incident where a Dalit or a Minority is involved and will start highlighting the issues as if the government is against this section of people. Is this the alternative narrative by which they are going to bring down the government and get votes in the next elections?

Reacting to every move by the government without providing any concrete logic is not working in the favour of the opposition

Playing the communal card by the opposition is going to cost them dear as the more they will try to appease the minority the more this country will see polarization and that is going to help BJP as they will get more support from the majority community in this country.

The minority community is also fed up with the vote bank politics and now wants development and upliftment in the society. Various parties have been using them as vote bank only and have never worked for their betterment.

If you ask my opinion then I firmly believe that we should have a strong opposition which can challenge any wrong move by the government intelligently. The agendas of our opposition need to be changed and they should introspect and come up with narratives which are helpful for the common man and to the country.

The leaders Digvijay Singh, Manish Tiwari, Rahul Gandhi, Owaisi, Yadavs, and others should understand that having some few millions followers on twitter will not earn you votes. Mind it most of your followers are trollowers (trollers) who are there to abuse you.

So come out of twitter, go to ground zero meet people, listen to their issues and try to solve them and help them. When you are in the public the focus should be to help them and dare you spew the venom the public will find it annoying and you will lose votes.

Congress still has its governments in many states. It should rather focus on the developments of these states and highlight their work at the national level if they really want to win the confidence back. There is no other option but to work for the public at the ground level rather than blabbering on twitter or Facebook.

The fake news stories will not work in the future as the Indian public is well informed and intelligent now. You cannot make fool out of them now, gone are the days when the politicians befooled them for votes.

The propaganda managers of all the parties who are working day and night on Facebook and social media to demean each other should be trained again as they have already exposed themselves in the eye of general public. Their campaigns are not working now.

The only way out is to reach to the people, talk to them but talk sense and help them overcome their problems rather than lecturing them or abusing the government. Work on the states where you are in power and showcase it to the public while asking for the votes.

Rest it is up to the parties how they are going to strategize their future campaigns

 Rajesh Rana

rajeshrana2@hotmail.com