BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is more show than substance, more propaganda than reality and a master at blowing his own trumpet, Gujarat PCC chief Arjun Modhwadia says, disclosing how Mr Modi moves with his team of 3,000 youth to ensure the success of his meetings in the state and outside and project himself as a “crowd-puller and “mass leader”.
BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is more show than substance, more propaganda than reality and a master at blowing his own trumpet, Gujarat PCC chief Arjun Modhwadia says, disclosing how Mr Modi moves with his team of 3,000 youth to ensure the success of his meetings in the state and outside and project himself as a “crowd-puller and “mass leader”. “You will see the face of Gujarati youth in his public meetings, they climb up on pillars and chant Modi’s name in a bid to excite the atmosphere,” he said. Mr Modi knows the tricks of projecting himself big and, despite being the Gujarat chief minister, never takes the name of state Congress rivals, but equates himself with national leaders, like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. This has been a sure recipe of Mr Modi to make himself the “national” leader. Mr Modi, who has been dubbed as an authentic fascist by his detractors as also some scholars, has lived up to his “reputation”, Mr Modhwadia said. Recently, Mr Modi had called a three-day session of the state legislature. The first day was adjourned after the condolence resolution and speeches without transacting any business. The next day, Opposition legislators were suspended for the entire session, Mr Modhwadia pointed out. Mr Modi also kept the deputy speaker’s post vacant for the last 10 years to ensure that this should not be given to the main Opposition as per parliamentary tradition and practice, the Congress leader said. A senior BJP leader who did not want to be named says that Mr Modi once told him that he would have been RSS chief had he not joined the BJP.
