his actions will match his words. I pray things go well for every Indian
without regard to ones faith, regionality or language. My last article before
the closure of elections at Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/indias-modi-on-his-best-behavior-can-we-trust-him_b_5280892.html#es_share_ended
These are good words, almost sound like I wrote them.
If he is true and mean it, I am looking forward to a true progress.
ahead. It is a time to connect with each other. Lets place people over politics,
hope over despair, healing over hurting, inclusion over exclusion and
development over divisiveness. It is natural for the spirit of bipartisanship to
get temporarily lost in the midst of an election campaign but now is the time to
resurrect it,” Modi said on his blog.
Mike Ghouse
Now, Narendra Modi dons statesman’s
cap
exit polls pointing to a BJP victory, Narendra Modi on Monday said it was time
to resurrect the spirit of bipartisanship in Indian politics which was
temporarily lost in the poll campaign.
“This is the right time to look
ahead. It is a time to connect with each other. Lets place people over politics,
hope over despair, healing over hurting, inclusion over exclusion and
development over divisiveness. It is natural for the spirit of bipartisanship to
get temporarily lost in the midst of an election campaign but now is the time to
resurrect it,” Modi said on his blog.
Admitting that this was a
hard-fought election which witnessed both joyous and heated moments, Modi said,
“Now is the time to put the heat and dust of the campaign behind and look ahead.
Irrespective of who wins on the 16th, the dreams of a billion Indians should not
suffer.”
He said though political parties and candidates have differing
ideologies, “but our goal is one — to work for India and to fulfill the
aspirations of our youth”.
Modi, however, took a swipe at Congress
saying the ruling party, which sets the poll agenda, had neither been proactive
nor responsive, but reactive and lauded the NDA for being firmly focused on its
agenda of development and good governance, even while calling for peace.
“There were attempts to digress from these issues but we remained firm,”
he said, apparently referring to the political discourse on his role in the 2002
Gujarat riots.
Modi said the 2014 elections will stand out for the
increased turnout and gave credit to people for being “undisputed winners” .
He also expressed gratitude to the Election Commission for conducting
the mammoth exercise. He had attacked the EC and accused it of being “partisan”
during the campaigning. “I congratulate the EC and the entire election and
security staff for their continuous efforts during the entire election,” he
said.
He also lauded the role of social media and said due to it, “lies
and false promises” of several leaders could not go beyond the podiums of their
rallies and called for more power to social media.
“It has caused the
downfall of manufactured lies and half-truths at a very nascent stage … In
this age of information and social media, the lies that come out of their
microphones cannot even get past the podium of their speech venues, forget
reaching others. More power to social media in the days ahead,” he said.