Why I Voted For Narendra Modi!

Today is a big day for the people of Telangana. We had polling for both the newly formed Assembly and the Parliament. I voted for Narendra Modi. Yes, you heard it right. I voted for Modi, not just BJP. In that I voted for a Leader. I voted for a visionary. I voted for the statesman who would walk the talk. His being a BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate is incidental for me.

I am no weatherman to tell if there is Modi wave or not in the country. Let me reserve that till May 16 when the Parliament election results would be out in the open. No prizes for guessing. I do not hesitate to wear it on my sleeve, my support to Modi for PM. I can't see any better leader in the recent times. I am for the development of my nation and I yearn to see Modi as PM. In the process, I put down my views on him and the endless controversies around him, from my own little understanding.

Let me start the discourse with the standard disclaimer. I follow political activity of the nation without minding to be politically correct. I take interest in the changes around me politically. I understand that if I feel "to hell with politicians" and do not vote, I will be found guilty of the misdeeds of the politicians and the miseries of the aam aadmi. No I am not referring here Arvind Kejriwal or his brand of Aam Aadmi. I had enough of it. I am talking of the common man of my country.

I have grown up seeing the dedication and commitment of the RSS shaka people, listening with awe the speeches of the great statesman Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the party building skills of Lal Krishna Advani among other things. I have also grown up seeing the dirty policies of the Congress leaders all through the past 25 years or so, from the time I took interest in reading the newspapers. Never I found myself being in such a helpless citizen of this country earlier than today. I was looking out for a real savior, who at worst, dream of doing something for this great nation. Many have come and gone, but no one lived upto the promises, leave alone expectations. I had respect for the BJP as a party. Now the party is no different from the Congress or AAP for that matter. The only difference I could feel now is it has a visionary in Modi who is looked upon as THE LEADER, by millions of people like me.

When Keshubhai Patel served as Chief Minister of Gujarat, he seemed to be doing things right, but for his arrogance and stubbornness. Later when the earth quaked in Surat, I felt it is very difficult for the garment hotspot to develop in the near future. But then Modi did not think like me. He has changed the scenario completely and that is called Rebuilding. He has dedicated his life to the welfare of the state of Gujarat. Only after two successful terms did he think of moving to the national scene, as he felt like Sachin Tendulkar, not having any major task left for his area of work. Yes, he is a different persona. We cannot measure Modi with the yardsticks that we measure any other politician. He is a rare breed, whose life is there for the nation than for himself.

People may say bad things about his childhood marriage, balya vivah, to say. But when I read the life histories of great people, I understand that their life is different from the ones we lead. Also we have politicians around us who have many marriages, affairs and itch for more. We are not used to this type of people, unless we know of those committed RSS Pracharaks, who are told not to get married and stay single and serve the nation. The ideology of RSS may be dated, but one can never question the commitment of these people about their patriotism. One has to see to understand that. I have seen some during my school days. Even leaving this complex issue, I say "miya biwi razi tho kare kya kaazi". Though there is no private life for a political leader, till the time it is not affecting his conduct and his integrity and probity in public life, I am not bothered about it. Seen enough of Nehrus, Tiwaris, Digvijays among others. I feel his resolve to do something would have kept him stay away from his marriage. Otherwise he would have been one among us, not such a tall leader.

People say Modi has no respect for senior leaders. The fact is otherwise. He is a self made man. He understood that the seniors have reached a stage of saturation, with all their hardwork and dedication, but could not pass the threshold. He needed to take control of the reins. It is just a case of fresh water. I am not among those whose feel the aged must step aside. It is just that you need horses for courses. One year back, did anybody dared to visualise the effect of Modi in the national scene? Frankly speaking I too could not expect the real intensity when senior leaders like LK Advani was skeptical about declaring Modi as the PM candidate.

People talk of 2002 riots when they do not have anything to say negative about Modi sarkar. We have heard about Godhra and its aftermath. He has tried his best to deescalate the tensions between the warring communities. He did not go for celebrations alongwith bollywood celebrities when his region was burning unlike the ilks of Mulayam. Courts did not name him as culprit. The NGOs who are after him are not such clean people that we could believe them. Atleast here is a promising  leader who is assuring us that there would be no appeasement for any section. He has successfully proved that in Gujarat. Muslims are happy there, what is there for us to object to!

We have seen enough disasters like Arvind Kejriwal who started "no development in Gujarat" sloganeering, which was taken over now by Sonia and Rahul. He has arrived on the national scene only to mar the chances of BJP and Narendra Modi. But then it has only made him to work overtime. All said, Modi is a positive leader with head over heals. This nation is starved of such visionaries and my vote for this tall man by name Narendra Modi. Enough of these casteist, communal, regional, sub-regional considerations, two terms to Modi and I am sure he would transform this great nation to a different level.