Modi’s Attack on the Congress Reeks of Desperation
Clearly on the defensive, was the prime minister’s speech in parliament another example of his belief that people will swallow anything he says provided he does so with sufficient bravado?
When a government feels it is doing well, it invariably emphasises its achievements. Former prime minister A.B. Vajpayee’s ‘India Shining’ campaign is a good example. It is only when it does not, that it starts harping on the real or imagined failures of its predecessors. Mr. Narendra Modi has been doing this ever since he sensed that his party was headed towards a possible defeat in Gujarat (it scraped to victory with 99 seats, well short of the 150-plus seats it aimed to win). He has redoubled his efforts since the BJP’s shattering loss of all three bypolls in Rajasthan to the Congress.
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