There were enough cues for grassroot BJP/RSS workers in the PM’s Dussehra speech in Lucknow.Bhupendra Chaubey reads the political tea leaves.
Jai Shri Ram is back! And back with a bang. The platform: Dussehra celebrations in Lucknow. In a politically charged environment, with the backdrop of terror dressed up as Ravana, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi came up with a speech, which could actually be described as his most political one yet. Not once naming any political opponent, yet saying everything. Nicely sandwiching his terror talk between sermons on girl child and Swachh Bharat, still giving enough time to post-Uri strikes for maximum impact. To the political opposition, Modi was doing what he is best at. Politicising an opportunity. For the BJP, he has done the best thing: Creating a great platform for his colleagues to carry forward.
PM Narendra Modi with a gadaa on the Ramlila stage in Lucknow's Aishbagh maidan on Tuesday. (PIB PHOTO)
Sample this! By wearing the Sudershan Chakra on his arm, by accepting Lord Hanuman’s Gadaa as a present and by doing aarti of Ram, Laxman and Sita, Modi has brought joy to millions of his supporters in UP who still have the Ayodhya Ram temple dream. BJP Rajya Sabha MP, Subramanian Swamy had even gone on record a few days back on CNN-News18’s #Big5At10 Programme to state clearly the party position: “We will certainly be raising the Ram temple issue during UP polls. I am sure Amit Shah realises that construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya is our biggest USP.”
Construction of Ram temple is an issue the BJP has always tried to cash in on before every UP election. But it’s not worked for a while now. The party hasn’t managed to cross the threshold of 15% vote during the previous assembly elections. This time though, with Modi at the helm, it’s a different ball game altogether. The party got 71 seats on its own in last Lok Sabha polls and got two more in the form of ally Apna Dal. It’s in this dream to repeat 2014 that Modi is leaving no stone unturned.[Source::News18]
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