Ballot ka Saudagar

No matter what happens the commies and the dynasty would prefer to call Moditva the "Maut ka Saudagar" and would like all of us to believe that Moditva triumphed yet again because of the communal polarization. But Modi and his five and a half crore gujaratis have proved that real development and the creation of a cult status will mean that BJP has a "West Bengal" of its own now. 11 years and now definitely going to be 16 is no mean achievement. A miles above that of what the commies have done in WB. In WB they have the hard core base and the kind of cadre that just will not slip away. This is something unique to West Bengal and not seen anywhere elese. You put any tom, dick or Budhdha on a commie ticket and he will win in WB. But thats not the case in Gujarat. Its sheer hard-work and its just the one man thats made it possible.
Moditva has defied all odds, all opposition, all exit polls to emerge the tallest man in the BJP. For those who believe Modi will be a problem to Mr Advani. They are mistaken. He will compliment Mr Advani. He will bring back the hardline BJP. He will bring back the BJP that will now shed the mask called Mr VAjpayee.
From the begining Mr Modi faced stiff oposition from everywhere. He was the Media's favourite punching bag. The pounced on him at any given opportunity. Then there was the Rahul Gandhi Road show. I thought circus had road shows. Then came Madams "Maut ka saudagar". Well you cant blame her for that. You give her the recipie for Butter chicken masala by mistake and she will read that out at the election rally. So then there was criticism from within the BJP led by Keshubhai. And the central leadership knew more. They knew, if there was one man that could win Gujarat for them, it was Mr Modi. And true, without him the BJP would have been battered. Even the Sangh Parivar was not whole-heartedly behind him. But then Modi with his amazing cult image has romped home. And just like someone at the BJP office in Ahmedabad said "Gujarat is India". Modi will be a huge figure in Indian politics. What ever the leadership thinks, Mr Modi definitely has a demigod status with the BJP workers and their new religion is called MODITVA.

The Big Modi Blunder

Narendra Modi has a demi-god status among the hard-core BJP supporters over the country is a very well know fact. And this is very evident form the pro-BJP communities on Orkut too. Modi has been facing rebellion within the Gujarat BJP is a very well known fact too. His style of functioning has been equated to that of Hitler's by a seniour member of his party in Gujarat. In spite of all this Modi was expected to sail through and comfortably this time around too. Courtesy his development and the "Vibrant Gujarat" slogan. Gujarat under Modi has progressed rapidly is a very well known fact and has been accepted by his detractors too. Even the congress has not been able to nail him on the development plank. And this explains Madam's "Maut ka saudagar" rheotics. This was just a bait for Mr Modi to draw him into the volatile areas. But the seasoned politician in Modi was not able to identify this and has fallen prey to the Congress tactics.
Now Mr Modi finds himself in a precarious position and the development plank on which the BJP was supposedly riding seems to have been swept under the carpet. He could face disciplinary actions from The EC and hence is being forced to defend his comments on Sohrabuddin. Mr Modi is being drawn deeper and deeper into this mud-slinging. But the BJP sure did not want it this way and finds itself stuck in between. The top leadership is not able to openly endorse Mr Modi's comments and is being forced to attack Sonia.
All this I feel has definitely has made it a much more closer call for Mr Modi's prospects of getting reelected the CEO of Gujarat Inc. Dont be surprised if the BJP manage to just scrape through or even if the Congress manage to pull up a surprise.