{"id":139,"date":"2004-05-30T00:23:47","date_gmt":"2004-05-29T19:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=139"},"modified":"2004-05-30T00:23:47","modified_gmt":"2004-05-29T19:23:47","slug":"blame-it-on-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2004\/05\/30\/blame-it-on-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"Blame it on Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And why not&#8230;.. after all Modi fiddled when Gujarat burnt. He spewed venom on those who couldn&#8217;t fight back.He justified genocide and ethnic cleansing in the name of religion and nationalism.<\/p>\n<p>And now the blue eyed boy of the raving right is now the favourite spitoon for those who thought that the NDA would win.<\/p>\n<p>It started with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uddhavthackeray.com\/\">Uddhav Thackery<\/a><\/strong> saying that it was <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianexpress.com\/full_story.php?content_id=47434\">Gujarat <\/a><\/strong>that played a key role in the fall from grace of the BJP NDA combine. Imagine the head of the Shiv Sena &#8211; itself a fascist organisation responsible for the Mumbai riots &#8211; finding Mr.Modi&#8217;s actions a bit extreme.<\/p>\n<p>Then <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianexpress.com\/full_story.php?content_id=47895\">Shahnawaz Hussein<\/a><\/strong>  who is charitably described as a BJP &#8220;tattu&#8221; &#8211; and who kept his silence when Gujarat burned &#8211; realised the voters have a longer memory than Politicians. He too blamed Modi for the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Then was Chandrababu Naidu &#8211; theformer &#8220;CEO&#8221; of Andhra Pradesh. When his party got booted out of both the assembly and the Parliament &#8211; the remains of the TDP went into a huddle. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newkerala.com\/news-daily\/news\/features.php?action=fullnews&amp;id=19774\">The Result<\/a><\/strong>&#8211; It was all because of the BJP backing Modi.<\/p>\n<p>And now the Gujarat wing of the BJP finds Modi a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cities.expressindia.com\/fullstory.php?newsid=84570\">liability <\/a><\/strong>&#8211; it is looking at an excuse to dump him. And one can almost see the political vultures gather.<\/p>\n<p>If it had been anyone else but Modi, one would have felt sorry for him. But this man has too much blood on his hands. And while I don&#8217;t gloat at his misfortune, I definitely end up with greater faith in the laws of Karma. I wonder what he will turn up as in his next life?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And why not&#8230;.. after all Modi fiddled when Gujarat burnt. 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