Spewing venom.
I was amused by the reasons given by Dilip D'Souza (DNA,August 6) why he does not want to vote for Modi - he has been abused by anonymous Modi supporters, mandir, coffin scam (?), blood stain of 2002. Hundreds of riots in India since Independence which only benefits Congress, 1984, Emergency, Kashmir problem, Chinese invasion of 1962, CWG & 2G scams ( all notional & zero loss) and 400 million poor after long Congress rule are all marginal flaws – they are all by the pluralistic party opportunistically communal and are all excused. It does matter that Modi has given 24-hour electricity to Gujarat, that he has constructed thousands of bunds to store water and achieve almost 10 percent agricultural growth for a decade ( read the report by R.N.Bhaskar in DNA), he had the imagination to invite Ratan Tata to set up Nano plant in Gujarat by sms and have solar panel on Narmada canals to generate electricity and save water from evaporation. There has been no communal riots in Gujarat in the last ten years. These are not good governance but are all communal activities. I always thought intellectuals use reason to come to any conclusions. You have made me realise that they are also human – they have their bias, their prejudices and above all, they are full of themselves. Verily, secularism is the opium of the intellectuals, facts be damned !
August 6,2013.
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