Polinomics: Reminders of raj dharma
The collective decisions by authors, academics, activists, filmmakers and scientists to return awards given to them may be dismissed as “politics by other means” and as “ideological intolerance” by those who are “pathologically opposed” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP and its ideological parent RSS. Mr Modi’s apparent reluctance to perform his duties as a statesman and head of government by adhering to his raj dharma — the famous word used by the then BJP Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to remind Mr Modi of his responsibilities after Hindu mobs started massacring Muslims in Gujarat in 2002 — has so vitiated the atmosphere in the country that even certain sympathisers of the BJP are feeling uneasy. In April, industrialist Harish Mariwala said the government had lost its sheen because of its failure to fulfil promises, while Harsh Goenka added “let’s grow up” after the Maharashtra government banned beef consumption and made the screening of Marathi films compulsory. He was the emperor on May 27 and see now what everybody is saying about him and his government.” On October 30, Moody’s Analytics urged Mr Modi to “keep his party members in check.
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