
PM tries to inspire, but skirts the real anxieties
Deccan ChroniclePrime Minister Narendra Modi, delivering his sixth Independence Day address from the ramparts of Delhi’s historic Red Fort on Thursday morning, spoke in trance-like positivity, meandering from one issue to another in the 90-minute exercise, and towards the end reminding himself and the audience of school children and VIPs that he should not speak too long on a rainy day and keep the schoolchildren waiting. He talked about the abrogation of Articles 370 and regarding Jammu and Kashmir in passing, without too much triumphalism, harping on the “One Nation, One…” theme, saying how the abrogation of the said articles had fulfilled the ideal of “One Nation and One Constitution”, and quickly mentioned in the same breath how the Goods and Service Tax had achieved “One Nation, One Tax” and hinted at the prospect and the need for “One Nation, One Election”, and how the last one is to be achieved through discussion. The critics of Mr Modi would be at a loss to nail the Prime Minister’s speech for traces of ideological — read Hindutva, pathological nationalism — toxicity. The Prime Minister may be successfully outwitting his opponents through his own kind of dream-filled feel good speeches, but he exposes himself as a man who is not willing to face up to the hard questions that face his government and the country in real time.
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