To Rid Free India of Symbols of Subjection

The BJP’s national council meet – its national convention – concluded on a high note at the iconic Bharat Mandapam. The Bharat Mandapam symbolises Modi’s triumph and of his idea of India – an idea that will shape and direct an era over the next quarter century. The 10,000-plus plus party workers who had gathered at Bharat Mandapam were well aware and PM Modi’s exhortation and Amit Shah’s assertions redoubled that conviction that they were witnessing the beginning of a new age for India. The BJP, he said, “applauds the dedication of its workers who are risking their lives to fight against the violence and lawlessness promoted by the Congress and its allied parties across the country” and that it “was committed to continuing its struggle against such a negative politics.” From violence to corruption, from promoting some of the biggest scamsters in recent times to obsessively misusing constitutional powers against political opponents, to obsessively promoting family members, the Congress has become a symbol of all kinds of “vices and evils in politics…It has become synonymous with divisive politics based on caste, region, community, appeasement, thanks to the politics of vote-bank,” Shah summed up. PM Modi, Shah told the giant gathering at Bharat Mandapam, “had in the last decade, championed the politics of performance, ended our collective inferiority complex and had rid free India of the symbols of colonial subjection.” These were anathema to the Congress, hence its desperation.