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Mayur
from goa |

Recently there has been much talk about the next indian PM with names of rahul gandhi, narendra modi and nitish kumar mentioned frequently. I can understand narendra modi and nitsih kumar as they have good experience of holding senior positions, aslo they have shown good development records. but why Rahul Gandhi?

I am not partial to any political party (though the recent scandals and other bad gov practices have somewhat tainted the image of UPA in my mind), i rather prefer evaluating a person on his personal acomplishment. So why rahul gandhi? just because he is next in line of the gandhi family? He has not had any experience holding any important office nor has he distinguised himself from other politicians in skills.  He has constantly avoided the national scene when any crisis has struck the nation. Travelling in local train and eating in the poors house does not make politician any better. 

Seeing the condition of india today what india needs is PM with extraordinary leadership quality who can lift india up from this economical and political disastor. I am not saying that Rahul gandhi is not PM material but he is definetly not ready. If congress wins next election then he should be given some cabinet ministery where he can prove himself first and show that he has the potential.

These makes me remember the first episode of mahabharat where king Bharat chooses a capable person not belonging to his family. He had 8 sons and he thought none of them capable of leading the kingdom explaining "Karma  Janm se hamesa bada hota hai".  I hope they repeat history and choose somebody capable and well expereinced person to lead the indian people.

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Mayur
from goa |

I will support any party if the PM is good. BJP has its share of vices but It came in power because of Atal bihari vajpayee, We need someone like him with a clean record, experience, great leadership and patriotism. I wish we could select the person like USA. Where we could vote for a person rather than a party.

Puneet Jain
from Vadodara |

Narendra Modi, he is the man. Whatever people say, Gujaratis know what is the truth.

Mayur
from goa |

Both Narendra modi and Nitish kumar are equally deserving. Narendra modi is a solid leader with aggressive Governance. I don't know what roll he played in the riots but he has proved himself in most other respects. Gujrat has boomed during his tenure and has had a brilliant economic development record. The phoenix like comeback he did after the earthquake was exellent.

Nitish kumar is a more grass root reformer. The turnover he has brought in Bihari is extraordinary. Bihari, which was always ridiculed, has rised to a new light. The elections were clear indication of it. If he becomes PM i am sure he will reform the poor sections of india and thus try to acheive allover progress.

Puneet Jain
from Vadodara |

Roles in riots? All the Government agencies found no prood against him. It was surely a trick of Congress to keep one of their most lethal enemy at the bay. However, unforunately for the congress the trick didn't work and fortunately for the people of Gujarat, the guy is the CM of the state.

What Nitish Kumar has done in Bihar is remarkable. Kudos to him for that. But inspite of that I believe Modi will deal issues like Corruption, terrorism in a better way.

Purushu Arie
from Chennai |

"I can understand narendra modi and nitsih kumar as they have good experience of holding senior positions"

Really???? We cannot afford to have any worse communal leader :)

When it comes to "narenda modi" or "rahul gandhi", anyday... I'd say RAHUL GANDHI :)

not because rahul is great, but modi is worst!

Mayur
from goa |

First of all it is not proved that Modi had any hand in motivating the communal riots in gujrat. So impling he is guilty and serving some jail or something is not fare. Yes if the allegations were proved against him that would have been a different thing. That was in 2002 , that type of incidence has not occured agian. If it would be a frequent thing like every year some riot is happening then that would be different thing. Modi has always kept a secular image.

And there is always Nitish kumar as the alternative. He is has a clean and secular image, with popularity ranging trhough all caste and creeds. And yes he has expereince holding senior positions he was the railway minister who turn around the indian railways. He did good development in the railways (Whose credit later Lalu prasad took who become railway minister after nitish) and now he is CM of bihar one of the rapidly developing states in india. he is anyday better than "Rahul Vinci"

Monica
from New Delhi |

I would vote for Rahul too only if he reads even a single speech he has written on his own :P

Puneet Jain
from Vadodara |

OHH typo.  I meant Monica :)

Mayur
from goa |

While giving speeches he seems autistic

Purushu Arie
from Chennai |

Yes. Nitish Kumar is the most righteous leader at the moment. Atleast he is not as communal like others in BJP and it's amazing the way he has taken forward Bihar. And everyone knows, he's not thirsty for power unlike most other politicians. He would confine himself to the development and credibility of Bihar. Bihar needs him.

Practically speaking, for BJP Ajun Jaitley should be the PM candidate while Sushma Swaraj should be made party president.

People like Advani, Narendra Modi or even worst Subramanian Swamy will only recreate yet another Babri or Guj 2002 which atleast 'Rahul Vinci' didn't do. In fact, Rahul's management skills were praised when he revived congress party in 2009 polls!

You probably don't understand what it feels like to get your homes burnt by mobs.

You probaby don't understand what it feels like to get your own sisters being sexually abused by mobs.

You probably don't understand what it feels like to get your own brothers being killed by those mobs.

You probably don't understand what kind of a looser he was to let those mobs run behind those innocent lives for two days!

It's about the mindset! Most BJP leaders or RSS leaders to be precise, are obsessed with HINDUTVA ideology. It's never gonnna change. RIGHT WING ideology sucks any day!

Jaidev Jamwal
from New Delhi |

Parshuram..Spare the theatrics please.If you are talking about all that stuff,  then why don't you ask HIndus of J&K if they know how it feels to be treated much worse by the majority Islamists there ?

Do you have any single proof against Modi or can prove that BJP is rebidly communal as you wish it is ? Your posts seem just like rants of that dorkette Suzanne Arundhati Roy who needs to speak exactly opposite of what rest of the world is saying. High on noise and drama but low on substance.

On one hand you have Hindus getting repeatedly attacked in J&K, (even Gujarat riots started when Muslim mobs burnt down a train carrying Hindu pilgrims ), but you will go all secular and pious just because you beleive propganda spewed out by likes of Teesta Steevald and her shady associates. Look her up how she is being exposed for falsifying records, pressurising winesses to give false testimonies and prejury.

Purushu Arie
from Chennai |

and yes. I am raised in orthodox hindu family where almost every other person blindly supports such leaders just because of the so called 'hindutva' ideology!

People need to change. Come out of these social identities like caste and religion. We have been supressed for centuries due to such conservative approach! 

Grow up!

Puneet Jain
from Vadodara |

BJP says offer reservations not on caste basis but on the basis on economic condition of the family.

Congress says exactly opposite.

Now you decide, who is communal.

As far as Narendra Modi is concerned, that guy has got clean chit from Supreme Court. What more proof do you need.

Puneet Jain
from Vadodara |

Sir, please have a look at this whenever you have some free time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o0pct-CxT4

Purushu Arie
from Chennai |

Lol!

wait. I never told Congress is the ideal. Yes. The reservation system is just a smart way to gain support and everyone knows congress is smart and cunning. 

Cong is corrupt. BJP is communal.

The discussion is not about Cong. Vs BJP. Both parties are 'Fff' ed up.

It's about NARENDRA MODI. Anyday. Rahul 'VINCI' is better than the merchant of death!

Purushu Arie
from Chennai |

And if you wanna carry on with the CONG vs BJP debate.

I would never support a RIGHT WING. We don't need a party to dictate the cultural norms. Right wint's capitalist economy is only going to make the riches richer and poors poorer. We need a government that would control the markets and give cultural credibility and freedom. I don't want my government to be more bothered about promoting Ram Bhajans than watching the economy.

I don't want my government to stop a precious project like 'Sethusamudram project' just because some religious historic text refers to those reefs!!

The project is going to benefit millions of people in Tamil Nadu and it's strange that some random leader sits in New Delhi to protest against it!

Any day I agree with leftist ideologies. I beleive it's the leftist rule that can bring equality in society. Indian state Kerala is a perfect example. Equitible distribution of wealth, high literacy rate, high living standards. Kerala is there among top 5 states in every other list.

We all know, Left leaders are messed up at National level politics, hence we don't have the 'left' option in India.

Both Cong. and BJP are messed up. Only reason I support Cong over BJP is because of the Center-Left political ideology.

Mayur
from goa |

i too never wanted to get in Cong vs BJP debate but man u are treating BJP as some taliban like organisation. If u dont remember, let me remind you BJP was in the centre before congress. I did not see any hindu favouritism and also dont remember them doing arranging ram bajans at every street corner at that time. BJP favours capitalism? Mostly all the economical reforms which favour capitalism were carried out by manmohan singh when he was finance minister. During the BJP era economy was growing at 10+ rate. Inflation was the lowest in the history of independent India. The IT boom and industrial sector increase bought india on the global platform. I know many of the plans were focused on middle class indians. But Atal bihari gave his best shot. And i got the shock of my young life when i saw it loosing the election.

Today congress is eating India away like termites ending their fast. Scandals, corruption has brought india international shame. After common wealth games episode i doubt whether india will ever get to host olympics in the coming future. Inflation and economical instability is killing the common man.

What matters is not the political ideology but the will to serve the country and congress seem to lost it all together

Puneet Jain
from Vadodara |

With all due respects Sir, I request you to come to Gujarat and ask people living here about Narendra Modi [Congressmen are an expception] But as anybody else irrespective of his caste or religion about Modi. You will get to know.

If Modi were communal, the Minority community wouldn't have been living happily here. I don't claim all are happy but a good number of people are.

Also, how can you justify your comments when even the Apex Court of India gave him the clean chit.

Purushu Arie
from Chennai |

Nope buddy.  When I started I already quoted. Arun Jaitley is the perfect PM candidate for BJP. Arun Jaitley can do for BJP what Manmohan SIngh did for Congress. I don't have issues with BJP. But alliances like VHP, MNS and all those right wing saffron brigade and certain communal leaders!

"During the BJP era economy was growing at 10+ rate."

This fact is false. You can check it for yourself (http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=in&v=66) BJP never recorded a 4-5 plus development rate and this was another main reason why BJP didn't make it to next elections. Remeber? Sensex never crossed 8000 before Manmohan Singh stepped in?? What happened after his entry was history! Everyone would accept it. He is probably the most deserving PM candidate in India's 60+ years of democratic history :)

Vajpayee was a deserving leader and that's the very reason he won. He did a fair job. Again there were failures. The AirIndia hijack when Vajpayee was left alone like the scapegoat by likes of Advani etc. The Guj 2002 riots when Vajpayee could only 'WARN' Modi but couldn't really step in and bring things under control.

More than any of these they didn't win both 2004 and 2009 simply because the majority didn't want ADVANI to be their PM :) BJP can never win with Advani as PM candidate. He couldn't do it twice! Who would want a man who orchestrated the Babri crime to be their PM? If he wins it is a failure of democracy and same goes to Modi.

About Congress's second term. Hmm.. it's a hard fact for a BJP supporter to digest but yes, at the end of the day THEY EARNED IT :) It's more appropriate to say it was Manmohan's victory over Advani than Congress's victory over BJP :)

Even today, inspite of all the scams and scandals we have a stable govt. at center. All credits to the gentleman over there. He's one of very few I respect. But congress has taken advantage of the fact that they have a credible PM :(

P.S. You took the Ram bhajans quite literally :P I meant Advani protesting about the Sethusamudram project citing Ram Sethu as a reason while Archeological Survey of India aned NASA has proved that there is no proof of existence of any Ram Sethu :)

Mayur
from goa |

i have to agree with you on the advani thing. He was never PM material. (MNS is not a BJP ally) Congress played its game well making manmohan singh PM. But at the end of the day we all know who is puppeting his acts. Even his stuanch opposers agree that his creadbility can't be questioned. But he is not fit for PM. Mother teresa was a nice women but that doesn't mean she should become PM. The leader of the country should be both agrresive and smart. Who can stick to his opinion and carry out his work without pressure from the party.

Purushu Arie
from Chennai |

"What matters is not the political ideology but the will to serve the country and congress seem to lost it all together"

Oh. I am so sorry you don't understand the importance of political ideology. But that's the very core of POLITICS. There is a reason why Left would never join hands with BJP while both don't like congress and that's what 'political ideology' is alll about! May be you should start reading political science. It's as interesting as Physics, chemistry or Mathematics.

And yea, that's the problem with most INDIAN people. They hardly have knowledge of politics and most people simply follow a political party that their parents do!!!!!

We need AWARENESS :'(

Mayur
from goa |

Thanks for inspiring me to learn about politics. So you are saying that i should vote a person because he belongs to a particular party ?. So Muslim voter should never vote for a BJP candidate because it shows hindu favouritism, however deserving the candidate is?. 

And how actually you learn about political ideologies? There are not any standards that a particular party if it is right wing or left wing should follow the some procedure. Like they may have different meaning for the above terms in diff countries and region. i beleive if you want to know what ideology a party has been following just follow them on news and study their past records. See what stand they take on diff national issues. See whether it is favouring some particular community and showing partiality. After analysing this you will get a far idea of the party's ideology.

And pls dont make politics sound like nuclear physics. Politics is not a fixed sceince like physics, chemistry etc. You don't have have standard rules in politics. you can pickle all your political knowledge if you are not able to see clear facts and understand the politicians character.

Yes i still think political ideology is not important, what matters is the person whom ur electing because the ideologies may change but the basic nature of the human being is very hard to change.

RioZee
from Out of this yEt in this World |

well said purshottam ji, awareness is necessary, 

Purushu Arie
from Chennai |

hmmm. that's your perspective now. But I am afraid that's not how things work in real world :)

umesh derebail
from Mumbai |

I would like Rahul Gandhi to take up Railways and create 10 lakh additional jobs all over India, without taking them on the rolls of the railways.  I believe it is possible with a range of passenger services such as mobile recharging, currency top ups, bedsheets, pillows and blankets, mineral water in loose just filling up bottles, food canteen establishment, ticketing, share auto system, private buses, toilet maintainence, etc.

umesh derebail
from Mumbai |

Ideally he should be touring across the country in only train to understand the situation around the country side.  It would ensure that he amidst the common man, if he could be incognito it would be gr8 way to get to the root of the problem.

RioZee
from Out of this yEt in this World |

 my strong vote would go to mr. Laloo prasad yadav, I see him as a man of guts, and the need of the hour is of a man of immense guts. he can show the grounds to obama, or any zhing zhang,

umesh derebail
from Mumbai |

Pramod that must be a joke i suppose, realistically speaking we may have Rahul Gandhi if Congress wins, otherwise it may be Arun Jetley or Sushma Swaraj according to me. Narendra Modi can be a deputy PM.

RioZee
from Out of this yEt in this World |

i didnot say he will become one. i said I see him as the one with guts. india needs strong one at top. anything happens and blame game starts, our leaders look at america for commands to be given. 

churchill had said, in his speech on our parliamentary system, within thirty years Indian senate would be full of crooks.

nehru ji didn't have the guts to use our airforce in china war. kargil, we  saw baajpayee ji ,fighting  with just boforse , causing heavy unwarranted casualties

it's hightime our politicians learnt to be brave , undaunting ones. see terrorism as pure terrorism and take stern action. no partiality.  no blames on any religion. terror has no religion. keep our borders safe. 

but this is all a dream. we do not have any one of that stature right now.

Chaitanya Kulkarni
from Mumbai |

dnt want some Raul or Veronique to come to India and rule it anymore lol Tongue out