A few days back, an eminent Gujarati, on TV, commented that in Gujarat, we are confusing electricity with murder.
It seems true today, that a murderer and rapist who provided economic development is what the people chose...never mind the atrocities committed against minorities, the state of fear and persecution that exists.
70 years ago, Hitler took Germany up from the ruins of World War I through similar economic development and made her the predominant power in Europe. The cost - another World War, and some 20 million dead. There were a lot of people who cheered his rise as well, as Jews and other minorities were persecuted across Europe. The similarities are uncanny.
This victory is a lesson for all: The Congress has the most spineless Centre and state representation. They focussed on attacking Modi on all the wrong grounds, and failed. It is a failure of Sonia and Manmohan, not so much a success of Modi. How else can one understand the silence over the explosive Tehelka expose by the Cong?
The BJP has not won either. It is Modi, who has risen above and beyond the party, who has captured majority support. There is a crisis brewing in BJP as the Lok Sabha elections come - an old and tired Advani or a vibrant and victorious (albeit criminal) Modi...
As for the people of Gujarat - Congratulations. You deserve the govt. you choose. If the state prospers under a murderer and the people feel good about it, so be it. True democracy and secularism are dead and gone.
