Found Shri @Koenraad_Elst 's latest column inadequate and at times politically naive. Reinforced my opinion ideologues make poor politicians
@_Mauna_ So why, in your opinion did Modi include the 'socialist casteist' Lohia but leave out Veer Savarkar?
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@i_contemplate_ For any number of reasons actually. U must have noticed Modi displays the tendency to squeeze utilitarian juices from iconsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@i_contemplate_ It doesn't matter if an icon's politics has been opposite to his own but if there are things positive, it is squeezed.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@i_contemplate_ Therefore Gandhi vis a vis SwachchataThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@i_contemplate_ Secondly Modi has in fact been unapologetic on Savarkar. He hs made it a point to be openly reverential. The plaque is back -
@_Mauna_ You're right. I've noticed the exact same thing - squeezing any utility out of a popular icon for national purposes.
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@i_contemplate_ Thirdly, Savarkar's politics was more suited to pre-full franchise Hindusthan. Its essentials have been absorbed by Modi.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@i_contemplate_ Fourthly, Lohia's politics successfully empowered and sharpened a huge section of Hindus who are actually spearheading H'tva -
@_Mauna_ To me Lohia is responsible for the rot of Samajwadi and Janata Parivars casting a hundred million Hindus to a wretched condition. -
@i_contemplate_ Do we hold Savarkar or Hedgewar for Hindu politics largely failing to win and retain power? -
@_Mauna_ Failing to win and retail is not the same as spreading poison - casteism and socialism. Samajwadi is a clear descendant of Lohia -
@i_contemplate_ Look at it from another perspective. In a fully franchised demos, this was a constituency waiting to be picked. -
@_Mauna_ Agreed. Can Lohia really be turned into an implicit Hindutva figure to consolidate Dalits into H fold? -
@i_contemplate_ Lohia is more OBC than Dalit. I dont think Dalits would be attracted to Lohia.
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@i_contemplate_ I found this classy distaste for Lohia's "casteist" politics to be akin to distaste for loud Ganapati pandals :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@i_contemplate_ We know where more folks go and how much more they enjoy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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