It is one thing for Modi's rivals to call him arrogant, but an altogether different proposition if an incumbent governor is to be allowed to get away with calling names. | Harish Khare
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To add insult to injury, Meghalaya governor Satya Pal Malik has not shown any signs of remorse over the public disclosure of a privileged conversation.
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Malik spoke out on behalf of the farmers at a time when Modi and his "reformist" advisers were still determined to shove those ill-advised laws down farmers' throats.
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People like Malik opted to get into bed with the BJP for a number of reasons, but they remain outsiders and are treated as outsiders.
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For now, the BJP top managers, otherwise feared as unsentimental enforcers, are reported to have opted to swallow the Malik insult.
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The real import of the Meghalaya governor's remarks was the portrayal of a callously self-absorbed prime minister.
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"Did they die for me?"
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No one in Indian public life – least of all a prime minister – can afford to be seen as indifferent to the deaths of more than 500 farmers.
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Modi has assiduously manufactured an image for himself of a sevak dedicated selflessly and entirely to public well-being.
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Malik has revealed him to be a ruthless ruler, unbothered by the human costs of his megalomaniac projects.
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Read Harish Khare's full report here:
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