Thread by @GorwayGlobal

It's hard to engage in any conversation with family in India for long before it turns to politics. Despite all the complaints about how bad things are, the refrain is always "There is no Alternative (TINA) - to Mr Modi". "No one else can possibly win 272 seats in 2024'

#MamtaBanerjee is a maverick firebrand, #Kejriwal is a charlatan, #Congress is a spent force, focused on family, other regional parties are limited to their regions - And therefore, TINA.
But look at the divisive policies, the lack of jobs, inflation, I say. "Yes but TINA!!!"

So now you know why there is this extreme relentless pursuit of every opposition leader esp from @INCIndia, the #ED raids, the #SocialMedia abuse and the character assassination.
It is all in aid of creating this entrenched self-fulfilling opinion in the minds of people - TINA.

It is almost as if people have already decided to vote NOT for the Party or leader they prefer, or NOT vote for a leader who has FAILED,
But that they have decided to vote for the Leader who alone (they have persuaded themselves) can win.

This is a self-fulfilling prophesy. The more people who believe that #TINA,the more people that will vote for the BJP. So, unlike a normal democracy, in BJP's #DesiDemocracy, they have to spend their time in persuading people that #TINA.

The drawback is of course immediately obvious. Why take the risk of sensible hard-sell policies? When a series of #Jumlas keep the fools amused and usefully occupied, while #ED and #IT raids persuade people
a)that something is happening;
b) that TINA

The far more scary scenario is that Sooner or later India may hit a #SriLanka moment when the people realise that the #Jumla that sustained both itself AND all the other Jumlas was in fact the biggest Jumla of them all, #TINA. That's when the dam will burst.