Thread by @Randeep_Sisodia

As he turns 72 today, I ponder on what differentiates PM #Modi the most from his political rivals? On serious reflection, if I were to answer it in a sentence, it is that while his rivals work towards family & self preservation at the cost of national interests,…1/15

Modi is an epitome of self sacrifice and symbolises the true spirit of nationalism and love for countrymen. However, this calls for a detailed explanation, so please allow me to provide a few pointers in this thread:

As soon as he assumed PM office…2/15

he demolished the coterie, monarchy’s self perpetuating tool, comprising of power brokers & rent seekers in the garb of intellectuals, journalists, think tank experts, bureaucrats, historians, authors etc. This resulted in two positive outcomes:…3/15

One, it immediately ended big scale high level corruption, a la, defence deal scams running in hundreds of millions of dollars. It started with the Jeep scandal way back in 1948 and the procession continued right till the end of UPA era with Augusta Westland…4/15

chopper bribery case in 2013, always compromising our armed forces. All these debilitating scams meant that the then UPA govt was left with no money to buy even jackets for our jawans.

Two, it broke the back of Lutyen’s media and it lost its legitimacy….5/15

It had already lost its credibility, before Modi assumed PM office, but had retained its legitimacy, thanks to UPA govt, and hence its ability to peddle fake leftist narrative. Modi ‘deleted’ them from echelons of power, leading to vastly diminishing it’s…6/15

ability to craft any credible narratives. This created space for nationalist & independent media to set hold & prosper. In fact, many Modi supporters lament that he does not have a good communication team but the reason is that he has not created an alternative…7/15

coterie like Nehru-Vadra parivar. Had he done so, it would have smacked of hypocrisy.

Putting personal relations above national interests has been another harmful approach of Congress govts. Be it Nehru, acceding to his faithful friend, Sheikh Abdullah’s…8/15

demand for Art 370, or Indira, besotted as she was by Bhutto, agreeing to return 93000 Pak POWs thereby losing the battle won by our forces in 1971 or Rajiv deciding to look the other way as his friend Farooq prepared the ground for radicalisation of Kashmir leading…9/15

to genocide of Kashmiri Pandits, or all the above tacitly allowing China to nibble away at our land just because it was their ideological sibling! They pursued ‘aman ki asha’ while Pak bled us with a thousand cuts, signed secret deals and strengthening trade…10/15

relations with China while it pursued its predatory policy against Bharat.

Modi has had no such baggage or obligations of personal relationships that weigh on his decisions. For him nation is supreme. While he did hug Shariff but that did not stop him from…11/15

conducting Surgical & Balakot strikes and calling off talks with Pak. He did have tea with Xi at Mamallapuram but that did not deter him from pushing back the Chinese from Doklam & Galwan and hitting their business interest in Bharat.

Modi has…12/15

destroyed ‘crony socialism’ & ushered in true socialism while others only provide lip service. Unmindful of huge electoral risks, he hit hard on black economy, a direct outcome of crony socialism!

His fight against this ‘Nehruvian order’ & demolishing its…13/15

vestiges of Pariwarvaad, nepotism, warped ideology & policies, corruption and his genuine efforts to uphold democratic values while clearly underlining supremacy of national interest is, ironically, what has triggered the desire among opposition to gang up against him….14/15

They tried in 2019 but failed miserably, they are giving a shot again to come together for 2024, from all indications they will bite the dust again, for Modi has the “Bali effect”!

Happy birthday @narendramodi Ji. Wishing you health & victory in all your endeavours!…15/15