Why I say it is a ridiculous article?
Here is a sample extract:
"The question is, would Mr Modi accept defeat if it does come calling. Or would he take the Donald Trump route on losing, whipping up a terrifying frenzy instead? There are many variables to say just what the verdict could be at the hustings, not least because publishing the findings of exit polls is officially banned until the last vote is cast." -- This is an opinion piece written by the newspaper's New Delhi representative Jawed Naqvi.
He is an Indian otherwise.
The article reflects basically what the Sickular Brigade in Bharat wants to listen to and talk about -- the downfall of a mass leader who is neither a creature of army (as in Jawed Naqvi's employer's nation) nor of dynasty (as his favourite INDI alliance constituent leaders are).
It also shows that the Pakistani intellectuals are definitely part of the same Sickular ecosystem that has likes of Manishankar Aiyar and Farooq Abdullah. The big lessons they may get in 'Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir' is also keeping them under pressure and hence this hatred game goes on.
Here is another sample:
"According to Parakala Prabhakar, author of a best-selling Modi critique and husband of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the BJP could try to steal the elections. It has too many skeletons in the cupboard waiting to tumble out. Besides, 2025 is the centenary year of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. They wouldn’t want not to be in power to celebrate. Yet, analysts also claim it is the RSS that may be dragging its feet on handing a great victory to Mr Modi."
Of course we need not worry much. All these schools of wise fools are likely to make a vanishing act on June 4. But from June 5th, they will start blaming the EVMs.
June 1 Exit Polls outcome would also be thrashed out saying most media organisations are with Gautam Adani.
Well, the western media has started getting a feeling of what harsh reality could be. Genuinely objective analysts even in the United Kingdom are now thrashing out such anti-Modi and anti-India brands of journalism.
Pakistan is a bad learner. It should worry more about protests in PoK than the dream scenario what will Narendra Modi door not do if he is defeated.
Dawn's New Delhi man should try to write something -- albeit 'objectively' - on how lives are different in Jammu and Kashmir on our side and of those living in Pok. For further lessons, Mr Naqvi will do well to refer to some of the recent statements made by External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar.
"Today, there are certain ferments happening in PoK. The analysis of it is very complex but definitely I have no doubt in my own mind that someone living in POK is comparing their situation with someone living in Jammu and Kashmir and seeing how people there are progressing nowadays."
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There is more from Jaishankar and the likes of Jawed Naqvi, Yogendra Yadav and even people like Sharad Pawar can refer to in future.
"They would reputationally damage you, somebody will bring out an index and put you down in that. Countries which have to go to court to decide the result of their election are giving us gyan about how to conduct the election," Jaishankar was quoted as saying. One bright spot about these remarks is that the statement came from Jaishankar in Kolkata - a city for "Left-oriented legacy" has over the years cultivated anti-India but 'fish-fry' journalism products and intellectuals.
Jaishankar slammed the western media for their 'negative coverage' of Indian elections and told them not to give 'gyan' to India (lecture India) on how to conduct polls.
"They western countries do want to influence us because many of these countries feel that these countries have influenced this world for the last 70–80 years. Western countries feel that they have influenced this world for the last 200 years.
How do you expect for someone, who has been in that position to give up those old habits so easily", Jaishankar said on Tuesday while speaking at the launch of the Bangla edition of his book 'Why Bharat Matters' in Kolkata.
"Western media, in some cases, have openly endorsed candidates and political parties; they don't hide their preference. They are very smart," the External Affairs Minister said.
Acknowledging the voter turnout during the first four phases of polls, Jaishankar said "Even in this election, I am looking at the commentary. Even in this country, even in the hottest summer, look at the percentage of people who come to vote."
The journalist for Pakistan newspaper will also do well no to bank so much on the likes of Yogendra Yadav and Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay say or write. They are Bharat's 'sickular' pandits -- who know how to spread negativity about India and Indian leadership.
Lastly, one may say people of India have every right to decide who should rule them. People have been reposing trust in Modi and his party BJP simply because the policies and people oriented schemes have delivered what the government has promised. The sickular club in India and the 'foreign' paymasters -- legal or illegal - must also understand that under Modi, Bharat is today a force at the global stage.
'Dawn' can be upset. Cantonment commanders can be upset in Rawalpindi not all Javeds and all Naqvis in Bharat are upset. A few maybe.
In fact, a large number of Muslim women have been voting for the BJP in last few polls both at the state level and at the national because the draconian Triple Talaq has been dumped.
And it has been dumped by Modi, by the BJP and also the organisation called RSS - which will befittingly celebrate its 100 years of existence in 2025. And Namo will grace some functions as well.
Swapan Dasgupta, a leader of Modi’s BJP and a former journalist, says rather acidly:
“If the June 4 results lead to the BJP decimating the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress party yet again, Modi’s overseas critics will likely team up with India’s opposition to question the legitimacy of the triumph,” he wrote.
Now let us take a few headlines from the Western media — “Is India’s BJP the world's most ruthlessly efficient political party?” asked the Financial Times. At the same time, Foreign Policy wondered about “Modi’s slide toward autocracy.”
BJP leaders do not find such headlines palatable and feel they are far from accurate, perhaps written with a false sense of superiority accompanied by the usual prejudices by Western journalists.
However, there is another opinion from another article by a Pakistani author in the 'Dawn' newspaper itself.
"The BJP has benefited from a weak, divided and regionally fragmented opposition. The Congress party looks jaded and bereft of new ideas. Leading an opposition alliance called ‘INDIA’ (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), Congress has been unable to capture the public imagination or offer a credible alternative to the BJP’s narrative.
It has struggled to counter Modi’s extravagant claims about his government’s achievements. Positive developments on India’s economic front have not all resulted from the Modi government’s policies but are entirely attributed to him by the BJP’s vigorous social media and propaganda campaign.
"Modi’s carefully cultivated strongman image has yielded significant political dividends. This rests on claims of providing firm and incorruptible leadership, achieving economic development, benefiting India’s poor, and ‘connecting’ to ordinary people.
"More importantly, the Hindutva agenda is woven into his cult of personality, with the party portraying Modi as the champion and saviour of Hindu nationalism. His anti-Muslim actions and rhetoric have served to burnish those credentials" -- writes a former ambassador to the US, UK and UN, Maleeha Lodhi.
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