The 'MY card' of Akhilesh Yadav worked extremely well and intensely in Uttar Pradesh during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The impact was near magical as even Dalits backed the Samajwadi Party -- the name has nothing to do real socialism on ground although.
On the other hand, the MY card of the BJP flopped in Uttar Pradesh. The hyped Modi-Yogi double engine. Hence there is a relevance to what RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and also Indresh Kumar said on what ails Team Modi and the BJP -- if not Narendra Modi himself - that is arrogance.
Now, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is likely to discuss Lok Sabha election results during his meeting with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on June 15, days after the latter said a true 'sevak' is not arrogant and serves the people by maintaining dignity in his first remarks after the BJP fell short of a majority.
According to analysts, Modi might have failed one election that also precisely in two states of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. And of course there were reasons for the same. But Modi is seen by thousands of Hindu fans and admirers as a "Hindu Hriday Samrat (Hindu leader who resides in people's hearts)".
He is a religious redeemer, who will cure Hindu Dharma of its ills, which is the reason for Hindus being ruled by Islam and Christianity.
'The Diplomat' sums it up well.
"To say that Modi was popular is an understatement. He had a following that could embarrass religious cult leaders. Modi has consciously built an image for himself that is an amalgam of politics and religiosity. For his followers, he is the prime minister with a political mission to make India a Vishwa Guru (global teacher).
But also, he is a Hindu leader born to bring back the old glory of the Hindu religion. He is a religious redeemer, who will cure Hindu Dharma of its ills, which is the reason for Hindus being ruled by Islam and Christianity for almost a thousand years.
It is no coincidence that when Modi visits Hindu temples he is in attire that presents him as a leader who has internalized Hinduism in its purest form."
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will meet RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at an RSS training session on June 15. This will be the first meeting between the two after the results of the Lok Sabha elections were declared on June 4.
The upcoming meeting comes days after Bhagwat said a true 'sevak' is not arrogant and serves the people by maintaining dignity, as part of his first remarks after the Lok Sabha election results that delivered a record third term for the Narendra Modi-led NDA government but with a reduced mandate.
The words of the head of the RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP, assume significance as the party, despite an aggressive poll campaign, fell far short of the ambitious '400 paar' call for the NDA.
The party even failed to get to the majority mark of 272 - it won 240 of 543 Lok Sabha seats - as an energised INDIA bloc prevented a Modi wave.
The BJP is now relied on NDA allies, including TDP's N Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U)'s Nitish Kumar, to form a coalition government at the Centre.
During the meeting tomorrow, Adityanath and Bhagwat are likely to discuss issues ranging from the Lok Sabha elections, the expansion of the RSS in Uttar Pradesh and other issues of interest.
In the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP suffered a surprise jolt in Uttar Pradesh, managing only 33 seats, down from 62 it won in 2019.
The Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance won 43.
Earlier, Bhagwat addressed volunteers in the Sangh Karyakarta Vikas Varg Camp being run at SVM Public School in Chiutaha area where a training camp is being organised from June 3 where about 280 volunteer workers are participating.
On Thursday, Bhagwat discussed the expansion of the Sangh, political scenario and social concerns with about 280 volunteer workers, who were handling the responsibilities of the Sangh in Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Kanpur and Awadh regions.
The RSS chief has emphasised increasing the number of branches and expanding the organisation and has also given suggestions on the expansion of various projects being run by the Sangh.
'The Diplomat' makes a critical observation:
Today, a large section of the population is upset at how society is being divided on religious lines. The regime has propounded a new definition of the nation. Exclusion of minorities, particularly Muslims and Christians, has become the order of the day. Muslims are living in fear.
Najma Heptulla and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi were sworn in as ministers in the Modi cabinet in 2014 and 2019, respectively, but this time, there are no Muslim ministers in the Modi government.
And so, we have the voters’ verdict. They have disapproved of the way the country was run in the last 10 years. But tragically, the voter is also not greatly impressed with the opposition.
The BJP has lost but the opposition has not won.
The Indian voter has given a message to both. To Modi, the voters have clearly said that they are no longer willing to be emotionally blackmailed, and the country needs a living leader, not a messenger of God.
They want their nation to be reclaimed, a nation in which every religion has its place of pride, where the prime minister belongs to not one religion but to all, and where every human is treated like a citizen. The Indian voter wants their country to be governed by lesser mortals and not God-like figures."
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