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For a strong democracy, India needs an effective powerful opposition in parliament. The Congress looks tired after serving two terms.
Amongst the credible candidates for me to head the NDA, far from Indian politics is, Sushma Swaraj - Arun Jaitley. Maybe Shri Uddhav Thackeray has a list of some other people, and that their credentials are even better than these two I have just mentioned, but are not that publicly well known by outsiders like me?
Narendra Modi is a polarizing demagogic figure in cosmopolitan India.....not unlike Hitler and Mussolini.It will be a loss for the NDA, for India, AND for South Asia if he were to be chosen as candidate for PM moving towards the next elections in 2014. His utterances thus far in a short span, far from being magnanimous and Catholic, have the feint veneer of communalism wrapped in sarcasm, and condescension. That kind of 'chota lauk' mindset cannot run India, but can ruin it in short order.
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Shiv Sena unlikely to back Narendra Modi for PM
By PTI and Times of India.
Notwithstanding the hype created by the BJP about Narendra Modi, its ally Shiv Sena on Friday did not appear to be enthused about projecting him as the NDA's prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha polls.
"The country needs a reliable face. Can you find one face who fits? Can
you see one? Since we cannot see a clear face, let us elect a strong
government," Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said at a programme
organised by Assocham.
Later, when asked by reporters who would be the face of NDA in the
elections, Thackeray said, "We have a lot of credible people. Have some
patience. We will definitely show you the face."
The Sena chief's apparent disinclination to back Modi assumes significance considering that BJP has virtually decided to project him as its prime ministerial nominee for the Lok Sabha elections slated for next year.
He later had an hour-long meeting with senior BJP leader L K Advani,
who had last month revolted against Modi's nomination as BJP's election
campaign committee chief.
Shiv Sena has been having reservations to the projection of Modi as PM candidate, apparently because of his proximity to Uddhav's estranged cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray.
In his address at the function, Thackeray said, "First bring in a strong government if you want a manifesto for development."
Targeting the UPA, he said it is difficult to make out who is running
the country - the government or the media or NGOs or some other entity.
He said he does not want to single out Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the sorry state of affairs in the government which he described as "corrupt".
