The NDTV discussions on their “Mid term Poll” reveal one thing. After decades of love affair with the Congress, Pronoy Roy may be able to have his favorite panelist Shekar Gupta say “this Congress has no future.” And wax eloquent about the nature of the proprietorship of the grand old party, when the Aam Admi has realised this soon after UPA1.
But Pronoy just can’t – finds it simply impossible – to hand Narendra Modi even a left handed compliment on his super-high scores, in Pronoy’s own poll!
Having realised the Congress has no future in 2014 (at least), NDTV has been slowly becoming less a mouthpiece of this doomed party. Ironically, their star anchors were known for their factual if somewhat embellished reporting.
That the media in general loves Modi-bashing is also commonly known. Not realising that it actually strengthens Modi’s reputation after the bashing exceeded any reasonable limit. At best a grudging acknowledgement would be forthcoming, inevitably followed by the proverbial “BUT”…. Now Pronoy’s poll shows that BSY is being the recipient of sympathy thanks to their character attack turned pass time.
So Pronoy isn’t to be singled out for this miserly performance. The rest of the media also know no other way to “question” other than planting words in panelists’ mouth.
But what takes the cake is the BJP’s timid if not purely defensive response to the Gujarat Court’s conviction of Kodnani their former minister.
Minimising is a technique that works when the audience isn’t alert. Those days are gone. The public isn’t at all surprised at the conviction. It was almost expected.
The bigger story that the BJP should be shouting from the roof tops is that the case was investigated by the BJP government. The public prosecutor was appointed by the BJP government and was allowed to do his job without fear, favour or any interference – UNLIKE THE FATE OF THE CBI UNDER THE CONGRESS. AND THE COURTS DID THEIR WORK TOO.
This SHATTERS all that the handful of anti-Modi brigade have been crying hoarse with the help of the likes of NDTV and CNN-IBN for ages.
Too bad, the BJP seems to now believe it is a communal party and is inferior, succumbing to the relentless media/congress attacks on it of these two perception altering blitz.
The people want a strong leadership and any PM candidate of the party other than Narendra Modi would not let it get a majority on its own in 2014. With any other “leader” it will struggle to cash in on the anti-congress wave.
But then, when was the current BJP HQ ever known for unity, decisiveness and most of all, guts?