Citizenship Amendment Bill - The Unceremonious Death of Sickularism

As accepted, CAB has triggered sickulars across India.  Just as they were coming to terms with the scrapping of Article 370, Team NaMo has delivered another knock out blow.  

PM Modi is on a roll.  God Bless Him.  

Neither BJP's actions nor Sickular reactions should come as a surprise to even the casual observer of goings on in India.  What is, however, a big surprise is the muted response from the usual suspects. SP, BSP, Nitish, NCP and even the Congress have paid little more than lip service to the arguments opposing this bill. 

It suggests a fundamental, tectonic shift taking place in the thinking within India's secular political establishment.  

The past 10 years have witnessed a complete dynastic takeover of Indian politics.  But this takeover has had to contend with a growing list of claimants from within the family ranks. Akhilesh has his uncles and cousins, Pawar has his nephews and grand nephews, etc. 

Within this dynamic, India's sickular establishment must now come to terms with a threat that will only grow exponentially in the coming years. 

The rise of the Muslim vote.  Heretofore, Muslims have been a useful political tool.  Giving their votes en bloc to those who succumb to the worse elements within Islam's extremist leadership.  

However a rapidly growing Muslim population is likely to yield home grown parties such as Owaisi's which can legitimately claim that they have reached a critical mass so as to win 30-40 Lok Sabha seats on their own. 

A second possibility is the rise of competing Muslim parties which will further sideline sickular established parties and only bargain with them in post poll scenarios. 

Both scenarios present a disturbing choice to Sonia, Pawar and their ilk.  

In the current paradigm, Sickular parties begin with a head start, a handicap if you will.  The dedicated 15-20% muslim vote allows them an easy path to victory.  

If this vote bank is no longer available to them, their chances of ever returning to power with a comfortable majority are slim to none.  A fragmented govt with squeeze out the close family members giving rise to competing rival parties laying claim to a common family legacy.  Shiv Sena/MNS being a good example. 

Moreover, the rise of Muslim parties will drive Hindus to unite as a vote bank.  BJP would be the sole beneficiary of this consolidation. 

The muted, almost comatose response of sickular parties must be taken as a tacit approval.  Pawar/Sonia and Co need the CAB as much as the BJP. 

BJP now has a silent ally in its war on Islamism.  Dont be surprised if these parties 'support' BJP when voter lists are purged off of illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators.  

Sickularism is dying an unceremonious death.  This is the greatest victory of PM Modi and his team. 

The BJP is Losing........

Results of LS 2009 elections dealt a body blow to what little hope the Hindu Right harbored to save their god forsaken country.  The gleeful expressions on faces of Congress' darbaris would come to haunt Hindus for the rest of their lives.  It was the lowest point for BJP and the larger Sangh Parivar.  The defeat was even greater than the shock defeat of 2004.  2009 meant Sonia's agenda was well established and India had irreversibly endorsed the path of pseudo secularism.  2009 was the culmination of a series of stumbles beginning with LKA's leftward shift to PramodM's assassination and its ugly fallout. 

India's Right Wing was truly and soundly defeated.  It would seem it was safe to assume that Congress and/or its many regional clones would extend their control over all levers of power and in due course of time decimate what little was left of India's Hinduness. 

But as Sonia and her darbaris celebrated one more foreign invader ruling over India, they missed two important facts.  

1) Though BJP+ was decimated, their vote bank was intact.  It hadnt switched sides.  
2) LKA's last hurrah would yield space to new leadership, untainted by the ghosts of the past, allowing BJP to unload its baggage and make a fresh start 

Watching the results of Haryana/MH coupled with the close call in Gujarat, one cant help but draw parallels between Congress' post 2009 smug arrogance and BJP's misplaced confidence circa 2019. 

All three states should be natural Hindutva strongholds.  MH and Haryana have strong local leaders with a spotless reputation. 

In all three states, Opposition was comatose with no real state leadership, massive infighting, weak or absent organization and most importantly no real agenda - positive or negative. 

Despite these headwinds faced by the opposition, BJP faced a close call in Haryana and in MH has come to depend on a schizophrenic ally.  

Something isnt adding up.  Lets try to make sense of it. 

1. BJP is NaMo and NaMo is BJP.  Though this works wonders in LS elections, eventually, the law of diminishing returns will kick in.  Two forces - if aligned at the right time - could dent NaMo's appeal:  
1. A clean leader rises up from within opposition ranks.  (Note:  Kejriwal had the potential to be such a clean leader, but he was too stupid and too infatuated with NaMo to ever pose a challenge - he's just not a 'Lambi race ka Ghoda') 
2.  A scandal close to NaMo's inner circle engulfs BJP - Jay Shah, for example, getting tainted by betting infested IPL
2. BJP's core support base may be driven by Hindutva agenda but the incremental vote which has propelled BJP to 303 LS seats is driven by economic concerns.
3. BJP has done a stellar job controlling inflation but an aspirational India is demanding more. 
4. BJP/NaMo are now competing with their own commitments and not the increasingly distant sins of Congress+
5. If an organizationally decimated Opposition could almost humble the BJP's well oiled electoral war machine, a close call in 2024 is a real possibility 
6. Having opposition ruled states undermines PM's agenda and makes the delivery of central schemes patchy at best (Ayushman Bharat for instance) 
7. BJP's good intentions are hurting the aam admi - even though they may be put in place to protect and benefit the aam admi.  New Road safety law is a great example.  Such schemes must be put in place after govt. has done its part of improving road conditions, installing road safety technology.  

Following are the some humble suggestions from someone who has never wavered in his belief in PM Modi. 

1. In the run up to 2007 Gujarat polls, then CM Modi made a verifiable pitch to Gujarati voters.  He said "on every corner of every village/city, you will see signs of development/progress.  A new bus stand, a freshly paved street, a new water connection, etc.  I'm bringing progress to your door step".  BJP has perfected booth level campaigning, it must now perfect booth level economic development.  
2. By its very nature, Prime Ministership requires its occupant to focus on the 'macro' and not get caught up in the 'micro'.  Macro policies aka attracting investment, improving ease of doing business, etc. should be the focus but PM Modi may run out of time waiting for benefits of these monumental structural shifts to trickle down to the aam admi.  The common man wants solutions now, he has waited 70 years.  There's no reason why macro and micro cannot go hand-in-hand or in parallel.  The two arent mutually exclusive.  
3. Focus on the basket.  The Modi sarkar needs to identify the top 5-10 items that every Indian needs and place a laser focus on them.  This is not to suggest that the 11 to 50 ranked items can be ignored.  But showing tangible progress on these fundamental items will go much further and cement their hold on power beyond the next election cycle. 
4. Go public with the mess in the banking sector.  Explain to the aam admi how India's preferred 'Business Model' was to set up companies only to use them as a ruse to bride bank officials and politicians to borrow large sums from public sector banks and then keep rolling the debt.  Take India into confidence on how real economic boom will be ushered in when this old Business model of loot is replaced with a real economic model based on fair and transparent policies

Hope BJP is still receptive to ideas/suggestions from its life long supporters. 

Towards a New Indian Economy

Almost a decade back I had explained PM Modi's economic doctrine (see link below).  In a nutshell it could be described as providing a corruption free Mai-baap sarkar i.e. Corruption free socialism. 

And it worked wonders for him - first in Gujarat and then at the national level.  

Since winning a massive mandate in 2019, PM Modi has surprised supporters and opponents alike, by the general drift he has seemingly allowed to creep into India's economy.  

His legendary political reflexes are conspicuous by their absence.  One could argue that scrapping Articles 370 and 35A had the govt. preoccupied with a matter critical to India's safety and her future. 

The one piece that has remained out of place in India's slumping economic story is Narendra Damodardas Modi.  Having followed his every action in great detail, his calm, hands off approach seems baffling. 

There are two conclusions to draw from India's economic drift (it's not a crisis yet). 

1. PM Modi is out of touch with reality and India's slumping economy is a function of his lack luster leadership or 
2. PM Modi is laying the ground work for a tectonic shift in India's economic landscape 

I have no doubt it is the latter.  Allow me to explain. 

To establish a truly market driven economy, India must rid itself of the other side of dynasty driven politics i.e. Crony Capitalism (CC).  

Dynastic politics and Crony capitalism are two sides of the same coin.  One cannot survive without the other. Both feed off of each other and one cannot survive the other.  Left untouched, CC has the potential to engineer a revival of dynasties in the future. 

Consider the following lesson from history.  Indira Gandhi was driven out by voters, her come back was largely due to the inept handling of governance by the Hodge podge alliance that replaced her.  But what fueled her phoenix like rise was the support of India's foremost Crony Capitalist aka Dhirubhai Ambani. 

Political Dynasties and CC work hand in hand.  They have deep relationships.  For instance, some very big Politicians not only gather funds from said CC but enjoy significant stakes in these businesses.  There's a reason why Sharad Pawar cannot be touched.  Through various benami fronts he holds significant stakes in top Indian companies.  

To break this stranglehold, PM Modi is draining the very financial resources which sustain these CC entities.  The timing (as always) is perfect.  It may take 2-3 years for these entities to be weakened to a point where they can no longer prevent green shoots from emerging, green shoots i.e. new industrial power houses who play by the rules and do not subvert the system to create quasi monopolies, duopolies and oligopolies. 



p.s. PM Modi has taken a similar strategy to destroy dynasties (https://inflextionpoint.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-namo-will-destroy-dynasties-without.html)

Mai Baap Sarkar aka Corruption Free Socialism https://inflextionpoint.blogspot.com/2011/06/understanding-indian-electorate.html

BJP - The New Congress (or is it?)

Modiuddin, 2nd Manmohan, are but a few pejoratives toss around by angry Hindutva's social media warriors.  And though their reactions may be justified at some level, they are misplaced. 

Scores of BJP activits and Hindus are being attacked via systematic campaign by Islamic social radicals (ISR).  From Love Jihad to Cow smuggling to temple desecration and systematic ethnic cleansing Hindus remain at the receiving end of these barbaric acts. 

And the irony of it all is that Hindus are being portrayed as aggressor, the intolerant, the communal.  

It is but natural that BJP supporters would unleash their anger against the first truly Hindu ruler to occupy Delhi's throne in 700 years. 

But their angry reaction is emblematic of all that is wrong with Hindus and helps explain why Hindus have remained victims for centuries.  

 There's an old saying in Marathi "Shivaji parat janma la yava, pan sezarachai gharat" - Shivaji should be reborn, but in the neighbor's family." 

Indians in general and Hindus in particular, expect someone else to do the heavy lifting, the dirty work.  They will not lift a finger beyond voting and screaming about it. 

If Hinduism is under severe attack, Hindus themselves are partly to blame for their plight. 

Few of those unleashing their rage at PM Modi, provide any feasible solutions.  What do they expect the PM to do?  Kill 25 crore Muslims?  

Ethnically cleanse Muslims out of India?  If they even consider such a solution, they deserve the cold shoulder BJP is giving them. 

But BJP does have long term solutions and is quietly working towards achieving them.  The very nature of this strategy is that it has to follow legal process so as to meet not only Indian constitutional statutes but also accepted international norms. 

Take for example two key solutions which will help India restore geographical and demographic balance back in favor of Hindus. 

The appointment of his most trusted general - Amit Shah - as Home Minister is the first step in achieving these solutions. 

1. Kashmir:  PM Modi has initiated the process to redrawing electoral boundaries so that seats in J&K are distributed as per population density and not in favor of Muslim majority Kashmir and against Jammu and Ladakh.  Such an effort will most likely lead to the first Hindu CM of J&K who can initiate the process of full integration with India.  Such a line would ensure completely legality of the process and make it beyond reproach both domestically and internationally. 

2. NRC:  The process to identify illegal aliens (primarily from Bangladesh) and deporting them would do wonders for urban India and reduce the threat of a demographic invasion significantly.  HM Shah has already declared that NRC will be applied nationwide and the process has been initiated. 

Unlike Internet warriors, PM Modi and his team have to come up with real, tangible solutions.  

The PM could offer lip service, condemn killing of Hindus, or go into his Gujarat mode, but none of these would bring any real change on the ground.  

Moreover, making such seemingly partisan statements would bring a swift international backlash and needlessly hurt India's carefully cultivated standing with key allies like Iran and America. 

So before keyboard warriors stage a collective walkout from the ranks of BJP supporters, they should give PM Modi a chance.  He wont jump ship and become a congressi.  He's just cut from a different cloth. 

PM's Muslim Outreach: Strategy and Rising Hindu Backlash

Within the first 18 months of his first tenure as PM, NaMo did the unthinkable.  He invited Nawaz Sharif to his swearing-in and worst of all, went unannounced to Pakistan to hug the same Nawaz as a show of personal friendship.  All this despite Pakistan's well proven status as India's worst nightmare. 

Core BJP supporters (me included) were disappointed and deeply hurt, to say the least.  But somewhere deep down most of us knew we only had to trust the man.  He wouldnt betray us.  He had eschewed wearing the skull cap.  He was our one man army. 

As more of his tenure unfolded the riddle explained itself.  PM Modi was buying time.  To fix India's economy, to fix her eviscerated intelligence network and replenish her military reserves. 

And once he had his pieces in place he pounced.  Sending Pakistan into a tail spin, from which it may never recover. 

As the media tom-toms NDA2's biggest muslim outreach, Hindu India is up in arms.  The outrage is pouring out - 'Modiuddin', 'Nehru'....are only some of the lesser monikers doing the round. 

To these I say 'have patience' my fellow Internet Hindus.  Your myopia is now legendary. And when it comes to NaMo you have always had to eat your words. 

So here's what could be the real strategy behind the Muslim outreach (in order of importance):  

1. Liberate Muslim Women:   Islam like most other religions has 3 key weaknesses - Independent Women, Apostates and Shias.  Promote these to achieve a critical mass and the religion will cross a point of no return.  It is no wonder that the religion puts such emphasis on the control and subjugation of women.  From what muslim women wear, to who can see their faces, to what the study....everything is tightly controlled.  Much like other conservative societies, when women find independence the old order collapses.  Speak to any conservative Muslim and you get the feeling that they understand this weakness.  Muslim women most resemble African slaves.  Controlled, subjugated and kept in line by house negros aka other Muslim women.  

Educating Muslim women is the primary aim of the new policy.  But it cannot be blatantly obvious.  Hence the inclusion of Muslim men.  Even if 1 in 1000 Muslim girls graduating from these education initiatives find a voice the resulting fissures would shake global islam to its very core. 

2. Diluting hold of Madarassas:  Imagine reading the Koran at 9 am and STEM subjects at 10 am.  The contrast is bound to engender deep doubts in the minds of even the most devout and obedient students.  Basic human curiosity would then come in direct conflict with religious indoctrination and once again compel students to question Islam's teachings:  Flat earth, flying horses, etc. 

Much as rise of science and technology have devastated Western Christianity so will teaching STEM subjects force muslim students to question their beliefs. 

One may ask how come Hindu scientists remain a devout lot.  Well that is because Hinduism is never forced.  Its willingness to accept logical challenges to its doctrine have shielded it and in fact enhanced its value in the eyes of its followers. 

Islam being an all-or-nothing proposition, even the slightest challenge is likely to cause deep fissures.  Fissures which may lead to its eventual dilution and demise. 

3. Hindu Vedic Schools:  President G W Bush launched something called 'Faith based Initiatives' where in state funds were funneled to church organizations to support their charity work.  Which as nothing but the blatant promotion of Christianity.  But by keeping it avowedly faith neutral GW could help his Christian organizations by throwing a few crumbs at non-Christian religious orgs. 

PM Modi's strategy may be on similar lines.  Now when his govt. announces Vedic Schools or supports Hindu initiatives, few could oppose them.  It is another trap.  Much as Ganga Bachao Andolan could not be opposed by anti-Hindu forces, a pro Hindu education policy would render all opponents impotent now that PM Modi has supported  massive initiative to educate Muslims. 

So my fellow Internet Hindus, cure your myopia and let the man do his job.   He's the best there's ever been. 

Rise of Priyanka in 2024

Congress' 2019 campaign made no sense from the get go.  After winning a morale boosting victory in December, Congress lost the plot. What seemed like a easy 120-140 seats and a shot at the top job, Congress seems to be fighting to survive and keep upstarts from usurping what little is left of the Congress. 

Congress started by peddling a dream i.e. The MahaGhatBandhan (MGB) to take on the Mighty NaMo-AmSh combo. 

And everything seemed to be falling in place.  But in a few short weeks reality seemed to have caught on.  A MGB was only possible if Congress ceded significant territory to accommodate partners in key states. 

Doing this would be prove to be the last nail in Congress' coffin.  With every 2-bit regional satrap salivating over the possibility of pulling a Deve Gowda, Congress was caught in a bind.  

Stitch up a national level MGB and defeat the BJP or concede defeat to BJP and live to fight another day.  And Congress strategists have decided to go with the latter. 

Enter PriyankaV (PV).  

Pappu is least interested politics.  Like most Babalog he's in it to protect his ill gotten wealth, which only political power can protect. 

PV seems more passionate for the job and given her religious upbringing, sees politics as an extension of religious crusade as proposed by the holy father. 

Pappu and his team has not realized that his time is up.  This is his last election.  Either he steps aside or becomes a figure head.  In either case the power moves to PV post May 23. 

Team PV has done the right political calculation.  In their mind the best scenario is a severely fragmented mandate with NaMo as head of a very weak coalition govt. 

There's no way she would want an Akhilesh or a Tej Pratap or even a Kanahiya kumar grow stronger and permanently wipe out Congress from the Hindi Heartland. 

It would not be a surprise if PV was behind all attempts to form local alliances across India between relevant regional parties such as AAP, SP, BSP, etc. 

Every opposition leader has invested heavily in anti-NaMo campaign.  A resounding NaMo win will discredit every leader from Akhilesh to RajT.  Which in turn will create a massive political vacuum in opposition ranks.  And here's where PV will make her move.  To become the crusading woman who  will take on NaMo.  

The fulcrum around which a long term alliance could be built.  With the Muslim-Dalit-Bramhin  (MDB) votebank as its bedrock. 

BJP must do one thing right of the bat.  Define PV as the Queen Of Corruption.  The power which allowed Robert to become a billionaire. 

Force her into a reactive mode from the get got.  Unleash the legal hounds on her and keep her in a state where everything she says reminds voters of her role in the big loot. 

Going soft on her could prove disastrous in 2024.  UPA scams will be a distant memory by then and NaMo may be considering retirement or at the very least a massive war of succession will be underway within the BJP. A war to occupy that coveted #2 spot. 

In that backdrop, if PV has been allowed to emerge as the face of the opposition, she could become a real threat in 2024.  Most regional satraps will be old and retired or gone.  SharadP, Babu, Maya, etc. would be well past their prime with no successor in place. 

All factors aiding the emergence of PV as the prime (if not the sole) inheritor of opposition space. 

BJP cannot afford a formidable leader of opposition i.e. PV to occupy the space and take India by storm. Ignore her at your own peril BJP. 

p.s. I had maintained from day one that Pappu was pappu and would never emerge as real threat.  PV is a different cup of tea

And so it Begins - Gazwa-e-Hind and its implications for China

One would expect the long awaited Mother of all Wars - Gazwa-e-Hind to begin with a bang.  Fire and Brimstone, Cannons and War Cries.  Instead we have witnessed an informal declaration of war in a relative backwater of the region - Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

What has baffled all of us and what seems to make little sense is this: why would ISI (make no mistake, this was an ISI operation, with IS providing the necessary cover to avoid an international backlash) pick Sri Lanka (if not an ally, a neutral entity in the region).  

Moreover, why pick on a minuscule Christian minority.  

The answer is simple:  Pakistan, facing imminent economic meltdown and a potential balkanization has decided to up the ante and drown India and the region in an endless wave after wave of Islamic attacks. 

Gazwa-e-Hind has begun. 

The sub-continent is being primed to become another Syria.  And therein lies Pakistan's only hope to destroy India. 

Certain factors are clearly in Pakistan's favor.  An undivided subcontinental India from Afghanistan to Burma has 45% Muslim representation.  Almost all of it Sunni.  That demographic advantage is the only real leverage Pakistan enjoys, in addition to the Islamic bomb. 

But the Islamic bomb would destroy as many Muslims as non-muslims, rendering it of very little use.

What we're witnessing is the start of a continental scale, asymmeterical war which would dwarf anything the world has witnessed in Iraq over the past 20 years. 

Even educated, prosperous Muslims across the subcontinent view themselves as victims.  This is the preferred psychological state of Muslims across all geographies.  #GrievanceMongering is built into the very fabric of Islam. 

It is this very attitude which fuels Muslim men (and some women) to wage a war against Infidels. 

Pakistan's calculation is sound.  

As Predicted in these two earlier pieces Pakistan has few real options:  

https://inflextionpoint.blogspot.com/2015/06/pakistan-is-screwed-heres-why.html

https://inflextionpoint.blogspot.com/2016/08/chinese-acquisition-and-balkanization.html

Pakistan is on life support.  ISI has decided upon a scorched earth strategy.  "If we drown into non-existence, then so will India" seems to be the prevailing wisdom inside the twisted, bigoted minds of Pakistan's leadership. 

Despite their public support for China, and despite the restraint shown by Pakistan's mullah military leadership, it must hurt them deeply, to watch the disdain with which China treats Pakistan and its own muslims. 

Muslims are most touchy about their women.  Islam goes to extraordinary lengths to preserve the imagined 'chastity' of Muslim women.  

To watch Chinese men come to Pakistan in droves, propelled by their lust for Pakistani women, surely cuts deep to the bones. 

China is also acquiring Pakistan at a steady pace.  Just as India is consolidating its own economic future and is poised to break through the shackles of poverty and uneven, anemic economic growth. 

All said and done, Pakistan can choose to sit back and watch its 'Country of the pure' become a footnote in history, watch as its dream of a Green crescent stretching from Arabia to Indonesia, evaporate right in front of its eyes, or it can ignite an inferno. 

An inferno, which will consume the subcontient and lead to a final battle between Muslims and infidels.  A battle they hope to win given the aforementioned demographic edge they now enjoy. 

BalaKot and Beyond - NaMo's spectacular win

1. Paki economy hit - FDI investment wont show up
2. Space created between all out war and nuke threshold i.e. target terror camps and terrorists
3. Win universal support from West, Russia, even China and the Arab world
4. Mute Chinese influence in Indo-Pak conflict
5. Changed narrative from Kashmir to Terror
6. Expose Paki military weaknesses
7. Reduce pressure on Baloch freedom fighters
8. Take calibrated measures to establish an anti-Paki climate in Indian Babudom - Water, MFN, Duties, etc.
9. Justify a massive (future) Indian military build up
10. Drain Paki army by keeping it in a state of constant def con 2-3 alert
11. Make surgical strikes the default option to any future terror strike
12. Discover Paki thresholds - there are many. 
13. Expose Paki military's main concern: To save face
14. Allow India to strategize beyond retribution i.e. to make real moves in POK and beyond

Swarm Warfare: BJP's Strategy for 2019

Swarm Warfare:  a battlefield tactic designed to maximize target saturation, and thereby overwhelm or saturate the defenses of the principal target or objective. 

For over a year now, yours truly has wondered where the hell was BJP heading vis-a-vis its campaign for 2019.  

Nothing seemed to fit.  NDA's lackadaisical attitude on corruption cases, the escape of Mallya and Co, zero progress on RJB movement....and BJP was seemingly stumbling into India's most important battle since Panipat. 

 But as they say - a week is a long time in politics.  

BJP's strategy for 2019 can be summed up in two words:  Swarm Warfare. 

What was perceived by many (me included) as a hands off, soft approach on the part of PM Modi, his govt and his party was instead a subtle 3 part strategy.  

1.  Allow the opposition enough room to spend its ammo and reveal its cards 
2. Keep BJP's own powder dry so as to use it at the opportune moment 
3. Swarm Warfare (more on that later) 

A perfect example of this strategy is the manner in which BJP has resisted the temptation to go after Robert Vadra.  Keeping his cases on a slow, back burner, to be brought to the fore front when a certain Priyanka Vadra steps into the ring. 

It is no coincidence that Deepak Talwar and Rajiv Saxena were  picked up and brought to India 3 months before elections.  This was clearly set up by Indian intelligence.  Notice how neither were allowed to appeal in Dubai courts. 

Now for the Swarm warfare. 

For several weeks now we have witnessed punch and counter punch.  BJP declares 10% reservation, Congress offers universal basic income, BJP counters with Rs. 6000 support.  That is to be expected in election season.  But in addition BJP is unleashing a strike a day.  Ground, Air, Ocean.  

Mamta Sharada scam one day, Vadra ED summons the next, Akhilesh with Ram sevak massacre the third, the news keeps rolling in.  


Just a week back, Karnataka was put in play.  Amateur pundits thought it was another attempt at grabbing the govt.  It was much more than that.  It forced Congress to spend a few crores from its coffers and should prevent it from gathering a sizeable chunk of much needed election funds from this cash rich state. 



As I type this post, Milind Deora has opened a new front in Mumbai, very subtly and back handedly bringing into focus  Congress' dynasty problem.  On the very day Priyanka arrives to set up shop at AICCI's head quarters. 

The idea seems to be to keep Congress and other components of the MGB busy on a daily basis and most importantly in a reactive mode.

This swarm warfare achieves several objectives: 

1. Allows BJP to set the agenda both at a Macro and a local micro level:  The targeting of Mamta, CBN, AY, etc. in their pocket boroughs should insulate BJP against local issues overpowering PM Modi's national campaign 

2. Keeps Opposition in a reactive mode:  Rafale, intolerance, etc. have already lost their sting.  Public is tired of these issues and any doubts engendered by Pappu's blitzkrieg have evaporated, given the clean chit from both the SC and the Indian Air force.  
Congress and MGB in general will find it hard to identify and ride any real issue - either local or national - to topple PM Modi's national campaign. 

3. Tire out the opposition:  Pappu now has to remember more than Rafale.  Moreover, with each swarm attack, UPA's impossible proposition of providing a strong viable govt. falls further down the abyss of public disgust and skepticism.

What should worry UPappuA is that BJP has only just begun.  This strategy seems to have been in the works for several years now. 

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