This refers to the editorial, “Modi wave yet again” (March 13). It looks, the biggest bite of them all (39.7 per cent of votes in Uttar Pradesh, 46.5 per cent votes in Uttarakhand, according to provisional numbers), has not just failed to satiate the BJP but has left it even more ravenous. It was disgusting to see the way the party spared no effort to assume power both in Goa and Manipur, where it ended up as the runner-up after the elections.
Such craving stands in sharp contrast with the grand vision of a ‘New India’ that Prime Minister Narendra Modi conjured up in his address while celebrating the BJP’s Assembly poll performance at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.
What makes the BJP’s operation in Goa more questionable than its push in Manipur is that in Panaji, the sitting BJP Government has been voted out unequivocally. Outgoing Chief Minister laxmikant Parsekar and five sitting Ministers of Goa lost the election and the BJP is down to 13 MlAs from 21. Although there was no clear mandate for the Congress, the electorate had spoken against the BJP in Goa.