In politics, consummate players have to know when to speak and when to be silent. Manmohan Singh lost his gaddi
because he maintained a studied silence at all times, hoping that the
storms would spend their fury and vanish into the horizon of comparative
calm. Since Rahul Gandhi found his tongue after the extended sabbatical
of introspection, he has decided to be loud, uproarious, brash and
vulgar, hoping that the pitch and timbre of his vocal fury would move
some of his listeners to side with him.
Narendra
Modi is a flawless player. He let the entire Lalit Modi affair fade
away into the drainage system of the proverbially short memory of the
public. He did not speak a word. His loyal fans see a deeper strategy
behind the master’s silence. The Opposition criticism reduced the
carefully crafted image of those partymen who could pose a political
challenge in the future, and Modi let the Opposition perform this odious
task for him.
It
is, however, not equally evident why he lets the fringe of the Hindutva
crowd get away with comments that diminish the stature of the NDA
government without even a mild admonition or rebuke.
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