LS POLL RESULT | ‘Chemistry triumphed over arithmetic’

Prime Minister-elect NarendraModi Monday said chemistry has triumphed over poll arithmetic to give the BJP a landslide victory in the LokSabha elections and also spoke about how his party always faced the dangers of “political untouchability” and political violence.

On a thanksgiving visit to this temple town after hisvictory from Varanasi parliamentary constituency for the second straight time,Modi decried the misconception that the BJP was a Hindi heartland party.

   

Calling himself a ‘sevak’ of Varanasi, Modi offered prayersat the KashiVishwanath temple that was preceded by a road-show of sorts as hiscavalcade traversed through the bylanes of this temple town amid high securitywith crowds lining the roads and people on rooftops trying to catch a glimpseof the man who will be sworn as Prime Minister for a second term on May 30.

“Political pundits are not aware that their thinkingand logic is meant for the 20th century. Results show that beyond arithmeticthere is chemistry and this time chemistry has triumphed over arithmetic,”Modi told his electorate while thanking them profusely for their hard work anddedication, four days after he steered the BJP to power at the Centre with aresounding victory of 303 seats in the LokSabha.

Modi said the hat trick of victories in 2014, 2017 and 2019— vis-a-vis Uttar Pradesh — is no mean achievement for the BJP.

“For the country I am the PM, but for you I am your MP,I am your sevak,” he told the Varanasi electorate, wondering how politicalpundits still consider his party as that of the Hindi heartland. Modi’s victorymargin was over four lakh votes.

“There is no region where the BJP’s poll percentage isnot rising. We have government is Assam, getting elected in Ladakh yetpolitical pundits say (our’s is) Hindi heartland politics, this is amisconception that has been created,” he said at the meeting of BJP workers.

Admitting that politics is about perception, Modi lamentedthat a wrong impression had been created about his party through lies and wronglogic.

“Because of this wrong awful perception, people do notlike standing with us. But those creating bad and wrong perception can bedefeated with the help of transparency and hard work. This is the strategy totrounce it,” he said.

Modi also dwelled on the dangers faced by the BJP in theform of “political untouchability” and political violence.

“Take the cases of Kerala or Kashmir, Bengal or Tripura(these cases) it will not come in media. Some people have selectivesensitivity. Hundreds of workers have been killed only for political ideology.In Tripura workers were hanged, in Bengal murders are still on, in Keralatoo… Perhaps in India only one political party has faced such killings.Violence has been given legitimacy. This is a danger before us,” he said.

“BabasahebBhimrao (Ambedkar) and (Mahatma) Gandhi hadshunned untouchability but unfortunately, political  untouchability is rising,…BJP workers weremurdered,” he said.

Amid such hatred, BJP’s mantra remains ‘SabkaSaath,SabkaVikas’  Modi said, adding thatunlike others, his party has not come under the pressure of vote bank politicswhich has “spoiled” democracy.

Modi said he was also grateful to his opponents who foughtagainst him.

Stressing on the significance of Opposition in democracy, hesaid: “When others come to power, there is no sign of opposition”.

He cited the example of Tripura where there was noOpposition during the decades of Left rule but “now that we are ingovernment there is a ‘jaandar and shandarvipaksh’. This is the spirit ofdemocracy.”

Thanking Uttar Pradesh for showing the way for India andstrengthening the foundation of healthy democracy, the prime minister alsospoke about his Kedarnath visit after the completion of polling.

“Since the people of Kashi had ordered me not to comehere for a month after filing my nomination papers, I thought if not Baba inKashi then (baba) elsewhere,” he said, adding perhaps no other candidateis as satisfied or contended as he was (before the results are announced) andits reason was the confidence of Kashivasis.

Earlier, BJP President Amit Shah said Modi has only shown aglimpse of development and Kashi will turn into an amazing city in the nextfive years.

In the city along with the prime minister for thanking theelectorate and party workers for the landslide win in the recent LokSabhaelections, the BJP president said what a difference had come in Kashi of 2014and today.

Hinting at the SP-BSP-RLD alliance, he said some media waspredicting Modi will not get clear majority but the party successfully gave acall for working on achieving 50 per cent vote share.

Both Shah and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in theirspeeches here, focused on the “gruelling” campaigning Modi undertookin the run up to the general elections.

Stressing on coordination between the government and partyorganisation, Modi said, “the perfect synergy between the government andparty organisation was a big power and the BJP has realised it.”

“The Government makes policies while organisation makes’ranniti’ (strategy). The synergy of ‘niti’ (policies) and ‘ranniti’ (strategy)is the mirror of sarkar and organisation and the country is getting itsbenefits,” he said.”Work and workers create wonders,” hesaid, giving full credit for his victory to the workers at the grassroots levelfor creating awareness of his government’s policies and programmes for thepeople.

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