{"id":734,"date":"2016-06-28T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=734"},"modified":"2016-06-28T14:16:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T14:16:13","slug":"donald-trump-president-of-the-usa-mexican-border-wall-india-modi-rahul-gandhi-ram-mandir-ayodhya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=734","title":{"rendered":"The Wall vs the Mandir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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eorge Orwell\u2019s dystopian novel 1984<\/em>, first published in 1949, became a bestseller<\/a> in 2017. The novel paints a picture of a government wielding severe control over its people and persecuting any form of independent thought. George Orwell didn\u2019t know that reality TV star and Dr Batra\u2019s future patient, Donald Trump, would some day be in the position of the leader of the free world when he spoke about Newspeak and Doublethink.\n\nUp until last week, the world and its optimistic inhabitants lived under the vague idea that there is no way that Trump would actually put into action his outrageous campaign promises. But last Wednesday, he signed an executive order to commence building his magnum opus and the most ambitious of his campaign promises \u2013 the wall<\/a>. This was followed by the executive order<\/a> on Friday that banned the entry of refugees, migrants, and green-card holders from seven Muslim-majority nations to the United States.\n\nAs the world reacted with variations of the astonished face emoji, it had to grudgingly admit that as much as they hated this orange orangutan, he was perhaps the first world leader who actually followed through on the promises he made when he demanded the public\u2019s vote.\n\nIn stark contrast is India, also known as the country which has been waiting for \u20b915 lakh<\/a> deposits, even as black money lies safe and snug in Switzerland. And Vikas? Well, Vikas is standing sab ke saath in an ATM queue outside the Parliament. But perhaps the biggest carrot is the one that the ruling party has been dangling in front of its strident supporters for more than two decades and has never actually delivered on \u2013 the Ram Mandir.\n\nThe temple has been a BJP promise since 1992, ever since the destruction of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya put the party on the national map. From the Age of Advani, the BJP has always been in the \u201cwill build\u201d mode, but unlike Donald Trump, no one has ever laid down any concrete plans to actually build the temple.\n\n

Comparisons have already been made between Donald Trump and Indian politicians, but it\u2019s not difficult to see who the winner here is.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\nNow, with the Uttar Pradesh elections around the corner, the BJP, beginning an image-rehabilitation exercise post the resounding success of reducing 86 per cent of the country\u2019s cash, has once again decided to use their Brahmastra<\/a>. Last week, Uttar Pradesh chief Keshav Prasad Maurya said<\/a>, \u201cRam Mandir is a subject of faith. It is not going to be built in two months,\u201d he said, managing expectations. \u201cThe temple will be constructed after the elections. BJP will come to power with a full majority.\u201d Here\u2019s another carrot for you, people, just tantalisingly out of reach. This latest comment is a direct middle finger to India\u2019s Supreme Court, which recently ruled against<\/a> the use of religion or caste to garner votes in elections.\n\nBut why blame the BJP? It isn\u2019t the only party that has broken its social contract. The Congress, in its 2009 general election manifesto<\/a>, promised faster and more inclusive growth. There was no mention that the inclusivity will only apply to Congress leaders and ministers in the 2G spectrum<\/a> and coal scams<\/a>. The Congress\u2019s other promise that failed spectacularly? Their scion Rahul Gandhi.\n\nThat\u2019s a feeling we also associate with the Aam Aadmi Party. For all of Muffler Man and AAP chief, Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s grandstanding<\/a>, he promised<\/a> Delhi eight lakh new jobs, filling of 55,000 vacancies in the government and autonomous bodies of Delhi, and permanency of around 4,000 doctors and 15,000 nurses and paramedics when he took office. \u201cWhatever we promised before coming to power, we fulfilled in just 49 days,\u201d he said<\/a> in 2014 regarding the lowering of electricity prices. As of February 2016, however, only 1,417 jobs were created. And the other promises? Nada. Anyone know where the Lokpal<\/a> at? Though one can sympathise with Kejriwal because he never really assumed the chief ministership of an Indian state, but the presidency of a municipality.<\/a>\n\nComparisons<\/a> have already been made between Donald Trump and Indian politicians, but it\u2019s not difficult to see who the winner here is. Trump might be a pussy-grabbing xenophobe, he might be a racist and connected to the KKK, but you can\u2019t doubt his efficiency in fulfilling his campaign promises.\n\nWith pivotal elections around the corner, the Indian public is being fed the \u201cMandir yahin banayenge\u201d bullshit all over again. Looking at the way politics has been practised in this country over the last two years, it\u2019s clear as day that the only mandir the BJP plans to build is that of PM Modi inside every Hindu household.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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