His development model was based on convincing the people about the benefits of his schemes. By priyanka rai
Narendra Modi looks beyond the immediate gratification for
the purpose of getting votes. He aims at multi-dimensional development of Gujarat in the long-term. The vision, concept and implementation of such programmes make him a wily politician who thinks of the next generation in the backdrop of the next elections.
Everyone said that you may not win the elections. Everyone, including the RSS, VHP, some of your own party men, didn’t support you. But still, you won with a huge margin. What do you think helped you win again?
Not for a moment did I feel that I was losing. People did their analysis based on various factors, but they failed to check out the hearts of Gujarati people. Your analysis of any election will come true when you will give the maximum numbers to what the voters want, and not the other factors. I expected the Opposition to say that we were losing, but I did not expect such analysis from people who are supposed to stay neutral.
People say if you hadn’t blended development with Hindutva and a bit of communal flavour, you would have lost the elections?
The Election Commission has the CD of the speeches I delivered during the election campaign. And if my speeches were communal, I am ready to declare that I have lost the elections on moral grounds.
But you did use issues like Ram Setu, a two rupee coin with a sign similar to a cross, and the death of Sohrabuddin?
You call it communal? Communal means if I speak against a community or a religion. If I ask for a common civil court, how is it communal? If I talk about terrorism, how is it communal? This means people who call it communal are of a perverted mind.
Narendra Modi looks beyond the immediate gratification for
the purpose of getting votes. He aims at multi-dimensional development of Gujarat in the long-term. The vision, concept and implementation of such programmes make him a wily politician who thinks of the next generation in the backdrop of the next elections.Everyone said that you may not win the elections. Everyone, including the RSS, VHP, some of your own party men, didn’t support you. But still, you won with a huge margin. What do you think helped you win again?
Not for a moment did I feel that I was losing. People did their analysis based on various factors, but they failed to check out the hearts of Gujarati people. Your analysis of any election will come true when you will give the maximum numbers to what the voters want, and not the other factors. I expected the Opposition to say that we were losing, but I did not expect such analysis from people who are supposed to stay neutral.
People say if you hadn’t blended development with Hindutva and a bit of communal flavour, you would have lost the elections?
The Election Commission has the CD of the speeches I delivered during the election campaign. And if my speeches were communal, I am ready to declare that I have lost the elections on moral grounds.
But you did use issues like Ram Setu, a two rupee coin with a sign similar to a cross, and the death of Sohrabuddin?
You call it communal? Communal means if I speak against a community or a religion. If I ask for a common civil court, how is it communal? If I talk about terrorism, how is it communal? This means people who call it communal are of a perverted mind.
What are the secrets behind you governance model?
Firstly, one must come up with a scheme that will benefit the masses. Secondly, we must see that there is a road map for the scheme, how one is going to implement it. Thirdly, one must have the resources like human resources, technology and finance. People must have faith in your project. For instance, when I introduced the Sujalam Suflam Project, I personally went to the villages, met farmers, gave them a presentation, and convinced them. Within seven days, the farmers gave us the land for the 400 km canal.
In the past, you had mentioned that any CM must get three chances, or 15 years to work properly in a state. This is your third term, so do we get to see a fully developed Gujarat after five years?
After five years, I will complete 12 years. So, I am still left with three more years (laughs). What I meant was that in the first five years, we should compare any government with the previous one. In the next five years, we should evaluate how much work has actually been done. In the last stage, we should see whether the government has managed to fulfil the expectations of the people.
So, will a lot of work get over in next five years in Gujarat?
See, for instance, we have the girl child education programme. But even after 60 years of independence, we have only 60% enrolment, out of which the drop out rate is 49%. What can be worse than a situation like this? Now, I have got enrolment up to 60% and brought the drop out to 3%. But if the previous governments would have taken care of this problem earlier, I would have had enough time to bring qualitative changes required in primary education. So, there is so much of pending work that I have to do.
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Firstly, one must come up with a scheme that will benefit the masses. Secondly, we must see that there is a road map for the scheme, how one is going to implement it. Thirdly, one must have the resources like human resources, technology and finance. People must have faith in your project. For instance, when I introduced the Sujalam Suflam Project, I personally went to the villages, met farmers, gave them a presentation, and convinced them. Within seven days, the farmers gave us the land for the 400 km canal.
In the past, you had mentioned that any CM must get three chances, or 15 years to work properly in a state. This is your third term, so do we get to see a fully developed Gujarat after five years?
After five years, I will complete 12 years. So, I am still left with three more years (laughs). What I meant was that in the first five years, we should compare any government with the previous one. In the next five years, we should evaluate how much work has actually been done. In the last stage, we should see whether the government has managed to fulfil the expectations of the people.
So, will a lot of work get over in next five years in Gujarat?
See, for instance, we have the girl child education programme. But even after 60 years of independence, we have only 60% enrolment, out of which the drop out rate is 49%. What can be worse than a situation like this? Now, I have got enrolment up to 60% and brought the drop out to 3%. But if the previous governments would have taken care of this problem earlier, I would have had enough time to bring qualitative changes required in primary education. So, there is so much of pending work that I have to do.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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