‘Brand Modi’ isn’t dead yet: Yadav
11 Feb 2015 5:30 AM IST
“Brand Modi’ isn’t dead yet,” but it is not invincible, senior AAP leader Yogendra Yadav said, sounding cautious, amid claims by some BJP opponents that the Modi phenomenon may have been snubbed with the AAP virtually decimating the saffron outfit in the Delhi Assembly polls. The psephologist-turned-politician, however, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have kept a distance from Delhi’s local politics and not made it a prestige issue.
“Modi magic is not over yet, but it has been dented after the defeat in Delhi,” he said. “The fact is that most of the Prime Ministers of the country have a honeymoon period of two years or so. Modiji even finished one-year and on balance, he is not unpopular,” Yadav told Millennium Post.
“A defeat in Delhi does not indicate or may not lead to losing his (Modi’s) popularity overnight. What it would do is to damage, perhaps irretrievably, the myth of his invincibility. Because the PM chose, somewhat unwisely, to throw his personal prestige into this election, it could begin the process of decline in his popularity among the people and within his own party,” said Yadav. The former political scientist further said that AAP has a long way to go to shape the national politics and it will emerge as an alternative of the BJP and Congress in coming years.
“We got many offers for unconditional support from other political parties for the Delhi elections. However, they are not having any significant presence in Delhi. We have not denied them, but have also not reacted to their offers. We are here to provide people with an alternative to the BJP and Congress. We are here to give an alternative politics. We are against the current political system.”
Meanwhile, Yadav said that the new AAP government will work on two priorities — one is the level of significance and the other is that of urgency.
“Modi magic is not over yet, but it has been dented after the defeat in Delhi,” he said. “The fact is that most of the Prime Ministers of the country have a honeymoon period of two years or so. Modiji even finished one-year and on balance, he is not unpopular,” Yadav told Millennium Post.
“A defeat in Delhi does not indicate or may not lead to losing his (Modi’s) popularity overnight. What it would do is to damage, perhaps irretrievably, the myth of his invincibility. Because the PM chose, somewhat unwisely, to throw his personal prestige into this election, it could begin the process of decline in his popularity among the people and within his own party,” said Yadav. The former political scientist further said that AAP has a long way to go to shape the national politics and it will emerge as an alternative of the BJP and Congress in coming years.
“We got many offers for unconditional support from other political parties for the Delhi elections. However, they are not having any significant presence in Delhi. We have not denied them, but have also not reacted to their offers. We are here to provide people with an alternative to the BJP and Congress. We are here to give an alternative politics. We are against the current political system.”
Meanwhile, Yadav said that the new AAP government will work on two priorities — one is the level of significance and the other is that of urgency.
Next Story
