A good PM for a hugely diverse country like India, in my opinion is as follows
Some one who can move the nation forward towards
- Progress
- Prosperity
- Rule of law
- Equality for all citizens in terms of rights & duties, without exceptions. Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a crying need to bring about this equality. UCC was given as a Directive Principle vide our constitution, but no govt has had the vision or courage to bring it about. All it needs is clearing misgivings through education, and a bipartisan approach by all our political parties.
I love Modi and what he brings to the table for India. In Modi, we have a leader after a long time.
However, the way the country has elected the BJP in the centre & in most states of India is a little worrisome for our country as we cannot have a single party system for our diverse, in every way, citizenry.
More worrying is the self destruct mode of the opposition, which cannot let go of परिवारवाद and जातिवाद. Rahul Gandhi has been anointed as the party President of the INC, after the post was vacated by his mother Sonia Gandhi, after 19 long years. It is worrisome that there is no one to challenge this in the oldest & largest national opposition party, although many more qualified people are members of the INC.
The opposition talks of a mahagathbandhan based on a single point agenda of 'oust Modi'. Just this one reason is the only glue that binds them. No common agenda beyond that.
A minority community polarisation is worrisome and has been an irritant to most Indians up until a few years ago, especially since the constitutional amendment following the SC judgement in the Shah Bano case.
However, a majority community polarisation, without strong institutions and rule of law would be plain disaster.
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