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78 Times The Modi Government Made Headlines For The Wrong Reasons
There is no denying the fact that we are witnessing a phase when India is rapidly being saffronized. The results of the recently held UP Assembly Election are testimonial to it. The Hindu nationalists are, indeed, on the rise. What makes it more disturbing is that the Sangh Parivaar is on the rise despite making headlines so frequently for the wrong reasons.
Has there been even a single week since May 2014, when the BJP came to power, during which the Modi Government, the Prime Minister, his Cabinet, other BJP members, the RSS, the VHP, the ABVP, and of course, the Bhakts were not mocked and criticised for their stupidity, selfishness, hyper-nationalism, dictatorial attitudes?
Here is a list of 78 such issues/events, some of which have occurred multiple times, that brought the Modi government into controversy:
Appointment of Smriti Irani as HRD Minister: A 2014 affidavit filed with the Election Commission showed that Smriti Irani is a college dropout who had only completed the first year of her bachelor’s degree in commerce through correspondence from Delhi University.
Appointment of many Cabinet Ministers who had faced various charges of corruption: According to a report , 31 percent of the Council of Ministers had declared criminal cases against themselves, 17 percent facing serious criminal cases.
Imposition of Hindi: Remember the circular the government had issued asking all Ministries and Departments, public sector undertakings and banks to give prominence to Hindi on official accounts?
Asking the “Congress-appointed” Governors of states to quit: And appointment of BJP stooges as new Governors.
Appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as Chairman of FTII: Who can ever forget the FTII Row ?
Appointment of new CBFC board members, led by Pahlaj Nihalani: Yes, Pahlaj Nihalani, the one (in) famous for Har Ghar Modi and Mera Desh Hai Mahaan.
Film censorships: The latest one being censored was Lipstick Under My Burkha.
Rewriting history: Hey, don’t you forget that Dinanath Batra’s books were prescribed by the Gujarat Government and Nehru was removed from Rajasthan school books
German language row: Sanskrit over German: Yes, it was Smriti Irani’s HRD ministry that decided to replace German with Sanskrit as a third language in Kendriya Vidyalaya schools
Boasting off of Vedic Vigyan: Remember the introduction of Pushpak Vimaan at Indian Science Congress.
Ganesha and his plastic Surgery: The Prime Minister said that Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu god was the result of plastic surgery. That’s what happens when you read Batra’s books.
Ban on India’s Daughter: How can we let the world know that ours is a society where rape victims and not the rapist are blamed for rape?
Govind Pansare murder: The left-wing politician, activist and critic of Hindutva ideology was killed by members of a Hindu right-wing group.
Kalburgi murder: The thinker and rationalist was known for his strong stand against superstitious practices and right-wing groups!
Beef ban in Maharashtra: Because slaughtering of cow hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindus.
And in Haryana too: By the way, Haryana is infamous for its Khap Panchayats and misogynist attitude; women are bartered in this state. and the sex ratio is far below the national average. And the BJP government’s priority is, however, to save the GauMaata.
Dadri lynching: A Hindu mob lynched a Muslim man, who the mob suspected of slaughtering a stolen ‘sacred’ cow calf. A BJP leader’s son was named among the 15 accused. And when one of the accused died in jail, his body arrived home draped in Tiranga.
Lalit Modi controversy: Yeah, that ‘humanitarian ground’ thingy.
GharWapsi campaigns: Indian Muslims and Christians are originally Hindus, who had converted to Muslims and Christians, thanks to the caste-based discrimination. So, the reconversion campaign!
#SelfieWithDaughter: The tech-savvy Prime Minister went on to bring in gender equality and promote the rights of females in India through a social media campaign!
Suit-boot ka Sarkar: And who will forget the Modi monogrammed ‘Rs 10 lakh’ suit?
Swachh Bharat drama: Seriously?
Good Governance Day: And it coincided with Christmas, a public holiday.
Vyapam murders: Who doesn’t know about the mystery deaths of whistleblowers and journalists in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh?
Banning of NGOs, including Greenpeace: Because they are run by international bodies or funded by them. As if the RSS doesn’t get foreign funding.
Banning of 857 porn websites: And then they lifted the ban. Probably because the misogynist, Manusmriti youths of ABVP, who never get laid (hence, their frustration on Valentine’s Day) complained too.
Removal of Sanjiv Bhatt, IPS officer from police services: Because he filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court of India against Narendra Modi, Modi’s alleged role in Gujarat riots of 2002?
IAS officer pulled up for wearing sunglasses on PM visit: Like seriously? Yes .
Price rise of daal: Remember that toor dal prices had shot upto Rs 200/kg?
And tomatoes
And Onions… and etc.
Rohith Vemula’s suicide: The Dalit activist in Hyderabad Central University was banned from the hostel for standing against ABVP.
JNU Row: The students were charged with sedition.
Hyderabad University Row: Students and teachers were beaten, arrested, sexually assaulted for protesting against Vice Chancellor P Appa Rao.
Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle ban in IIT: Madras: Because this student’s study group was critical of Modi.
Double Sri’s World Culture Festival: And it led to the destruction of Yamuna. PM Narendra Modi attended the event.
Ban on Maggi: They banned our favourite Maggi noodles. And guess who came up with a new noodle? Yes, Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali… Hummm…
The Great Leader on Reliance Jio ad: From Chaiwala to Prime Minister, and then to a model!
Digital India: Although Zuckerberg clarified that the Digital India profile tool was not linked to support for Internet.org, the mushy mushy relationship Modiji shared with Zuckerberg had to draw some controversy.
Bullet Train: Dear Prime Minister, set your priorities right.
Make In India: But the Make In India logo was designed by a foreign firm.
Ramzada versus Haramzada speech: Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti actually said that those who do not support the BJP are illegitimately born.
“Hindu woman must produce at least 4 children to protect the religion.” Says the BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj
Rise in Dalit assaults: Remember Rohith Vemula, Una, murder of two Dalit children in Faridabad?
The ‘Dog remark’ by VK Singh: Stating that the Centre cannot be blamed for the murder of the two Dalit children in Faridabad, the Union Minister said, “If somebody throws a stone at a dog, then the government is not responsible.”
“Go to Pakistan!”: “Hey, how dare you mock the government, the Great Leader? You anti-national, go to Pakistan!”
Tolerance versus Intolerance: Can be summed up by this hypothetical statement: “If you think India is not tolerant, then go to Pakistan.”
Anupam Kher and his hypernationalism: Yes, the actor turned Bhakt couldn’t tolerate the fact that India is intolerant.
Prem Ratan Ghar Aayo: Remember Salman Khan’s hit and run case? Bhai was acquitted of all the charges.
Innumerable Photoshopped images: Remember the morphed photo of the Prime Minister’s aerial survey of flood-hit Chennai? And this as well?
Chaddis to full pants: The RSS goons upgraded their uniform from Khaki half-pants to full pants.
Glorifying Godse: This was just one of the instances.
Useless foreign trips: And they are innumerable.
Uninvited guest to the enemy country: Remember that the Prime Minister landed in Pakistan on surprise visit, that too on his Pakistani counterpart’s birthday?
Pathankot attack: And a week after his visit, Pathankot Air Force Station was attacked by Pakistani terrorists!
Surgical strike: Wait, did it really happen?
Kerela = Somalia: And the Keralites said, “#PomoneModi”.
Sanskrit education in IITs: After all IITians must know how to create Pushpak Vimans.
Jumla comment:
Narendra Modi Degree Controversy: He has a degree in Entire Political Science, you see.
Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi’s woes: Wait, when did the Prime Minister get married?
Raghuram Rajan: The RBI Governor, who was critical of Modi and policies, was made to quit from his post
Nationalist and Anti-nationalist debates: This keeps on happening every now and then.
Petrol price: This government has hiked the price of petrol and diesel innumerable times in the last three years.
Tight, uncomfortable hugs to foreign guests: Hmmm!
Royal celebration of completion of two years of Modi Government: Such a great use of taxpayer’s money, but what did the government achieved in these two years except saffronising the country?
Missing Najeeb Ahmed: The JNU student, who was assaulted by ABVP goons, is missing for the past 148 days.
NDTV ban: Freedom of press and freedom of speech and expression have no place in Modi’ India.
Bhopal encounter: Eight SIMI operatives were gunned down in a fake encounter.
Demonitization of 500 and 1000 Rupee notes: Enough said!!!
Vijay Mallya controversy: While you couldn’t even withdraw your hard-earned money from the banks, thanks to demonetization, SBI writes off Vijay Mallya’s loan of Rs 1200 crore
OROP: Another political jumla by Modi.
The ‘Raincoat’ remark: The Prime Minister peeked into the former Prime Minister’s bathroom.
Supporting the pro- Jallikattu protestors: Hey, we thought you consider cows as your mother?
BJP-ISI Link: But remember, that’s not being anti-national!
Ramjas College row: Attack on students again. Because students are BJP’s greatest opposition
Attack on Gurmehar Kaur: The daughter of an Indian Army martyr was branded as an anti-national because she opposed the ABVP.
Triple-Talaq issue: And the Manusmriti-worshipping, misogynist party talks about banning Triple Talaq because it denies respect for women. Irony just died a thousand deaths.
And this is not even the tip of the iceberg. There are innumerable such issues.
Narendra Modi and his team (both official and unofficial) is definitely the most hardworking Government India has ever had.
They work hard…To ruin the fabric of this country: socially, culturally, and economically.