AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi hinted at his new efforts for wooing parties with totally opposed ideologies than the BJP, into the new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in his latest blog, after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar parted with the BJP in Bihar. Modi, referred to the act of all anti-Congress parties fighting united against Congress imposed the Emergency in the country in 1975.
Modi wrote, "It was as if a vibrant confluence of thoughts and ideologies had taken place for a larger good. Rising over differences of caste, creed, community or religion we were working with our common objective — to uphold the democratic ethos of the country (during emergency). In December 1975, we worked for a very important meeting of all opposition MPs in Gandhinagar. Organizations, parties and individuals that may not have seen each other eye to eye ideologically now closed ranks for the sake of the nation."
He further wrote, "For instance, the BMS worked together with Left labour unions for the common cause. We got to work closely with student unions of different parties. These student unions may have been fighting politically in colleges and universities but when it came to preserving democracy for the nation, they were all together. People and organizations were working with the same RSS, which was considered by many as political untouchable in the preceding years. It was as if the spirit of the 1974 Navnirman Movement in Gujarat and the JP Movement in Bihar was coming alive on the national stage.
"The gap between different political organizations largely had to do with intentional and accidental differences resulting from rejection of each other's causes. The mindset of 'if you are not with us, you are against us' had also contributed to this gap. But events had created an opportunity for every one of these organizations to rise above their political differences and to develop a deeper understanding of each other." he wrote.
Source: TOI
Modi wrote, "It was as if a vibrant confluence of thoughts and ideologies had taken place for a larger good. Rising over differences of caste, creed, community or religion we were working with our common objective — to uphold the democratic ethos of the country (during emergency). In December 1975, we worked for a very important meeting of all opposition MPs in Gandhinagar. Organizations, parties and individuals that may not have seen each other eye to eye ideologically now closed ranks for the sake of the nation."
He further wrote, "For instance, the BMS worked together with Left labour unions for the common cause. We got to work closely with student unions of different parties. These student unions may have been fighting politically in colleges and universities but when it came to preserving democracy for the nation, they were all together. People and organizations were working with the same RSS, which was considered by many as political untouchable in the preceding years. It was as if the spirit of the 1974 Navnirman Movement in Gujarat and the JP Movement in Bihar was coming alive on the national stage.
"The gap between different political organizations largely had to do with intentional and accidental differences resulting from rejection of each other's causes. The mindset of 'if you are not with us, you are against us' had also contributed to this gap. But events had created an opportunity for every one of these organizations to rise above their political differences and to develop a deeper understanding of each other." he wrote.
Source: TOI
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