Dismissing opposition parties' 'Mahagathbandhan' as unviable and unworkable, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday said, India has moved ahead of 1971 and the aspirational society will not commit a "collective suicide" in the forthcoming general elections.
The two-fold strategy of the opposition parties for the general elections is to pursue anti-Modi agenda and take advantage of the electoral arithmetic, he said in a Facebook post titled 'Agenda for 2019 – Modi Vs Chaos'.
"Will 2019 be a replica of 1971? It is Modi vs an unviable and an unworkable short-lived combination. OR is it Modi vs Chaos," Jaitley wondered.
The Minister is currently in the US for a medical check-up.
Recalling the 1971 General Elections, Jaitley said the opposition had formed a 'Grand Alliance' or the 'Mahagathbandhan' teaming up against the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
"We had powerful leaders and a head-start in the media. Additionally, Congress had split into two… The results were announced, India rejected negativism. The India of 2019 has moved way ahead of India of 1971. Aspirational society never commits collective suicide. They do not suffer from Lemming Syndrome,"
Lemming Syndrome refers to a phenomenon wherein crowds of people, imitate actions of each other just because they see the majority of their peers doing it.
Stating that every General Election has its own script that is dictated by the prevailing political environment, Jaitley said for 2019 political battle, India's opposition has a two-fold strategy, firstly, negative anti-Modi agenda and secondly, random political grouping to gain from the electoral arithmetic.
At the same time, he wrote in his blog that "Siddi needs help from some people back in support of his politics. For this, he also took along the Delhi's most enthusiastic Chief Minister and some of the BJP's busy people. ' According to the state's political equations, the presence of RJD, DMK and the National Conference has been termed as beneficial for living with the Congress. Targeting Mayawati, Arun Jaitley wrote that, "Bahanaji's fund of Uttar Pradesh is clear. He is sure that the elections in his state can be won only by the ethnic equation. '
The Finance Minister has written in his blog that "every election has its own script, and this time there are two objectives in front of the Opposition. He accused the Opposition's agenda of withdrawing power with maximum alliance by taking advantage of propaganda against PM Modi and electoral arithmetic. He claimed in his blog that there is no disappointment among the people about the tenure of Prime Minister Modi. The public is satisfied with the functioning of the government. "In 2014, the prime minister Modi, reaching out to caste, dropped casteist and dynastic forts. The Opposition is making an issue of staying in the office of the PM continuously, but we welcome the move of BJP members.
