Key Points
Manyhave described Modis following in India as a kind of a cult.Butthe anti-Modi camp too is like a cultthe cult of the loser, caught in a loop..
Recall,then,the oft-repeated observation that theOpposition has no agenda ofitsown and survives purely on opposing Modi.The thing is, this lack cannot simply befixedby adding a positive agenda (jobs, welfare)..
Doomsday blackmail does not work and even has negative returns.On the one hand,theirdoomsday predictionsforce the anti-Modi camp to take up the agenda ofSave DemocracyandSave Constitution..
Perhaps Mamata Banerjees 2021 victoryin the Bengal state electionsstands out here as a shining example of a dogged fight, inspiringothersto take the opposition seriously.Then, there are figures such as Chandrasekhar Azad, Jignesh Mewani, and Kanhaiya Kumar all self-made and extremely promising leaders who have risen from the bottom..
In 1931, as fascism was gathering steam in Germany, thecultural criticWalter Benjamin identified the equivalent of our Shatranji nawabs what he calledleft-wing melancholics who love to caress empty forms and live in the world of shadows.Perhaps a contemporary mirror image existsinwhat theAmericanright-wing calls Trump-deranged liberals...
