When will they learn? Ever since Mani Shankar Aiyar’s “chaiwalla” jibe at Narendra Modi back in 2014, personal attacks by the opposition against the Prime Minister have consistently backfired. The “chaiwalla” comment was a turning point, as it represented an out of touch, elite Congress party which was taking a dig at a man from far more humble beginnings. It represented everything that symbolised an entitled political class.
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00:00The Congress has just released a blueprint of exactly how it plans to create jobs, which
00:08is one of the biggest issues that concerns young voters in India today. If it's voted
00:13to power, the Congress says amongst the first things it would do would be to fill up vacancies
00:18in government jobs, of which there are many, many thousands, and also a compulsory apprenticeship
00:24program that would apply to graduates below the age of 25 years. Now, these are all very
00:29interesting ideas and important ideas. The problem is, why isn't the Congress or in fact
00:34the entire opposition talking about issues like this much more forcefully in their rallies
00:39and in their campaigns? Because so far, the campaign has been largely negative, and it
00:45has largely centered around attacking Narendra Modi and his government. Of course, the government
00:50should be attacked. That's what the opposition is there for. And there are plenty of things
00:54to attack them on, particularly the handling of the economy, unequal growth, etc. The problem
01:01is when the attacks become personal. That is when the BJP turns it to their advantage
01:06and plays martyr. If you look at the latest personal attack against Mr. Modi, that came
01:10from Lalu Prasad Yadav at an opposition rally, where he attacked him for not having a family.
01:16Immediately, the BJP swung into action and started a Modi ka Parivar campaign. It's like
01:21the opposition has not learned its lessons from the Chaiwala Jaib in 2014 to the Chowkidhar
01:26Chol Hai in 2019, both of which miserably failed. So, instead of personally attacking
01:31Mr. Modi, they need to focus on criticism of the government, but also to give an alternate
01:37plan and a vision to voters, which is finally what the Congress has done with its jobs plan,
01:42but one which it needs to hammer home in its campaigns.
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