Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister

It was debated quite a bit when Narendra Modi won the last Gujarat election, whether he'd be able to replicate the same model for the country. Some water has flown under the bridge and Anil Ambani and Sunil Mittal do think that the guy is ready to lead the nation

What happened back then was wrong, yes it might have been some time back, but scars that wounds leave always bear testimony to fact that the event did take place and no amount of restructuring on anyone's part can take the pain away. The memories stay.

All politicians do make mistakes, and maybe grow and learn from them. However there is a price to pay for every mistake whatever walk of life one may been. Fortunately for Mr. Modi I assume he has not been dealt with his dues. I am not privy to any of his personal details...so wont know if he indeed does regret what he did.

The price in my eyes that he would pay that inspite of being quite capable in his vision and a fantastic administrator and a leader in the sense of the word...he'd never lead the nation, which I am sure is an ambition he harbours.

The reasons are manifold. The way the laws of nature work are beyond my understanding, however they alone are not the only reason what would stop Modi from attaining his pedestal.

Let there be no doubt that L.K. Advani is still in the midst and whatever maybe the calls from the aisles, if the BJP come to power this time round it will be L.K. Advani who rules the roost and no other. Advani has waited too long in the shadows to see it being taken away right under his nose. Now he'd go an extra yard to cut Modi to size.

Another important factor is the way Modi could work his magic was to reach out to the masses and unify himself with them in Gujarart. People started identifying with what Modi said and that was an important factor.The language barrier would hinder him to quite a large extent. One can evoke emotions when one can speak the people's mind. Outside Gujarat Modi might be able to motivate the masses in the Hindi heartland to unify with him. Beyond which he might influence Maharashtra, though very doubtful since too many factor queer his pitch. Don't see the south of India voting for Modi just by way his persona. Neither the east nor the North. He'd have to run an incredibly polarised campaign to hoodwink one and all.

Considering he wont be able to work his magic in the rest of the hinterland, his allies become important. Its the NDA and not BJP alone that contests. With his autocratic style of running the show and ruthlessness, which needs to admired in measures, he wont have allies falling over themselves to supplicate themselves upto him as the clan of a section of industry.

Wherein lie my fears. If at all Modi does prove me wrong and indeed does rise to be the top dog I'd be more worried than ever. He is absolutely brilliant in running his campaigns and administrating effectively. However that is not enough to be a successful leader. A modest amount of humility in him would have helped him a lot. The lack of such -atleast that's the impression i get i maybe wrong but he has done nothing to repel the image- will eventually not hold him in good stead

It absolutely baffles when people start bending over their backs in the most brazen fashion to please him. Either it was a very calculated move on Modi's part to entice Ambani/ Mittal to mouth the words or the other way round. The sycophancy thus evident is no degrees worse than the one surrounding 10 Janpath. Ironic his campaigned centred itself the corridors of 10 Janpath while he himself is in the process of building his house in similar ways.

When someone like an Anil Ambani can do it, commoners following the trend is hardly surprising. However when a leader rises from the echelons of leadership and instills devotion into the minds of his people he runs a steady risk of being drunk on the power that it confers. When people start equating one with God they lose the ability to question his misdemeanours and overlook his errors, which is precisely i fear might happen.

If however Modi does prove me wrong and does rise to his ambitions and is able to lead my country to a new dawn minus his fallings, I'd be the happiest. Whatever i have seen leads me to believe otherwise. When someone with the blood of innocents rises upto Godliness condoned by the top honchos of the country it makes me squirm. Wonder if NaMo is close to God what pedestal does ADolf HiTler befriend. He did score a lot more than Modi ever would.