How Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president Amit Shah and other luminaries in the ruling are wishing that they were, in fact, NOT in the ruling party!
Okay, it may be hard to digest but if PM Narendra Modi has the biggest troll ever - no it's not Arvind Kejriwal, with due respect to the Delhi chief minister - it is the CM Narendra Modi.
Whether it is Uri attack, or assault on Pathankot airbase in January this year, the prime minister's biggest critic, with no-holds-barred punches delivered at the "Centre", has been (former) CM Modi.
How time stamps come to haunt you on social media!
I wish to ask the Prime Minister, are you not weak? If indeed you are a strong government, the country needs proof of that.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 4, 2009
Centre’s weak-kneed approach in crushing terrorism is shameful. Country wants the terrorists to be dealt hard-handedly http://t.co/izNOH8N
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 16, 2011
To the extent that even the diehard Modi-baiters had a moment of weakness and actually wished to relive those glory moments, like time-travelling political junkies, going back and forth to relisten to CM's jibes at the PM.
I hope Narendra Modi becomes PM pic.twitter.com/a3GtNkSe3c
— Joy (@Joydas) September 18, 2016
How to Tackle Terrorism? Listen mind-blowing audio speech of Shri Narendra Modi. Visit Breezy Audio Section of http://narendramodi.in/
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 31, 2009
But how can we leave out the wonders that constitute the ruling party, or the government in place?
Are we to assume Terrorists involved in #UriAttack came with Manohar Parrikar's permission? pic.twitter.com/Wh5T2GVfYn
— Joy (@Joydas) September 18, 2016
Pic 1: Ex Gujarat CM Narendra Modi vs PakistanPic 2: Current PM Narendra Modi vs Pakistan pic.twitter.com/dEpK4ywK9j
— Joy (@Joydas) September 19, 2016
From a defence minister, sorry, erm, "Raksha Mantri", who prefers to target a Bollywood actor after Pathankot attack, to a fawning party apparatchik hellbent on scoring anti-Muslim brownie points all the time, Modi's fanboys are specimens any museum would just lap up for posterity's sake.
And no matter how much they detest Congress and the Emergency that bifurcated Indian post-Independence period sharply, Indira Gandhi's ghost remains a hot favourite to summon up at will.
A bangle seller offering bangles to Shri Narendra Modi in order to answer Pakistan like Indira Gandhi.(2016) pic.twitter.com/j3OkuhGiJW
— History of India (@RealHistoryPic) September 18, 2016
So you're saying, Every time Pakistan attack you and you miss me? Grow a spine!! ~ Indira Gandhi.(1971) pic.twitter.com/0NVKmedk6d
— History of India (@RealHistoryPic) September 18, 2016
And then there are those who rely on the Twitter polls to figure out if the "normal nuclear bomb" would be a better option than the "Hydrogen bomb" to "teach Pakistan a lesson". Just what you'd do when you're in the Opposition, no? Shadow-boxing loses its edge when you're on the hot seat, but evidently these eminences are not worried.
Which is the best way of teaching Pakistan a lesson
— Sanjay Dixit (@Sanjay_Dixit) September 19, 2016
How did the Mard-e-momins look when surrendering to Indian Army in Dhaka Race Course?
— Sanjay Dixit (@Sanjay_Dixit) September 19, 2016
Are we Indians prepared for a nuclear war for finishing Pakistan as a country. Many of us may die in the process
— Sanjay Dixit (@Sanjay_Dixit) September 18, 2016
And what about the BJP national secretary who as the campaign strategist for 2014 depended a lot on Pakistan's ever reliable neighbourly love for India, and literally promised to turn their tourism sector into a booming one, trying to send as many Indians beyond the LoC for harbouring some grey matter?
Oh he's busy singing "Happy Birthday to you" in rastrabhasha.
आइये माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के जन्मदिन को "सेवा दिवस" के रूप में मनाएं | pic.twitter.com/Fw06ySvMUx
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 15, 2016
Once an event manager, always an event manager, but hasn't he lost his charm ever since the cherished part of being in the opposition has been duly taken away from him?
I pay homage to Swami Sree Narayana Guru on his punyatithi,his teachings & thoughts are great source of inspiration. pic.twitter.com/ce8SoW1qdB
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 20, 2016
Sometimes you're grateful that your "colleagues" are so colourful.
Colleague @girirajsinghbjp joined the #TirangaYatra with immense enthusiasm. pic.twitter.com/R621YXKpU8
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 22, 2016
But wouldn't their colours really be showcased well if they could do their tongue-lashing without any sense of governmental constraint?
Agar aaj desh ke Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi hote toh hum Lahore tak pahuch gaye hote-Giriraj Singh,BJP on killing by Pak Army
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 8, 2013
BJP Leader @girirajsinghbjp: 'Lalu advises Hindus to eat beef, will he ask Muslims to eat pork?' #BattleForBihar pic.twitter.com/cnIhNd2can
— NewsX (@NewsX) November 2, 2015
Though, constraint isn't a state of mind bogging him down.
Are Hindus being humiliated in India?Why @girirajsinghbjp feels so? Watch him @ZeeNews @ZeeNewsHindi 9:30AM
— Rohit Sardana (@sardanarohit) November 3, 2015
All that fun when the BJP was in opposition, vanished into thin air post May 2014. Else, they could have taught the BJP at the Centre a lesson in governance, skewered the Centre in style.
But being in opposition is a bit like radioactivity. It never quite goes away now. Does it? Pinki swear by cow dung please.
With so much Talks about Nuclear Attack, here is what can save us from Nuclear Radiation. Cow Dung. Please Share pic.twitter.com/630yhL4Cpp
— Joy (@Joydas) September 20, 2016