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By: Shree1news, 07 JAN 2021
The decisive mandate the BJP got in two consecutive general elections in 2014 and 2019 indicated voters’ desire for political stability, based on former president Pranab Mukherjee, who mentioned Narendra Modi “earned and achieved” the prime ministership.
Mr Mukherjee also mentioned in his memoir that Narendra Modi became prime minister “via popular choice” unlike Manmohan Singh “who was offered the post by Sonia Gandhi”.
Every general election has its “importance because the issues that are debated during the polls reflect the various views and perceptions of the electorate”, Mr Mukherjee wrote in his memoir “The Presidential Years, 2012-2017” which he accomplished earlier than his demise final 12 months.
“The 2014 verdict was historic for 2 causes. First, after three decades, a contesting political party received a decisive mandate instead of a fractured one,” he wrote.
The second reason, he mentioned, is that the BJP emerged with a simple majority on its own in the Lok Sabha for the first time and was thus able to type the government, although it still did so by co-opting its allies.
“But the real winner was the electorate that came out in massive numbers and voted decisively, thus indicating its desire for political stability, which it believed would end in development-oriented politics,” the previous Congress stalwart and union minister wrote within the ebook, which was launched on Tuesday.
Mr Mukherjee mentioned he was additionally of the idea that people have been dejected with coalitions and the behaviour of political parties altering sides for parochial features. “Coalitions are often formed with the only common agenda of blocking a particular party or individual from coming to power.”
Comparing PM Modi with Mr Singh, Mukherjee mentioned the path to prime ministership for the 2 prime ministers he worked with was very completely different. Mr Mukherjee, who was the president from July 25, 2012 to July 25, 2017, had labored with each the prime ministers throughout his tenure.
“Dr Singh was offered the post by Sonia Gandhi; she had been chosen because the prime ministerial candidate by the Congress Parliamentary Party and other constituents of the UPA, however she declined the offer,” he wrote.
“Modi, on the other hand, became PM via popular choice after leading the BJP to a historic victory in 2014. He is a politician to the core and had been named the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate as the party went into campaign mode. He was then Gujarat”s CM and had built a picture that seemed to click with the masses. He has earned and achieved the prime ministership,” he added.
Source:A-N
