Why is the Modi Government And the BJP So Obsessed With Rahul Gandhi? https://youtu.be/l2e880YvERU?t=98 , Prof Suhas Palshikar, gives four separate but very substantial answers. They lead to the conclusion that the challenge from Rahul Gandhi has firmly placed the Modi Government and the BJP within the horns of a difficult dilemma. Neither the government nor the party are confident about what to do
Suhas Palshikar writes on Rahul Gandhi’s conviction, disqualification: Why BJP loves to hate Rahul March 25, 2023 https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/rahul-gandhi-conviction-disqualification-why-bjp-loves-to-hate-rahul-8517128/ To ignore Rahul Gandhi would mean conceding space to him and to a counter-ideology. But to continue to target Rahul can only lead to expanding the space he can occupy
https://youtube.com/embed/l2e880YvERU?start=544&end=715 Indian public is not sleeping they are being put to sleep. There is a kind of hynotism that this leader is the final word of wisowm. What Rahul is doing is break the spell of this hynoptism.
Tavleen Singh writes: Rahul Gandhi may not be the most skillful politician, but it’s hard to see him as a criminal https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/tavleen-singh-writes-criminality-or-politics-rahul-gandhi-defamation-case-8518988/ March 28, 2023 20 Meanwhile, the Budget got passed last week without debate because Parliament has not functioned in the hope that Rahul Gandhi will apologise for saying that Indian democracy is under threat. Why does the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Parliament last week have the reek of dirty politics? Why does a Prime Minister with the highest approval ratings of any world leader seem afraid of a man his spokesmen routinely dismiss as a goof? Why does the most powerful political party in the world seem suddenly unsure of its stature? If you think I have the answers to these questions, you are wrong, but they are questions that are being asked and should be asked.