The article on Narendra Modi (Oct. 27) rejects his style of governance as a “threat to the BJP, the RSS and India.” I am amused. We in India have, unfortunately, never seized the opportune moment of identifying a leader, should one crop up, and are ever eager to look at all potential patriots with cynicism.
In a nation neck deep in corruption, here is a leader who has focussed on growth and development. If a television channel has been named after him, so be it. Considering the systematic negative propaganda Mr. Modi has been subject to, what is so “threatening” about the NaMo channel? To devote a channel to Gujarat’s success story, in fact, could well offer a model for other States to emulate. At any rate, one is free to switch channels if sycophancy dominates the content. Mr. Modi may be far from perfect but he should be given a chance to prove himself nationally.
Radhika Srinivasan,
Chennai
The Gujarat riots are an albatross around Mr. Modi’s neck. Irrespective of the growth and development he shows, 2002 is something he can never distance himself from. It would be interesting to see the voters’ response if he is projected as the prime ministerial candidate by the BJP.
Siddharth Krishnamurthy,
Secunderabad
It is naive to think that Mr. Modi will succeed at the national level as he has done in his home State. The fact that Gujarat has prospered under his leadership will not erase the memory of the 2002 communal riots, still traumatising the families of the victims.
P.K. Varadarajan,
Chennai
