Beware: media can change your right opinion to wrong one...

ON 17th September Gujarat CM Mr. Narendra Modi started his fast for the communal harmony. It was reported by various news channels. I saw the live telecast and listened to Mr. Modi's speech. It was a very good speech which was delivered in a great way. We all know that from time to time great leaders have motivated their followers with their speeches. One can say that a great leader is a great speaker and this is true with Mr. Modi.


Coming back to speech of Mr. Modi, he described all the achievements of Gujarat state under his last 10 years of leadership. He mentioned all the roadblocks, difficulties and criticism of oppositions and other people. Despite all this Gujarat made tremendous growth.He did mention this in his speech without criticizing any person, party or organization. To name a few achievements : The villages of Gujarat have 24 X 7 electricity supply, Children drop out rate from schools has dropped to 2 percent, No curfews in the past 10 years, people from every district in India have got employment in Gujarat, Crime rate is very less as compared to other states. The list goes on and on.


People from all over Gujarat and leaders from all over India were at the fast venue to support Mr. Modi's fast. On the stage were Mr. L. K. Advani, Mr. Arun Jaitely, chief minister of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, representatives of AIDMK party. Among the audience were people from different religions and walks of life. Spiritual leaders of Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Parsi, Christians , Jainism were present. Overall It was a nice experience to watch such an event attended by people from all states of life. I had a good feeling that the fast for communal harmony is really paying off and if you had watched it then definitely you will agree with me.


Next day on the morning of 18th September, I got up in the morning and started reading Hindustan Times while having tea. The front page had headline " Not too Apologetic, Modi begins fast with self - praise". Below that news another news headline was " Vajpayee was warned of CM's riot role". Imagine a person who had not watched Mr. Modi's speech live and who has not watched yesterday's telecast live. I am sure there are plenty of such people. For such people what would be the reaction or opinion about Mr. Modi's fast for communal harmony.
I am sure it will not be positive. The headline "..self praise" is questionable. What is wrong if someone is telling his achievements in the age when the ruling party at center is full of scams. Ruling party can not tell their achievements because there are none. What they can tell is corruption, Notes for Votes, Inflation and praise of Madam. If Mr. Modi told few of his achievements in his speech then that is not self-praise.
Why the media or especially Hindustan times is trying to ruin the positive vibe which has started with this Fast? On the page with news at national level there was a headline " Local BJP MLA says that party leadership has clearly directed to bring as many Muslims to the fast as many possible". What does this mean ? Is it really a news? Just another line to change the opinion of readers. When you read such line immediately you start thinking that Muslims are not willing to join this communal harmony instead forcefully they are coming at the fast venue. How credible is such statement made by the newspaper. What is the MLA's name?
If Mr. Modi is bringing together Hindus and Muslims for the sake of common development then we should help him in any way possible. Also in the time when people of India are pissed off from the corruption, inflation and there is no strong leader in any major party, Mr Modi has given a ray of hope that yes India has a leader who is Indian by birth, by heart and by deeds. Mr Modi has shown to all the Indians that if Gujarat can prosperous under his leadership then so can whole India. Media should encourage his efforts to encourage communal harmony. I hope in the coming elections in 2014 people of India choose Mr. Modi as PM of the country and give him a chance to serve India.