I think that BJP has to be uprooted, and INC should come back in power ( only and only if the Gandhis are removed from the top tier). If younger versions of great economists like Manmohan Singh come in the flashlight and represent the congress party, I personally think that congress has much better aims. I was born a Hindu(currently non religious), and BJP is a pro Hindu government which shouldn't exist, because India is a secular country and shall welcome people from all diversities. Ever since BJP has acquired in power, the country has fallen down, BJP is playing with the tax payer's money. Building the statue of unity instead of feeding the poor was such an absolute let down for our country, and even THAT was not enough. Now, a $120 MILLION project of building a new parliament which is COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY is currently under construction. I hope that people revolt against it. This is completely wrong. All BJP aims to do is to remove complete trace of INC and then attain a power mimicking dictatorship, and nothing else.....I wish that a new and legitimate person comes to represent and revive this dying country. Be it from INC, AAP , BSP or a new party, but BJP should be dissolved.

shashi tharoor if congress is winning ...
No other leader in india got this much Global exposure like tharoor
He clearly know what area to focus ...
Social empowerment is Nill in India... Shashi tharoor can put good strategy from the experience gained from UN.
Leaders are focusing more on infrastructure development , statues , etc ...surely this is important and this will attract investment ...infrastructure development will make rich more richer specially in currently social situation ... Social empowerments and skill development is very much required across india ...

Who ever PM is selected other than bjp will be a god blessing for India. Its not the ego as a common citizen of India i am tired of lies, cheap thinking,paying more, harassment , getting looted every day, their mind games in the name of religion its disgusting. I dont care who ever a pm be thats out of my reach pariwarbaad or unpariwarbad all bullshit. Just the ease of living with better perspective thats what i prefer. Many institution is been sold to the present govt. Is this India??? Rich the rulers by their party donation....

Don't want modi as PM. He is a worst human being. And a communal poison . people must take action to ban BJP , congress and other traditional sick parties and leader. They ruined the sanctity of Indian. India needs a new governance. There must be no Hindu muslim Christian problem. Everyone must be a Indian first. And India must progress i mean actual progress. I have entire India on my motorcycle and i have how much underdeveloped India. Let the BJP gutter shits scream their holy chants . I request every indian to take a bold step to throw thi dishonest person Modi who uses his motherly sentiments to cover up his poor governance.

If one wants to see a change in the political scene, we must stop saying that change is not possible.

BJP currently does not rule:
Punjab, Rajasthan, and Delhi in the North (they have a coalition in Haryana, and rule Himachal); or
Maharashtra in the West (where they rule Gujarat, a horse-traded their way into Goa); or
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, and Telangana in the South (they have only Karnataka); or
Jharkhand in the Hindi heartland (where they rely on a coalition in Bihar and had to horse-trade their way into MP); or
Odisha and Bengal (in the East), while
they do seem to have a strong grip on the North East.

I understand Parliamentary polls are fought on different issues and have Modi as a more direct attraction for coalescing around the BJP. However, secular-minded people can live in hope. But, we must stop saying that it will be impossible to have another outcome.

I don't understand why Yogi Adityanath is considered a potential PM candidate. Stop creating a hype around him like you did for Modi. That guy (Yogi) has not even lead BJP to a victory in any state election yet. Please remember that the 2017 UP Assembly elections were fought in Modi's name, without any indication as to who BJP's CM candidate was. It was only after BJP had won a majority, that BJP pulled a fast one on UP's population and gave UP the gift that no UPite asked for, i.e. Yogi as CM.
Heck, BJP couldn't even win Gorakhpur lok sabha seat in the 2018 bye election (after Yogi resigned as an MP to take up the CMship) and lost to SP. Wonder what that says about Yogi's performance as an MP leading up to that time. It was only once the LS elections were fought in Modi's name again in 2019, that BJP was able to win back Gorakhpur LS seat (Ravi Kishan is current LS MP from Gorakhpur - LOL)

TL;DR version : Yogi hasn't proven jack till now as a performer, either as an MP or CM. Stop hyping him. That's what RSS wants - free publicity for a person who's possibly the worst CM and doesn't think twice before trampling on basic human rights.

If the opposition PM candidate is a respected non-political person, such as Raghuram Rajan or Kailash Satyarthi or Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar or Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, then I will vote for him/her. If it is RaGa or Mamata, then I will vote for Modi. Anyone is better than RaGa or Mamata.

Considering the "cut money" scandal in Bengal and the unlawful arrest of the journalist who exposed it (Shafikul Islam), your point fails completely.

https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/calcutta-hc-grants-bail-to-arambagh-tv-owner-whose-channel-exposed-mamatas-cut-money-scam

Leaders like Sitharaman, Gadhkari are not mass leaders. No mass appeal. Mass leaders like Shivraj, Yogi can only succeed Modi. In all probability, Yogi will succeed if he wins 2022 UP elections. That will make his claim to PM inevitable. Yogi is the hard face of Hindutva. He is exactly what RSS wants.

If Covd gradually fades away, Modi can still win by taking some populist or divisive actions, such as:

1. Universal basic income
2. Population control bill
3. Uniform Civil Code
4. Kashi-Mathura temple bill
5. Income tax slabs reduction
6. Surgical strike killing Dawood or Hafiz Saeed

The favorite quote of the Hindu Vahni Sena which is a private army floated by the CM of UP in 2002 is - Agar Hindustan mein rehena hoga, to Yogi Yogi kehena hoga, Jo yogi yogi nahin kagega, Hindustan mein nahi rahega.No one can deny the fact that Yogi is admired in UP by a large section of the majority Hindu community.The RSS may want him as PM in the future.A large number of infra projects are being built in UP under his tenure.

In Democracy , from constituency ,approx 60% cast their vote and approx 30% ,what the winner gets the share, which come around 18% of total vote .In other way ,he is rejected by 82%.In cabinet few constituencies can fill all cabinet ministers seat .even loser can become minister via rajya shabha .2 -3 people with the help of another 2 -3 are the masters. This is what downfall of governance, we r witnessing ,when we stepped on this blue for no reason. Politicians r known for their narcissistic manners with average mind .

I will still vote for Modi and BJP, not because I like them but because I hate Rahul/Mamata/Lalu/Akhilesh/Communists more and voting for them will lead to complete economic ruin : no privatisation of Air India, no FDI cap increases, no foreign law firms, higher taxes, useless welfare spending etc. Also, Modi has many faults but one thing you cannot accuse him of is stealing money to enrich himself and his family, the reason being that he is single and has no children. There is also no doubt that there have been fewer scams in this government, unlike CWG/2G/Augusta/Vadra/Railways etc in the previous government.

The comments here make me laugh. As if the "secular" parties are very honest and have not participated in caste/communal violence. And it was the Congress which built up Ambani FYI. The people commenting here have no idea of history. Give Modi a third term at least and see.

In response to the original question - the PM in 2024 will be whoever gets so elected by a majority of the Lok Sabha MPs in 2024. So please let the MPs decide on that, you bother about who you want to send as an MP from your constituency. You don't need to worry about idiotic questions like "Modi v. Who?". Vote for whoever is the best candidate in your constituency (whichever political party) and not in the name of the Supreme Leader (Supreme Leader willl stand for just one seat) and let parliamentary democracy do its thing. Ok?

I personally do not think a candidate who has no opinion of his own and will just do what the Supreme Leader (or his sidekick) asks him to, can be the ideal candidate for a constituency (for illustration purposes see MPs like Hema Malini, Sunny Deol, Ravi Kishan, Kiron Kher - would have cited Congresa MPs as well, if they had enough MPs in real life).

The secular parties have done a considerable number of constructive things for the country too, be it the school that you've studied in or the hospitals that are now keeping you alive. Besides its horrendous reputation on the communal front, this government has systemically destroyed the reputation of every institution from the RBI to the CBI to the EC, takes one bad economic decision after the other, keeps squawking like headless chicken in its external relations, and destroying the ecology too. There's absolutely nothing that Modi has done to ever deserve a second term other than play on people's Islamophobia and Pakistanphobia, to even deserve a second term, let alone a third.

Everything you've accused other governments of doing, this government has already done. As for your laughable argument about children, stealing for fellow thief's children is hardly any better. Example, Jay Shah. And the current ugly and tasteless spending on the central vista when people are dying all around. As for scams, from Rafale to PM cares, there have been plenty, you just watch only Republic TV and Aaj Tak, so won't be aware of those.

Well, you must remember that Articles 39(b) and (c) of the Constitution even overrides Part III of the Constitution. Socialism is also a part of our basic structure. So, welfare spending is not useless in poor country like India.We unlike England are not a nation of merchants and shopkeepers. If the opposition comes to power, even corporate associates will have less work and there will be more work life balance. The question one must ask is - Where is "Acche Din"? Are we radically better of than what we were 6 years and 11 months before?

A committed ideological cadre is what is needed to win votes for the BJP. Although they are getting corporate funding, but no one can make the case that they win elections solely because of financial muscle. BJP has the organization to win election after election with limited funding. They came to power in Delhi in 98 with very little funding. Also, they get funds from various sources. The all powerful Indian state has all the agencies (ED, CBI etc) with them and any corporate can be turned from hero to zero within days, All corporates bow before the beard. If anyone thinks it is the other way round, they would be living in a fool's paradise.

Looks like the IT Cell, after trying in vain to convince the rest of the world through their lies and propaganda that a 'Hindu genocide' is happening in Bengal now, has now congregated in the comments section. Kian, do you have any explanation for what this supposed 'conversation' has to do with law? Other than the failure of legal institutions under the current regime?

It's trite to say that financial might alone doesn't win elections and that the Bjp has committed blindfolded followers who vote for them, but if we take the finances out of the equation, everything else falters pretty soon.
As long as there is some semblance of democracy in a country, all beards - no matter how long or hideous they are- will bow to large industrial houses.
As for CBI, ED turning corporates from hero to zero within days, it's easier said than done. I'm yet to see one corporate who went from hero to zero within ''days''.

In the present regime, it is officers in the PMO who makes laws and parliamentarians simply rubber stamp them. It is the PM who decides on laws to be rubber stamped. Also, the PM is a constitutional office under Article 74. So, this conversation should be allowed in Legally India just like conversations about promotions in law firms which technically have nothing to with the law.

Think of an opposition first. Let's discuss the probabilities thereafter. This is a redundant discussion if we do have a potential substitute. Within the bjp, mr. Yogi Adityanath is the only substitute.

Anyway, if Mr. Modi continues to wreck damage like he now does, he would manage to win, albeit with a less majority.

His intentions are noble and the nation needs a strong leader like him.

The fact that you still consider his intentions to be 'noble', him as a 'strong leader' despite his abysmal failures, and Ajay Bisht (a [...] based on each and every parameter) as fit for leading anybody, speaks a lot about your own mindset. Whether you have failed your education, or is it the other way around, is up for debate. If someone is trying to kill you, you seem to be the sort to think that you need to consider a credible substitute first to replace the killer before trying to fend him off.

5 Reasons Why Rahul Gandhi Cannot Take On Modi For PM - by Ramachandra Guha

https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/why-my-assessment-of-rahul-gandhi-remains-unchanged-2281181

Are you Rahul Gandhi. Only he thinks like this. Promoters of Indian companies are aware of their aukat. They are not so delusional as you are. You seem to exist in a world where agencies like CBI,ED do not exist. Even though, they (corporates) do not hold a lot of power these days as they did a few years back, the clout of Mr. Ambani is certainly more than other industrialist.

When people like Yogi who is undoubtedly the most popular face in the current ruling dispensation becomes the Prime minister, the influence of corporates will further wane. But it hard to argue against the fact that corporate lawyers are the biggest beneficiaries of the liberal pro capital economic policies of the present government. Abolishment of FIPB was such a bold step. Very few deals go the CCEA for approval today. So many sectors like the coal sector haVE been liberalised. IBC has led to so much work especially in the top 3 firms in the country who handle most of the largest cases. FDI limits being liberalised has led to so many deals and so many crores in the hands of transactional lawyers. The performance of the stock markets since May 2014 has been great benefiting capital market lawyers. Corporate lawyers should not complain against the present ruling dispensation. Making 100s of partners in the top 3 firms would not have been possible without Modiji. Remember this. Just look at the number of people who have become partners in top 3-4 firms. Indian firms will soon have most number of partners.

[...] naked display of greed and the desire to line your pockets at the expense of whatever happens to the rest of the country. [...] Kian, feel free to censor this or not publish this, but you knew this was coming when you allowed this conversation to continue. The number of deaths and misfortune that should be there on these people's conscience provided they had any, is stupendously huge. [...] Not even sheep led by the present wolves in power, these people are like hyenas to feed on the carcass of the country.

Fully agree. Even with his failures Modi will win as there is no viable opposition. At most he will get fewer seats, that's all. The Congress barely exists outside a few pockets and is headed by a spoilt brat with zero admin experience who goes on holidays every other month. Mamata is a dictator whose government has been involved in largescale corruption and violence. She has no acceptance outside Bengal. Kejriwal is honest and an IIT grad, but can't win seats outside Delhi. Naveen Patnaik is a good CM but not in good health, plus no pan-India reach. The other regional leaders are just a bunch of thieves and gangsters.

Just as law grads like Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, CR Das, Ambedkar etc led India's independence movement, we need a new party led by NLU grads who will lead India in the 21st century, away from dynastic, communal, casteist and extremist politics. IIT/IIM/AIIMS grads can also be invited.

I will be candid. I was under the idealistic notion that decent legal education actually makes someone an overall better person, more aware of their surroundings, the rights of people, and the right thing to do, even if they couldn't always do something about it. This thread has successfully cured that delusion on my part. Especially after everything that has happened during the pandemic, the lockdown, and the callous way in which this regime has treated human lives, both on the central level and in states like UP, every single person who still supports them is guilty of facilitating all those deaths, and does not really have any respect for human lives and humanity. They might reach influential positions and earn a lot of money in their lives, but they would never be worth [...]. I really wish I could be aware of their identities, not to persecute them for their opinion, but to ensure that I never ever come across them or deal with them in real life. With this kind of people frequenting the profession, it will also never get better or treat human beings with the respect and dignity that they deserve.

Vijayan?

Fraud No. 1.

You need to read more about him. Biggest scamster. He is a communal Communist.

Only reason he won is because of in fighting in Congress and the freebies he doled out at the cost of exchequer in last 1 year before elections.

There is hardly any development in Kerala. Roads are bad. Bridges fall. There is a scam for everything. Kerala survives because of the labour jobs in Middle East, medical and christian jobs all over India, and the few who managed to migrate out.

What economic growth? The economy has not improved any under this government, interest rate has tanked, new jobs are hardly being created, inflation is high, petrol, diesel, cooking gas prices are skyrocketing, the government is just increasing tax rate. Stop parroting the same drivel and wake up and smell the coffee.

Still has the highest literacy rate, one of the best public healthcare system, low COVID death rate, and so on. You focus on things that matter to you, I would focus on things that matter to me. Vijayan is not the greatest leader that we have ever had. He's miles ahead of almost everyone else currently functioning, and infinitely more competent than the fraud dancing on the construction site of the Central Vista. All that the ministers of this central government do is lie. One lie after another. They have officially said that whatever they promise before election is jumla, and they can't be held accountable to any of it, other than Kashmir and Ram Mandir of course.

"When all this is over, people will try to blame the Germans alone, and the Germans will try to blame the Nazis alone, and the Nazis will try to blame Hitler alone. They will make him bear the sins of the world. But it's not true. You suspected what was happening, and so did I." -

This thread is a classic illustration of the aforementioned point.

No matter how desperately we might want Congress to win election under a credible candidate like Mr Singh the truth remains the opposition just does not have a name that will resound with the population of India and convince them that yes this person can be our PM. Presenting a realistic view. It is like that article by Michael Moore in 2016 where even though he desperately wanted Hillary to win he had predicted that let us not fool ourselves Trump is winning. Similarly if the political atmosphere of last two national elections, the current results of recent state elections [Maharashtra (BJP was single largest), Bengal (BJP's seats grew by 2400% almost), Assam, Puducherry etc] are anything to go by there is no fooling ourselves that BJP is returning and mostly with Modi in the front. Don't forget he is way younger than Biden.

Where BJP is having full hold it's just a myth I will name most of the states not with them, and others which they got illegally, KERALA, TAMILNADU, ANDHRA, MAHARASHTRA, ODHISA, BENGAL, PUNJAB, RAJASTHAN, DELHI, KARNATAKA BY HOOK, MP BY TRADING, PONDICHERRY BY CHEATING, TELANGANA AND MANY WHCIH I don't know and none of the metros with them that is MUMBAI, DELHI, CHENNAI, AND KOLKATA. Still, all in the false world thinking they cant be overthrown first stop this false propaganda

Please lets not get ruled by morons. and please don't forget that we take a lot of pride in our country in having enormous potential to develop. It is shame that when it comes to finding PM candidate all we highlight is cow-dung. Let me count some leaders of potential:
1. Naveen Patnaik. (he has good record)
2. Arvind Kejriwal. (good record, trolled by BJP but loved by his own people)
3. Captain Amrinder Singh (Punjab CM, unpopular)
4. Bhupesh Bhagel (Chhattisgarh CM, unpopular)
5. Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala CM, unpopular)
6. Mamata Banerjee (WB CM, popular right now but unlikely, can't speak Hindi-major issue)

Only Naveen Patnaik is suitable for the candidature of PM of India .(Choosing from your list.)
Except him all other 5 are threat to this country.

To Naveen Patnaik to become PM, he has to lead all these parties(rotten sold) as an opponent to BJP. But he won't do that, as he will never value a PM chair more over the future of this country.

Although Modi has so much shortcomings, we Indians have no choice.

All of them are no use because of their hatred towards one community.issue with modi is he's very late in responding to an issue but he resolves it. And the the way congress is trying to shatter it's bhakts minds..modi isn't caring about false accusations on him which is a con for him so I feel his votes might decrease but might be elected in2024.

Please, at least take out Arvind Kejriwal's and Mamta Banarjee's name out of the equation. I believe Naveen Patnaik is a good candidate, but he isn't a mass leader as well still.

Coming to the two above, specially Mamta Banarjee, the one who can respect only one religion, i.e., the appeaser of the vote bank only, should never ever be a PM of the country.

The current PM displays exactly the same characteristic. And there is absolutely no evidence of the Bengal CM only catering the minorities. People from the majority religion who live in Bengal have got no problem with her on that score. Only the power hungry yet stupid BJP stooges make that an issue. This is not to say that she does not have many faults of her own. However, the current PM has destroyed the economy, made middle and lower middle class people's lives hell, created communal tensions all over the country, keeps backing down from China, helps his cronies get fatter at the expense of the public and takes decisions without absolutely any rhyme or reason like notebandi and lockdown. To top it all, he has an aversion towards any meaningful discussion and debate inside or outside the parliament and has successfully destroyed common people's faith in most supposedly neutral institutions. I have never seen a worse guy in power in my entire life.

Yeah right..mamara banerjee if you want a state with absolutely no development. She only fuels the goons, exploit the poor section and allows infringement of muslims from bangladesh for vote banks. In whole of west bengal she has had no proper planning for revenue generation of state instead placed so much street lights in kolkata unnecessarily that we are in deep trouble with electricity board, sole reason was her brother had the contract for placing street lights. Absolutely no company is based in kolkata. Infact many software companies left kolkata. So no employment in west bengal. In whole state of west bengal only kolkata is better to live, rest is pathetic. Mamta is least concerned about rest of bengal.

As someone staying in Bengal and not a supporter of the TMC government, most of what the so-called 'all-India' channels are showing to be happening in Bengal over the last two months is gross exaggeration, misleading and fake news, and looks to be a part of some hidden agenda and ulterior motives. Other than the deeply troubling COVID issue, the state is not undergoing any extraordinary or alarming situation at present.

Absolutely Yes. I am following all the garbage the bought media is selling. I am not at all her fan and have listed her at 6th. I do not find her an able administrator, but at the same time please stop believing all the BJP-sponsored media are selling about Mamata. Having also said that, I have found her policies uplifting the lower strata of the society in Bengal, esp. adivasis. She does not do divisive politics. Vis-a-vis Modi she has many positive qualities, which our countrymen do not know.

I respect your thought. It was supposed to be like that. Our democratic system is not perfect. We are not educated on what to vote for and what to not vote for. Everyone does not vote rationally by weighing on positive qualities a candidate bears. Election campaigning can make people dance at their tunes. I have seen people voting candidates when they are offered money and alcohol a day before. Therefore I believe not providing a PM projected candidate before the election is disadvantageous.

We do not need an ideal candidate. We need the best of what we have. Roads are bad everywhere. Bridges too fall. If Kerala did not develop by infrastructure they neither fell apart by getting polarised. As a candidate he has the CV needed. But does not have any popularity so far. Not even with his peer CMs i guess.

With the respect of all views on the Prime Ministerial Candidate, I would like to give some names who're consistently doing a great job and have a good record too except Narendra Modi. Because BJP cannot change their candidate till they are getting majority.

First of all, I would like to nominate
1. Mr. Nitin Gadkari from Bharatiya Janta Party, who is taking the best ministry award with the record development since Modi Government formed. He has no criminal and controversial records in past.

2. Mr. Naveen Patnaik from Biju Janta Dal (BJD), who is the longest and the most awarded Chief Minister of Odisha. His public policies and credible behavior makes him the best Prime Ministerial Candidate in opposition.

Additional info: Congress has no credible face after Ghulam Nabi Azad. Arvind Kejriwal still take time to experience the politics. The regional leaders like Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee or any other leaders can never be a candidate for Prime Ministerial position. So kindly don't abuse on the capability of your favorite leader. Thanks

Hope India will have a good leader to respect and developed the dream of 138 crore lovely citizens. Jai Hind.

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There is another name from BJP-
1. Nitin Gadkari who is having vision and clarity in his work and vision for India his ideology is different from Modi, Shaw, and Yogi. All three of them are anty to each other ideology. He is a very nice, humble, and genuine person, he had never tried to create a false image of the BJP party. so sach hota hai he always accepts.
2.Though BJP + RSS works together and their ideology is different can't say it will work for India in coming years the way the hater arguments, debate, and divide and rule policy is going within religion.

There is another name from Congress.
1. Deepender Singh Hooda == He is a very good orator, Having a sense of his ideology and practical knowledge of governance.
2. Sachin Pilot
3. Rahul Gandhi == He can be, however, he is not aggressive as it's a requirement of PM to be aggressive.

We need a person who is clear in his vision, a mission to make India a developed country, and ready to lead India with a Team of experts in their field from different areas who can give the right suggestions and the PM has to intelligent and educated to take decisions on polices. We don't want a dictator kind of person as a PM. The leader has to be very smart, calm, non-egostic,

Modi is the best suited as Prime Minister for 2024. The fact that OP has to group everyone who voted for BJP as Bhakts shows what is wrong with so called seculars today and why people reject them everytime. As a hindu, I am a proud bhakt. Hindu religion is all about Bhakti, Mokhsa and Karma.
#OnlyModi2024

Is that Modi is prematurely sending us all to attain Mokhsa via his abysmal decisions every day? Any person who has truly studied and understood Hinduism or any religion or Science for that matter would realise the utter failure that this government has been proven to be. If you haven't really understood that, quoting a few fancy words won't really get you any closer to either Karma or Dharma.