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.

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.

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.

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.

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....

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.

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 ...

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.

But Naveen Patnaik may not agree to lead the opposition( if congress is included). If he does so forget about central government, his party will loose in his own state Odisha. People are not going to like congress so soon(2024).

In 2029 (if the bjp govt. continues its blunders after winning 2024), congress may project the likes of Shashi Tharoor (no Rahul Gandhi) or Priyanka, then there is some chance.

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.

A good pm of India would be the own who reaches to each and every person of India by his work making India an affordable place to live the per capta income should good enough to satisfy his family needs and there should be study growth in the economy & more hospital school college should be built and that should be equal to private sector more jobs should be created & also manage population and pollution... And inflation should be controlled

'Bro', in order to find development, you need to venture out of your South Delhi bungalow every once in a while. The public schools in Delhi have been transformed in the past 4 years. I know people who actually study there. And despite all the efforts by MoShah to hijack the Delhi government. As for your paeans of BJP, please categorise what all-India development you are talking about. Including expenses on infra. Plenty of corruption charges are there, ranging from Rafale to the PM Cares fund, but with the government in power having turned all the agencies into its puppets, who is going to investigate it exactly? You? Vote for BJP if you want to, nobody can stop you from doing that. But please spare us the charade that you are doing it from 'development' or the 'economy'.

Bro I am delhite and will never vote for kejriwal , no development work what so ever no new school or hospitals not did he worked on any kind of road infrastructure , just advertising him self

And I guess when u r claiming to be of open mind u should not over look tremendous work of bjp all across india no corruption charges no incompetence of any kind

The party in power is doing everything that you accused the opposition of, lol! But you've got the blinker of bhakti on your eyes, so it is useless to expect you to acknowledge that.
1. You don't get to decide who's an illegal immigrant after having gone begging to those same people for votes before election.
2. It is under this government that the security of this country has been compromised beyond doubt and relationship with all the neighbours soured. Chinese are still occupying our territory and left the Supreme Leader mewling every time he's asked to speak on that.
3. This party has been the prime demonstrator of khao aur mat khane do. Inequality is rising, along with loss of jobs and inflation. Adanis are getting richer, central vistas and statues are getting built, while farmers and migrant workers are dying, and taxes are at all time high.
4. This party has been in power for over a decade since independence, something which you conveniently ignore. What infra have they invested in other than statues, temples, and their own offices? Whatever infra worth speaking that this country has at present, has been created by others only.

Despite disastrous management of the economy and even more disastrous handling of Covid, where it was crystal clear that for Modi BJP becomes ordinary citizens, Modi continues to enjoy huge support of middle classes. There are three reasons for it: 1. Apathy of middle classes to the plight of poor, 2. Successful fear mongering about minorities, including aggressive Hindutva agenda and most important of all 3. Utter failure of congress ro replace Pappu.

Then perhaps you are mistaken. The Hindu Right adores Yogi but at the same time, the liberal right and everything left of centre despise him. Yogi being used as a Party Star Campaigner means nothing by the time he is not able to secure his position in his home state. Believe it or not, but Yogi's position inside UP BJP itself is shakey considering the caste complexity and the might of other regional leaders within BJP. The simple reason why he wasn't projected as a CM candidate in 2017 was his rift with other leaders and the displeasure he brings to non - Hindu Right voters.
The reason behind him being given the CM seat was twofold: A. He has a big dominance in Ghaghra Region i.e. Gorakhpur Area (From Maharajganj to Basti) B. If he delivers on the Efficient administrator plank then he would do in future what Modi did.
Unfortunately, he has failed on the administration plank. That's why he is now having to visit District by District to save his face. Mind You, no other leader, in any State, is doing this. So Project Yogi has failed for BJP and being an astute political party, BJP is not going to be blind and will take this into the account as they need Non - Hindu Right vote and if they continue to only project Yogi, they will definitely lose UP. So, in future, you will see Yogi's image getting milder provided he is able to deliver on the Administration plank. Cause if he is able to do that then the Non - Hindu Right vote is attracted and BJP gets the upper hand. And as I said, a Hindu Right vote is merely a maximum of 55 per cent of total hindu vote.

You are out of your mind if you think it is not the dream of the RSS to project Yogi as PM. In fact, the current no 2 in the RSS Hosabale and Yogi are close. There has been a concerted effort by the Sangh parivar to project Yogi. Even in the Bombay airport, Yogi has so many hoardings. Outside UP, there has so many advertisements projecting Yogi. Moreover, he is the only BJP leader apart from Nadda, Shah and Modi who campaigns everywhere throughout the length and breadth in every state from Himachal Pradesh to Kerala. You have to be blind to not see the obvious. If BJP wins, Yogi will be PM. For Yogi to be defeated , BJP has to lose. Yogi becoming PM is the ultimate ideological victory over Nehru's idea of India. It is a long cherished dream for the RSS and the BJP to project a hard core unabashed follower of Hindutva.

The same has been said earlier for Late Pyari Mohapatra. It was said that he is the Super CM and Naveen Babu won't be able to run the state without him. Cut to present, he did it without him for 10 years. The lesson from it is plain and simple. Naveen Patnaik does allow the IAS and OAS officers to run the State but at his mercy. The IAS Officer and OAS Officers are merely operating but the ultimate director is always Naveen Patnaik. The moment he finds the concerned person a threat, he is cut loose and someone else is given the task and the story goes on.

The Hindu Vahini does not, ideologically, see an eye to eye with RSS on various issues. Yogi and his Hindu Vahini do provide a credible threat to RSS. If his popularity amidst the Hindu right-wing voter continues to rise, even then, he cannot be a PM candidate. Unlike Modi, who had the image of Economy Builder and Development Man, that made the Hindu Right Liberals vote for him instead of anyone else, Yogi cannot pull a single vote outside of the Hindu Right. In the cases of extreme polarisation too, a community does not fall for en-bloc voting with more than 55 percent. be it Hindu or Muslim. Hence, the maximum number of votes, Yogi can pull on his own, is 55 percent of Hindu Votes. That is his limit. Not an inch further he can go and considering the demographics, it will not be enough for him to secure the CM post leave aside the PM post

Considering the abysmal performance of Yogi in the Pandamic and the fact that in 2017 he was not the CM face, as BJP knew that his face as CM will not attract the mass vote BJP got, it is unlikely that he will be winning 2022. More likely or not, it would be Akhilesh Yadav or if BJP manages to attain a majority, which anyway will be slimmer and hence would require a bigger consensus builder as its leader, it won't be Yogi Adityanath as CM. Maybe you can see a wildcard entry of AK Sharma. There is a buzz of him getting a Deputy CM or cabinet role in the expected reshuffle. If that being the case and the anti incumbency against Yogi continues to rise, BJP might project him as the CM candidate.

Hello Sriv sweetie.

5 time MP makes it sound like 25 years. No doubt he won 5 LS elections and he was in the seat for 19 years. Fair enough. He can win
a LS seat. But what you forget (or may be omit) is that he was an MP from Gorakhpur. And I don't need to say much about Gorakhpur, do I?

For illustration purposes: see link - https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/gorakhpur-encephalitis-deaths-brd-medical-college-hospital-1029308-2017-08-12

Quoting from the article "According to official figures, around 25,000 children have died since 1978 due to the two types of encephalitis. And, these are only recorded deaths. Independent figures put the toll around 50,000 as many kids die without reaching hospital."

1978 to 2017 - 25k children died as per official records. That's a period of 39 years, out of which Yogi Adityanath was an MP for 19 years. His predecessor (also predecessor Mahant from the Goraknath mandir) was MP for Gorakhpur for a further 8-9 years (of these 39 years) and was a BJP/ Hindu mahasabha MP.

What does the above say about Yogi's administrative capabilities as an MP? Sure he can win a seat, but can be a good PM when his record as an MP was shocking. No.

Also, to your point, of him delivering 50+ seats, the elections were won on Supreme Leader's name. Weren't they? "Fir ek baar, modi sarkar"? Surely you're not letting Yogi steal Supreme Leader's credit?

Ignoring the change in goal posts for a while. Bhagel and Amarinder singh are not from a national party? Also, please FYI -
https://eci.gov.in/files/category/203-recognized-national-parties/

The problem with your choices is that they are all regional leaders and at national level they won’t get support to become PM. Let’s be realistic. United Third Front is not happening and congress supporting a Naveen Patnaik to be PM just doesn’t make sense. So if not BJP it has to congress. Question is does congress have or project a leader other than RaGa.

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Vote for Modi if you want all of these to worsen. We are already behind Bangladesh for the first time since independence, but of course you would think that is all Nehru's fault. And if you want your tax money to be used for building temples and luxurious offices for ministers instead of for hospitals, schools, and jobs.

Starting with himself. Two of the biggest problems with the current regime is that they do not pay heed to any expert advice, which is why most of the experts with any backbone eventually leave their side after some time. The other issue is the way that they have systemically politicised every single institution of governance, from the EC to the judiciary to the investigating agencies, thus demolishing the reliability of the latter completely. Even previous governments were not innocent of trying to do that, but these people have succeeded in their efforts and do it completely out in the open, thus affecting public perception of those agencies directly and adversely.
Of course, the religious angle and the fake hyper nationalism are also bad things, but purely as factors of governance, the first two are the most worrying of all.

Odisha is actually a very well governed state.But the state is actually fully run by VK Pandian who is a relatively young IAS officer.He runs everything and reports only to Mr.Patnaik.He was also the reason behind the exit of Jay Panda from BJD.This has been acknowledged by Mr.Panda himself.

So, Pakistanophobia is a recent phenomenon? It was developed in the last 7 years? So what was taught in the schools the secular parties built all 70 years?
Last time I checked, previous CM in Andhra claimed that the opposition is walking on the roads built by him and it didn't end quite well for him. And it goes for your secular parties building schools too.
That's the minimum you expect from a party. And yeah they forgot to build toilets in those schools and also give electricity.
I think kejriwal is a good candidate but only possible in third front.

I believe it is now the crucial and most important thing for Indian citizens to make a wise choice. Because it has come as such to them lately.

While, it is very important for the people to choose and find a required person.It will be also required to look for educated and experienced political leadership who is above more over religious animosity.

I think Indians have very less choices available for the position of PM but certainly there are many politicians as well as administrators who should given opportunities too, like Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Baijàyanth Panda, Nitin Gadkari.

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.

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

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,

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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

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.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

[...] 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.