Shah's hurricane tour
- Hueiyen Lanpao Editorial :: April 21 2015 -
The visit of a man of Amit Shah's stature to this backward and corruption ridden state is very momentous and people had attached much importance and expectations.
However, he came, saw practically nothing and left in a huff.
People were disappointed and disillusioned and his perfunctory appeal to the tribal voters to vote for the BJP candidates in the forthcoming ADC elections may fall on deaf ears.
The tribal voters in general and the powerful and influential chieftains in particular may feel offended by the insincere and casual manner of the appeal.
The silent animosity against the BJP accentuated by the recent announcement by Rajnath Singh to ban cow slaughter throughout the country will not be taken lightly although for tactical reasons a stilted silence is maintained now.
There was no specified corruption charge against the Congress Government and it is not known why Chaoba and a students' organisation who had recently made an issue of the Rs 224 crore LDA "scam" did not make him speak about it during the public meeting.
It is a climb down for Chaoba who vowed to incarcerate big shots in Manipur that Shah did not specify anything.
Though it is not known what had prompted Shah to come by road people were happy that he noticed where the shoe pinches.
But they were disappointed that Shah did not utter a word about the horrible condition of NH 2. The assurance of Chaoba to repair NH 37 was also forgotten.
Shah did not deign to hold a news conference to exchange ideas with presspersons and this is indicative of how the BJP national leaders look down the media in a remote state.
Perhaps Shah has no soft corner for us as much Modi does.
In short, the Imphal visit for a few hours was a disappointment for the people.
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