Opinion: “Serial Killer” Remark Makes It Clear Kejriwal Will Bait Modi
Arvind Kejriwal has come up with a new term to describe the demolition drives of the Modi government against opposition governments. The term is ‘serial killer’. While speaking in the special session of Delhi assembly, he said, “There is a new serial killer on the loose. Others form governments, but these people bring them down. They have trampled on democracy.” Taking potshots at the media, he had tweeted earlier in Hindi – “There is a serial killer. He committed six murders. Now, there is another murder attempt. Same pattern. But this time, he has failed. The victim is saying, I have seen him, it is the same killer. But the media is asking for proof.” It’s a terribly catchy phrase, one that the average person has no trouble understanding. This is Arvind Kejriwal- his brilliance lies in his communication skill. His style is simple. His articulation is bereft of complicated sentences. As a matter of rule, he never uses complex intellectual jargon.style is simple. His articulation is bereft of complicated sentences. As a matter of rule, he never uses complex intellectual jargon. After conquering Delhi and Punjab, he is focusing on Gujarat and he knows that since the BJP has been in charge for three of the last 26 years, if he has to succeed in Gujarat, he has to constantly engage with Modi. In Gujarat, there is no BJP. It’s only Modi. When Modi was appointed Chief Minister of the state, the BJP was in bad shape. Gujarat is considered to be the original laboratory of Hindutva, but also of ‘Moditva’. The Congress has failed to break the political hegemony of Moditva in Gujarat. The BJP under Modi has been consistently getting more than 48 per cent votes there . The Congress has failed to produce a single leader in the state who can take Modi head on. Rahul Gandhi has been viciously attacking Modi nationally, but he does not possess the communication skills needed to connect with the masses.there . The Congress has failed to produce a single leader in the state who can take Modi head on. Rahul Gandhi has been viciously attacking Modi nationally, but he does not possess the communication skills needed to connect with the masses. Kejriwal knows that it is the opportune moment to create space for his party in Gujarat, especially after the results of the municipal elections in 2021. No wonder, he attacks Modi upfront; the CBI inquiry against his party over Delhi’s liquor policy has made him more aggressive. During his speech in the Assembly yesterday, he said, “Yeh kisi ek admi ki satta ki havas ko pura karne ke like kiya ja raha hai (this is being done to satisfy one man’s lust for power). While ridiculing Modi’s assertion that he is fighting against corruption, he further says, “This is one man’s fight of selfishness.” He does not stop there. To buttress his earlier claim that the BJP was willing to spend 800 crores to buy 40 AAP MLAs, he says that so far, the BJP has bought 277 MLAs from other parties with more than 5,500 crores. Then he tells people that this money was tax payers’ money, public money. GST, he said, is being used to buy MLAs.
