All eyes on Rewari rally
On his agenda would be bringing back Yeddyurappa and projecting his governance model
Modi’s first rally after his anointment will be at Rewari, Haryana, on September 15 and he is likely to hard sell his governance model while pitting it against Cong’s
NEW DELHI:
Narendra Modi, who was declared BJP’s prime minister candidate on Friday for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls has several priorities and many plans up his sleeve to galvanise the party machinery behind him.
On his political agenda, Modi will work to bring back rebel leader BS Yeddyurappa into the fold to scale up prospects in Kar nataka. Modi is also likely to persuade TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu to join the BJP-led anti-Congress front.
Modi’s first public appearance — after his anointment — is at Rewari in Haryana on September 15 when he addresses a rally of ex-servicemen in the company of former army chief VK Singh.
As outlined by him in his nomination acceptance speech on Friday, Modi is set to highlight once again the issues of corruption and lack of governance under the UPA’s rule, rake up case of sleaze involving defence deals.
But ultimately, Modi’s close aides say, he will hard sell his ideas of governance. The BJP’s plan for reviving the Indian economy will get his attention and be unwrapped soon. He wants a strong imprint of his call for “minimum government and maximum governance,” said a key aide.
True, Modi is out to project a governance model on the basis of his state government’s success in administration, said BJP officials. But as part of branding of his name as an able administrator, he won’t limit himself to going around the country, talking about his Gujarat story.
He will come up with ideas born out of his state’s experiment but can be replicated anywhere, his aides said.
Last December, when he won the mandate for a third time, his government’s general administration department (GAD) came out with a compendium of “best practices” in Gujarat that are innovative and can be adopted in rest of India.
The document lists Modi’s steps in six areas — efficient delivery of services, employment, empowerment, equity and predictability, justice, transparency and accountability.
Modi wants to highlight through his campaign that good governance does not occur by chance and must be nourished explicitly and consciously by the state. Listing the best practices in Gujarat, his government’s document outlines in detail the steps taken by Modi in administration, job creation, primary education, health, etc.