Voter as Villain: The Unbearable Odium of The Ecosystem’s ‘Cowbelt’ Slander

[Spartan]

So it has begun. The BJP’s fantastic showing in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, it’s growth in both Telangana and Mizoram has triggered a sore Congress and “liberal” pretenders in its ecosystem to heap scorn on the unsuspecting voter.

A close Rahul Gandhi aide and prominent Congress party member lit the spark by dog whistling against North Indian voters. His tweet implied that Southern voters were more sophisticated than their allegedly boorish northern counterparts.

As if on cue the “ecosystem” chimed in.

Here’s a sample: “I know correlation isn’t causality, but the states that have lower literacy, lower female literacy, lower female labour force participation, higher use of Hindi, higher population, higher fertility and lower tolerance of meat-eating, seem to prefer voting for BJP.” This bilge that masquerades as analysis oozed out of an author and journalist with a magazine with a known anti-Modi slant.

Another cantankerous inverted pyramid of journalistic piffle who is accused of accepting Chinese patronage was not far behind in expressing his contempt for “Cow-belt’s Hindutva drunk voters”.

These are of course just two examples among hundreds of obnoxious labels heaped on “North Indians” over the last two days.

Sadly this isn’t the first time that Hindi-belt voters have been villainised for voting the BJP.

A few months ago, senior Congress leader and trusted Gandhi acolyte Randeep Singh Surjewala broke a cardinal rule of democratic politics: never attack the voter.

Randeep Singh Surjewala, bless him, did just this when he had a go at BJP voters for backing the Modi led NDA over these last 9 years.

“The people of BJP and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP)”, he said dismissively, “are ‘raakshas’ and those who vote for the party and support them are ‘raakshas’ too.”

That the Congress and its allies have allowed this tirade free reign is a serious omission. The hateful slander directed at voters exposes a disturbing undemocratic impulse.

Is the Opposition that pitches itself as the “alternative” happy to renounce the maxim: that once elected, governance is about serving “all of the people, all of the time.”?

Rather than insulting the BJP voter with offensive appelations like “Raakshas”, “chotiwalah Raakshas”, “andh-bhakt”, “Sanghi” and even the particularly odious “Musanghi” elements in the Opposition, especially, India’s grand old party, could objectively ask themselves why voters across class and caste segments have gravitated towards the BJP in increasing numbers in 2019.

If they do an honest audit, they might yet chance upon a telling reason (and by no means the only one). In a span of just 5 years the BJP managed to directly reach crores of marginalised Indians (irrespective of region, caste or creed) by announcing targeted welfare schemes using digital technology cutting out the middleman.

In 2013-2014, under the UPA nearly 11 crore beneficiaries received Rs 7,367 crores directly into their bank accounts under 28 schemes. In sharp contrast, by 2018-2019 under the NDA nearly 76.3 crores beneficiaries received more than 2 lack crores in their bank accounts and over 1 lakh crore in kind under 434 schemes.

These ‘labaarthees’ aren’t hanging onto the BJP only because they have been mainlined, as the Opposition says, the “opium of hate” but because increasingly their basic needs are being met like never before.

 

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@Mancode  @ZoomNaidu @pakeer_saab

 @JackSeal  @bhaigan

 

[venkappa]

28 minutes ago, Spartan said:

So it has begun. The BJP’s fantastic showing in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, it’s growth in both Telangana and Mizoram has triggered a sore Congress and “liberal” pretenders in its ecosystem to heap scorn on the unsuspecting voter.

A close Rahul Gandhi aide and prominent Congress party member lit the spark by dog whistling against North Indian voters. His tweet implied that Southern voters were more sophisticated than their allegedly boorish northern counterparts.

As if on cue the “ecosystem” chimed in.

Here’s a sample: “I know correlation isn’t causality, but the states that have lower literacy, lower female literacy, lower female labour force participation, higher use of Hindi, higher population, higher fertility and lower tolerance of meat-eating, seem to prefer voting for BJP.” This bilge that masquerades as analysis oozed out of an author and journalist with a magazine with a known anti-Modi slant.

Another cantankerous inverted pyramid of journalistic piffle who is accused of accepting Chinese patronage was not far behind in expressing his contempt for “Cow-belt’s Hindutva drunk voters”.

These are of course just two examples among hundreds of obnoxious labels heaped on “North Indians” over the last two days.

Sadly this isn’t the first time that Hindi-belt voters have been villainised for voting the BJP.

A few months ago, senior Congress leader and trusted Gandhi acolyte Randeep Singh Surjewala broke a cardinal rule of democratic politics: never attack the voter.

Randeep Singh Surjewala, bless him, did just this when he had a go at BJP voters for backing the Modi led NDA over these last 9 years.

“The people of BJP and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP)”, he said dismissively, “are ‘raakshas’ and those who vote for the party and support them are ‘raakshas’ too.”

That the Congress and its allies have allowed this tirade free reign is a serious omission. The hateful slander directed at voters exposes a disturbing undemocratic impulse.

Is the Opposition that pitches itself as the “alternative” happy to renounce the maxim: that once elected, governance is about serving “all of the people, all of the time.”?

Rather than insulting the BJP voter with offensive appelations like “Raakshas”, “chotiwalah Raakshas”, “andh-bhakt”, “Sanghi” and even the particularly odious “Musanghi” elements in the Opposition, especially, India’s grand old party, could objectively ask themselves why voters across class and caste segments have gravitated towards the BJP in increasing numbers in 2019.

If they do an honest audit, they might yet chance upon a telling reason (and by no means the only one). In a span of just 5 years the BJP managed to directly reach crores of marginalised Indians (irrespective of region, caste or creed) by announcing targeted welfare schemes using digital technology cutting out the middleman.

In 2013-2014, under the UPA nearly 11 crore beneficiaries received Rs 7,367 crores directly into their bank accounts under 28 schemes. In sharp contrast, by 2018-2019 under the NDA nearly 76.3 crores beneficiaries received more than 2 lack crores in their bank accounts and over 1 lakh crore in kind under 434 schemes.

These ‘labaarthees’ aren’t hanging onto the BJP only because they have been mainlined, as the Opposition says, the “opium of hate” but because increasingly their basic needs are being met like never before.

 

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@Mancode  @ZoomNaidu @pakeer_saab

 @JackSeal  @bhaigan

 

All parties have cursed voters when they lost. BJP and their bhakthulu would call you anti-nationals, Dawood ISI jihadis, urban Naxals, cryptos, and other slurs if they lose the election. 

Regional parties are no better. Look at BRS land brokers cursing rural population as beggars for voting Congress freebies. AP just devolves into caste hatemongering. 

[Spartan]

21 minutes ago, venkappa said:

All parties have cursed voters when they lost. BJP and their bhakthulu would call you anti-nationals, Dawood ISI jihadis, urban Naxals, cryptos, and other slurs if they lose the election. 

Regional parties are no better. Look at BRS land brokers cursing rural population as beggars for voting Congress freebies. AP just devolves into caste hatemongering. 

 

Correction: Not when they loose election,

This post is about Elections Ranting...you need to obey peoples mandate...not curse them for not voting for you....

[pakeer_saab]

6 hours ago, Spartan said:

So it has begun. The BJP’s fantastic showing in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, it’s growth in both Telangana and Mizoram has triggered a sore Congress and “liberal” pretenders in its ecosystem to heap scorn on the unsuspecting voter.

A close Rahul Gandhi aide and prominent Congress party member lit the spark by dog whistling against North Indian voters. His tweet implied that Southern voters were more sophisticated than their allegedly boorish northern counterparts.

As if on cue the “ecosystem” chimed in.

Here’s a sample: “I know correlation isn’t causality, but the states that have lower literacy, lower female literacy, lower female labour force participation, higher use of Hindi, higher population, higher fertility and lower tolerance of meat-eating, seem to prefer voting for BJP.” This bilge that masquerades as analysis oozed out of an author and journalist with a magazine with a known anti-Modi slant.

Another cantankerous inverted pyramid of journalistic piffle who is accused of accepting Chinese patronage was not far behind in expressing his contempt for “Cow-belt’s Hindutva drunk voters”.

These are of course just two examples among hundreds of obnoxious labels heaped on “North Indians” over the last two days.

Sadly this isn’t the first time that Hindi-belt voters have been villainised for voting the BJP.

A few months ago, senior Congress leader and trusted Gandhi acolyte Randeep Singh Surjewala broke a cardinal rule of democratic politics: never attack the voter.

Randeep Singh Surjewala, bless him, did just this when he had a go at BJP voters for backing the Modi led NDA over these last 9 years.

“The people of BJP and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP)”, he said dismissively, “are ‘raakshas’ and those who vote for the party and support them are ‘raakshas’ too.”

That the Congress and its allies have allowed this tirade free reign is a serious omission. The hateful slander directed at voters exposes a disturbing undemocratic impulse.

Is the Opposition that pitches itself as the “alternative” happy to renounce the maxim: that once elected, governance is about serving “all of the people, all of the time.”?

Rather than insulting the BJP voter with offensive appelations like “Raakshas”, “chotiwalah Raakshas”, “andh-bhakt”, “Sanghi” and even the particularly odious “Musanghi” elements in the Opposition, especially, India’s grand old party, could objectively ask themselves why voters across class and caste segments have gravitated towards the BJP in increasing numbers in 2019.

If they do an honest audit, they might yet chance upon a telling reason (and by no means the only one). In a span of just 5 years the BJP managed to directly reach crores of marginalised Indians (irrespective of region, caste or creed) by announcing targeted welfare schemes using digital technology cutting out the middleman.

In 2013-2014, under the UPA nearly 11 crore beneficiaries received Rs 7,367 crores directly into their bank accounts under 28 schemes. In sharp contrast, by 2018-2019 under the NDA nearly 76.3 crores beneficiaries received more than 2 lack crores in their bank accounts and over 1 lakh crore in kind under 434 schemes.

These ‘labaarthees’ aren’t hanging onto the BJP only because they have been mainlined, as the Opposition says, the “opium of hate” but because increasingly their basic needs are being met like never before.

 

===========

@Mancode  @ZoomNaidu @pakeer_saab

 @JackSeal  @bhaigan

 

Looks like congress jokers after losing elections that were ran with extreme fake and pathetic agenda, now retorting to North vs South and EVM

these jokers have no shames even after losing so many elections, i think congress will lose the leftover states in no time

Centre lo they can forget atleast till 2032 now

Congress is merely a meme party now ran by 2 comedians.

[bhaigan]

6 hours ago, Spartan said:

So it has begun. The BJP’s fantastic showing in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, it’s growth in both Telangana and Mizoram has triggered a sore Congress and “liberal” pretenders in its ecosystem to heap scorn on the unsuspecting voter.

A close Rahul Gandhi aide and prominent Congress party member lit the spark by dog whistling against North Indian voters. His tweet implied that Southern voters were more sophisticated than their allegedly boorish northern counterparts.

As if on cue the “ecosystem” chimed in.

Here’s a sample: “I know correlation isn’t causality, but the states that have lower literacy, lower female literacy, lower female labour force participation, higher use of Hindi, higher population, higher fertility and lower tolerance of meat-eating, seem to prefer voting for BJP.” This bilge that masquerades as analysis oozed out of an author and journalist with a magazine with a known anti-Modi slant.

Another cantankerous inverted pyramid of journalistic piffle who is accused of accepting Chinese patronage was not far behind in expressing his contempt for “Cow-belt’s Hindutva drunk voters”.

These are of course just two examples among hundreds of obnoxious labels heaped on “North Indians” over the last two days.

Sadly this isn’t the first time that Hindi-belt voters have been villainised for voting the BJP.

A few months ago, senior Congress leader and trusted Gandhi acolyte Randeep Singh Surjewala broke a cardinal rule of democratic politics: never attack the voter.

Randeep Singh Surjewala, bless him, did just this when he had a go at BJP voters for backing the Modi led NDA over these last 9 years.

“The people of BJP and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP)”, he said dismissively, “are ‘raakshas’ and those who vote for the party and support them are ‘raakshas’ too.”

That the Congress and its allies have allowed this tirade free reign is a serious omission. The hateful slander directed at voters exposes a disturbing undemocratic impulse.

Is the Opposition that pitches itself as the “alternative” happy to renounce the maxim: that once elected, governance is about serving “all of the people, all of the time.”?

Rather than insulting the BJP voter with offensive appelations like “Raakshas”, “chotiwalah Raakshas”, “andh-bhakt”, “Sanghi” and even the particularly odious “Musanghi” elements in the Opposition, especially, India’s grand old party, could objectively ask themselves why voters across class and caste segments have gravitated towards the BJP in increasing numbers in 2019.

If they do an honest audit, they might yet chance upon a telling reason (and by no means the only one). In a span of just 5 years the BJP managed to directly reach crores of marginalised Indians (irrespective of region, caste or creed) by announcing targeted welfare schemes using digital technology cutting out the middleman.

In 2013-2014, under the UPA nearly 11 crore beneficiaries received Rs 7,367 crores directly into their bank accounts under 28 schemes. In sharp contrast, by 2018-2019 under the NDA nearly 76.3 crores beneficiaries received more than 2 lack crores in their bank accounts and over 1 lakh crore in kind under 434 schemes.

These ‘labaarthees’ aren’t hanging onto the BJP only because they have been mainlined, as the Opposition says, the “opium of hate” but because increasingly their basic needs are being met like never before.

 

===========

@Mancode  @ZoomNaidu @pakeer_saab

 @JackSeal  @bhaigan

 

somebody should break that cow belt

[futureofandhra]

6 hours ago, Spartan said:

 

Correction: Not when they loose election,

This post is about Elections Ranting...you need to obey peoples mandate...not curse them for not voting for you....

congi will never realize on why they r loosing

so many congi leaders left still they did not change

sickularism tho more n more weak they will be

[bhaigan]

Just now, futureofandhra said:

congi will never realize on why they r loosing

so many congi leaders left still they did not change

sickularism tho more n more weak they will be

nee lanti sanghi galla ki anni sickular laga ne untayi

[bhaigan]

6 hours ago, Spartan said:

 

Correction: Not when they loose election,

This post is about Elections Ranting...you need to obey peoples mandate...not curse them for not voting for you....

what mandate em chesindi BJP aa cow belt lo except matha rajakeeyalu ?

infrastructure and more than half of income south nunche generate avuthu untadi

[futureofandhra]

2 minutes ago, bhaigan said:

nee lanti sanghi galla ki anni sickular laga ne untayi

ilagey anandi 2029 ki complete wipeout

[Spartan]

3 minutes ago, bhaigan said:

what mandate em chesindi BJP aa cow belt lo except matha rajakeeyalu ?

infrastructure and more than half of income south nunche generate avuthu untadi

you have the answer....

kaadu anukunte.... ...hope rest of the Congress Leaders are in same opinion forever.

[venkappa]

1 hour ago, pakeer_saab said:

Looks like congress jokers after losing elections that were ran with extreme fake and pathetic agenda, now retorting to North vs South and EVM

these jokers have no shames even after losing so many elections, i think congress will lose the leftover states in no time

Centre lo they can forget atleast till 2032 now

Congress is merely a meme party now ran by 2 comedians.

Congress has limited state leaders. Even Indiramma, Rajeev, and Sonia auntie relied on strong state leaders to win the national election. These state leaders could clean sweep a state and get those required seats for a majority.

AP had so many pedda nayakulu to choose from, most famous is mana Razanna. I think Chenna Reddy was another.

Punjab had Amarinder. Kerala had some leader who I forgot his name.

[anna_gari_maata]

1 hour ago, bhaigan said:

somebody should break that cow belt

Keep calling them cow belt and they will keep voting all the time. How about some respect ? Did they call TG, mandu belt or Andhra upper-caste belt? 

[anna_gari_maata]

39 minutes ago, Spartan said:

you have the answer....

kaadu anukunte.... ...hope rest of the Congress Leaders are in same opinion forever.

North India will show South the same lesson that Tg people showed KCR. Arrogance will be repaid in dividends

[dasari4kntr]

 

[dasari4kntr]

so libarandu, sickular …etc ok..?