Modi, a mistake - How Modi failed India

86 Pages·2019·3.38 MB·English

,
Modi
HOW
MODI
FAILED
INDIA
A. GOPANNA
M o d i , a m i s t a k e
How Modi failed India

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A. Gopanna is an author, journalist, full time Congress
activist and a staunch nationalist. He is currently
the Chairman of the Media Department, Tamil Nadu
Congress Committee.
In 2018, he wrote and published a book Jawaharlal
Nehru - An Illustrated Biography. The forewords for
this book were written by Former President Pranab
Mukherjee and Former Vice President Hamid Hasari.
The book fetched great reviews from eminent
personalities and print media. PUBLISHED BY
Surya Publications
In 2003, Gopanna authored and published a book
Kamaraj Bhavan
Kamaraj - An Era in Tamil. This publication was well
received and is currently in its 5th edition. His interest 573, Anna Road, Teynampet
in nationalism has spawned several other books in Chennai - 600006
the last three decades.
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CONTENTS
Look Ahead... 4
Rafale Scam 6
Modi Made Disaster 14
Where are the jobs? 20
Blow to Farmers 26
Gabbar Singh Tax 30
The ‘Insecure’ Nation 36
Bank Loot Scam 44
Burning Pockets 48
Licence to Kill 52
Rising Intolerance 56
Choking CBI 62
Undermining Democracy 66
Atrocities against Dalits 70
Whither Lokpal 72
Money Down the Drain 74
Flagship Farces, All 78
UPA achievements - 2004 - 2014 80
LOOK AHEAD....
ord Yama was having a bad
day at the heavenly gates
as Chitragupta had taken
French leave. Bereft of
earthly records of the souls arriving
at his counter, he decided not to
send anyone to heaven and go by
their marital status to assign each
of them places in purgatory or hell.
So every man who answered ‘Yes’
to the question ‘Were you married?’
went straight to purgatory and
those who said ‘No’ went to hell
as ‘he had not experienced it in
earth.’ Reading the thoughts of
Yama, a smart man declared that
he was married twice, hoping that
might open the gates of heaven.
Hearing him Yama, lost his cool and
screamed: ‘Off to the eternal inferno
in hell. You can never be pardoned
for repeating the same mistake.’
Yes, voting for Narendra Modi
once is pardonable. But if the
same mistake is repeated even the
heavens cannot save us. Yet the
sceptical, discerning voter would
like to know why exactly he should
not vote the way he did in 2014. For
some may argue that half a decade
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is a short period to really assess the seeks to just remind the discerning his own Cabinet. Did he not sign
performance of an individual in the voter of some major scams, a renewed deal with the French
business of running a country as big underlining the moments when the company, Dassault Aviation, for
as India. But the period since May nation was taken for a ride. procuring fighter planes for the
2014 threw up ample reasons to not Indian Air Force when the defence
Piercing the fabric of the
vote for Narendra Modi or the BJP minister was inaugurating a mobile
quintessential Indian society
once again when there was nothing fish stall in Goa? Did we not see
known for diversity in culture,
much to write home about any wealthy bank loan defaulters flying
arts, lifestyle and food habits with
achievement. In fact, the country away to safe heavens in foreign
its communal agenda, the BJP
saw the worst ever government countries when poor farmers, unable
government destroyed plurality
that showed an open contempt for to put up with the torture of petty
and pushed sections of Indian
the people who elected it to power bank officials, commit suicide? Has
citizens to the edge. Its policies
and went out of its way to help the not the gap between the haves and
and preferences gave a free run to
extraordinarily rich become richer have-nots yawned more and more
uncouth, unscrupulous elements,
and richer. during the last five years?
who took it upon themselves the
Not only that, crony capitalism, duty of deciding what others should How pathetic it was to watch
corruption, financial irregularity, do. Its respect for democratic norms ordinary people dying in queues that
undermining of established touched such a low that the Prime formed in front of banks and bank
institutions and fuelling of Minister has still not addressed a ATMs when all of a sudden the Prime
communal feelings were so single media conference. All that Minister came on television to tell
common during the five years that he does is to personally meet select them that their hard-earned cash
freedom, liberty and human rights media persons and speak to them was worthless. Stories are aplenty.
were trampled upon unabashedly. ‘off the record’ or answer pre- But in this book we just discuss a
Without going into the minute prepared questions sent to him in score of issues that will ensure that
details of various international advance. the Indian voter does not err, once
studies, reports and surveys again. Yes, even the Gods, in all their
Forget the media, how did the
that showed India going down divine munificence, will not forgive a
Prime Minister treat the Parliament?
the indices on happiness, press voter who repeats a mistake.
Or for that matter other institutions
freedom, personal liberties, ease of
like the Reserve Bank of India or A. GOPANNA
doing business and so on, this book
Author
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RAFALE SCAM
By meddling with Rafale deal to help his buddy Anil Ambani, Modi
undermined nation’s security and our public sector’s integrity
I want to speak to every single member of the Armed
Forces of this nation. This is about your future, you
defend us, you protect us, you fight for us, you die for
us and here it is absolutely clear that the Prime Minister
has stolen Rs. 30,000 crores of your money, by-passed
the process and given it to his friend Mr. Anil Ambani.
We have been saying that there should be a JPC, there
should be an enquiry.
Rahul Gandhi
Congress President
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T
he Rafale deal is the mother
of all scams. Not only has RAFALE IN NUMBERS
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s direct involvement been
established, the scam has caused
a slew of collateral damages: heavy 126 36
loss to exchequer, undermining of
a national institution like Hindustan
Aeronautical Limited, compromise 640 1660
on national security, and unfair
favouritism to Anil Ambani enabling
him to make undue profits. 20 60

THE VISIBLE MODI HAND
THOUSAND CRORE THOUSAND CRORE
• In the morning of April 10
2015, the day Modi signed HAL NONE
the agreement for 36 Rafale
fighter planes, the then French
President Francois Hollande
HAL ANIL AMBANI
spoke to a newspaper about
the ongoing negotiations with
India for the sale of 126 Rafale
SECURED COMPROMISED
aircraft and had no inkling about
the announcement that Modi
would suddenly make the same
afternoon. Anil Ambani flies sortie in
Rafale Fighter Jet at Aero
• Two days before Modi left
India 2017
for France, the then Foreign
Secretary, S. Jayshankar, on
April 8, said, ‘We do not mix
up leadership-level visits with
deep details of ongoing defence
contracts. That is on a different
track.’ So, even the Indian
government was not aware of
Modi’s plan to sign a new deal.
• The then Defence Minister,
Manohar Parrikar, who was in
Goa inaugurating a mobile fish
stall when Modi signed the deal
in France, later made it clear that
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Dassault Reliance factory site
the decision on the new Rafale
cost went up to about Rs 1,660 crore
agreement was that of the Prime
with the addition being avionics and
Minister’s alone and that even
radar equipment. Now even if you
he came to know of it from the
add those, does the cost increase by
Why did
National Security Adviser. Parrikar
3x?.
had reiterated his statement
the Prime subsequently. 126 TO 36 AIRCRAFTS
Minister go • This clearly establishes that the Modi claims the cost per aircraft is
deal was unilaterally decided cheaper than the one negotiated
for the Rafale by Modi completely rendering by UPA. If that is the case, then why
previously negotiated deal for 126 did Modi settle for only 36 aircraft
deal without aircraft and authority of Defence considering the dire need to add
Acquisition Council irrelevant. more aircraft to the fleet?
taking
40,000 CR LOSS TO HAL, THE LOSER
EXCHEQUER
others into
In March 2014, Dassault Aviation,
When the negotiations for 126 the makers of Rafale, signed
confidence?
aircraft was on, the cost of one a work-share agreement with
fighter was quoted between Rs 650 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
and 750 crore but after Modi signed (HAL) under which 70 per cent of
the agreement for 36 aircraft the the manufacturing would be done
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at HAL. HAL has a long association NO TRANSFER OF
with Dassault and would have been
TECHNOLOGY
the natural choice for offset partner.
Why
But now it has lost out to a new UPA proposal had Transfer of
private company that has absolutely Technology when HAL was to
was Anil
zero experience in making anything, assemble 108 aircraft. In the NDA
leave alone a fighter aircraft. deal there is simply no transfer of
Ambani’s
technology robbing the country
RELIANCE, THE WINNER
of valuable technology know-
fledgling
how. The present government,
Three days after Dassault’s CEO
which boasted Make in India,
spoke glowingly of HAL in the company
has snatched away a state-
presence of Indian Ambassador
owned defence-manufacturing
to France, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani chosen
company’s chance at perhaps the
Group formed Reliance Defence
biggest manufacturing deal in its
Limited. over HAL?
history, to replace it with an order
The Indian government had that eventually favours a private
suggested the name of Reliance corporation.
Defence Limited to be the
offset partner of Dassault in the
manufacturing of 36 Rafale aircraft.
This was unequivocally spelt out
by Francois Hollande, who was the
French President in 2015. He said in
September 2018 that Dassault did
not have any other choice but to
accept the name of Reliance Defence
Limited to conclude the deal.
Reliance Defence Limited was
awarded the contract worth Rs
30,000 crore, depriving HAL of
the business, though it had no
experience in manufacturing
aircraft. The loser had 40 years of
experience in the business and the
winner was just 12-days old. This is
crony capitalism at its best. Reliance
was also awarded an additional
Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation Eric Trappier (left), French Defence
life-cycle cost contract of Rs 1,00,000
Minister Florence Parly (right) and Chairman of Reliance Group Anil Ambani in
crore. Thus it had pocketed a
Nagpur on October 27, 2017, where they participated in the foundation stone
contract for Rs 1,30,000 crore, thanks
laying ceremony of Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited
to Modi.
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