HOW BJP IS SIMILAR TO TEMPLE RUN?

 

Our political parties are insanely similar to games we play in our smart phones. Imagine Mamata Banerjee as an angry bird. She is always angry and shouting at the centre, no matter who is in power. And Communist party of India as balancing balls. They have agendas and interactive opposition but do not know where they fit in Indian Democracy. Then there is Congress and Candy Crush. Once in a while, every member of Gandhi family will get an invitation to become Prime Minister of India.

Let’s talk about the political party in power – BJP. There is a very famous game called Temple Run. BJP is very much alike to it.

In the beginning, you increase your coin value from 2X to 50X. Similarly, BJP increased its voting share from 7% in 8^Th Lok Sabha General Elections to 31% in 16^th lok Sabha General Elections. Just like you cannot increase your coin value in one run, BJP also stumbled its way to the top.

Now comes the power ups, one gets in the game. My most favourite is Coin Magnet. PM Modi has got this magnet whereby he has attracted the attention of the whole world. He has appeared on the cover page of Times magazine. And apparently everyone wants to invest in Shining India, China with 50 billion dollars and Japan with 35 billion dollars. The money is also pouring from MNCs also. Sometimes to attract attention of people of India, his government has even angered governments of neighbouring country like in case of Myanmar.

Along the run, there are certain Mega Coins which gives you extra coins for catching them. BJP also caught some of the Mega coins like Rajasthan, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Maharashtra. The most valuable are Haryana and J&K because BJP has spread its wings from almost zero presence to forming government in the states. Not to mention, but BJP also slipped past the Delhi Mega Coin!!

There is another speed boost power. This must be the favourite one for BJP. Modi’s oratory and marketing skills have been throwing headlines for news channels one after the other. This has been boosting the confidence of his party members time to time. Most famous ones are Sabka Hath, Sabka Vikas and Ab ki baar Modi Sarkar. And somehow he has some infatuation with abbreviations- NITI, B2B, KISAN, SETU, HIT, JAM etc. The numerous phrases and quotes themselves require a separate Wikipedia page.  

Next power is the invisibility cloak. All the Hindu fundamentalist parties have taken shelter under the cloak. They think they are immune to Law and Order. The examples are Dadri mob killing, Muzzafarpur riots, Kalburgi murder, Perumal Murugan’s withdrawl, inking Kulkarni’s face and most important issue of banning things. Ironically, the same group which gives economic and social reason for not killing cows are against ban of crackers on diwali because it is against the hindu tradition. How is environment less suited candidate for protection for economic and social reasons than cows? BJP leadership, seriously, not only needs to separate it from such groups but also take strict action against them uniformly and impartially.

 Once the character dies, he even has the power to resurrect infinitely if he has enough coins. BJP should remember that it is not a game they are playing and resurrection will only be possible if they are able to satisfy the millions of people who voted for them in the name of change and development.