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At a time, when the Narendra Modi-led NDA government is celebrating the first anniversary in office, political analyst-turned-politician, ousted Aam Aadmi Party leader, Yogendra Yadav on Monday termed Modi's Gujarat model of development to be 'against the Idea of India'
Yadav criticised Modi's economic model, "which talks of growth at any cost or corporate model and finally build social and cultural homogeneity or uniformity. This is also primarily a Gujarat model of development and against 'idea of India' enshrined in our Constitution," he said while speaking to media interaction organised by Gujarat Media Club.
"The soul of India and Idea of India is about democracy, development and diversity. Modi’s politics is against all these three," he said.
However, he also pulled up Nehru-Gandhi family for their 'dynastic' regimes, "But we cannot blame Modi alone. Before him, Gandhi family and Congress had destroyed the fabric of democracy and made it a dynastic rule.”
"Indira Gandhi ruled on the basis of majoritarianism. The uniqueness of Modi Model of politics is that he has combined all the three principles of having a strong leader, growth at any cost and uniformity in thought with no space for diversity,” he added.
Yadav termed his association with AAP as exciting experiment with myths about Indian polity being raised since rise of Modi on national level. He refrained from criticising AAP or analyse its 100-days in office stating that it was too short a time to analyse.
Yadav along with Prof Anand Kumar, national coordinator of Swaraj Abhiyaan, took out the mission to build an alternate polity in the country. “Individual and high-command culture of keeping individuals at a pedestal is deep rooted in our culture and society. In Swaraj Abhiyaan, we have taken a conscious decision not to use photographs of any leaders and nor raise any slogans in favour of any individuals. This is a vulgarity that somehow seeps in to the systems. We oppose this,” Yadav added.
The new outfit is also planning an agitation of farmers and shall take out a rally to Parliament during the next Parliamentary session.
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