I wrote an article calling the newly formed Cockroach Janta Party ( hereinafter referred to as the CJP ) a joke, a bubble which will soon burst and evaporate, a comet which will illuminate the sky for some time, and then disappear.
https://indicanews.com/the-cockroach-janta-party-is-a-joke
But there is another aspect to it, which I had inadvertantly not mentioned.
Though a joke, it also has an extremely important significance, as explained below.
For quite some time some people, and a section of the Indian media, have been painting a rosy picture of India, saying that the Indian GDP is growing, that India has the fastest growing economy in the world, which will soon surpass Japan and come upto the level of Germany, that India is set to become the third largest economy in the world, etc etc.
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?NoteId=155121&ModuleId=3
I have often written that all this is false. India has massive poverty, massive unemployment ( which is increasing ), appalling level of child malnutrition ( every second child in India is malnourished, according to Global Hunger Index, and the position has got worse in recent years ), almost total lack of proper healthcare and good education for the masses, skyrocketing prices of essential commodities, etc.
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-in-india
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-the-truth-behind-indias-explosive-gdp-growth
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-there-are-two-indias-in-india
https://liberation.org.in/detail/indian-economy-tall-growth-claims-vs-ground-reality-
Which of the two narratives mentioned above presents the correct picture ?
The CJP has answered : it is the second one. The over 20 million followers it has acquired in a few days indicates the frustration and anger of Indians, particularly of the Indian youth, facing unemployment and a bleak future, and the plight of all Indians, facing skyrocketing prices of essential commodities, rising cost of living, and other huge socio-economic problems.
The CJP is like the boy in the story of Hans Christian Andersen who said ” The Emperor has no clothes ”. In a flash it has exposed the falsehood and mendacity of the first narrative mentioned above
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Clothes
The vast majority of Indians have, so to say, spoken with their feet. Whereas earlier there was some confusion whether the first or the second narrative mentioned above was correct, the huge response which the CJP has received makes the position now clear : it is the second one.
No wonder many in the ruling party in India have got scared and spooked ( though the CJP poses no imminent danger to its rule ), and got the X account of the CJP blocked. The Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued the block under Section 69A of the IT Act. This came after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) flagged the account, citing national security concerns and claims that it was posting inflammatory content targeting the sovereignty and integrity of India.
But how is it a national security concern, and how it targets the sovereignty and integrity of India, passes all understanding.
Blocking the X account of the CJP is behaving like King Canute, who told the waves to go away
Unfortunately for King Canute, the waves kept rising, and ultimately carried him away.
India’s rulers may be having sleepless nights thinking the same may happen to them.
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