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| 'He's Captain Modi' |
| 'He's Captain Modi': Irrespective Of Uttar Pradesh Election Result, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Is Still Most Popular Leader
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| INDIA
, 28-February-2017
20:19:20 PM |
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UP elections 2017: PM Modi seems to have the popular support despite criticism over his notes ban move.
Lucknow: Gopal Dada, the village barber, is lying on a charpai, lulled horizontal by forces other than the overpowering sun. "I voted for the BJP and Modi. Not Hema Malini," he says about the actor-politician who represents the area in parliament. An obligatory effort at trying to stand up is quickly shelved. "This time around, it will not be BJP. The Jats, they are angry."
Panigram is a short walk from the swish Yamuna expressway. A young man says the Yamuna runs so close that the village is regularly flooded. Hence the name. The holy town of Vrindavan is barely 4 km away, but more than one resident says its selling point is that "poore saat biradari yahaan rehte hain (seven castes live here)."
It is, however, the Jats, largely farmers, who dominate. And many among them say Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sudden note-bandi was a flat-out curse. "Tell me who waited in line at banks. Did it make any difference to the badey-peth seths (the pot-bellied rich)?" asks a man in an impromptu mid-day gathering. "In 2014, there was a Modi wave. We also thought we will give him a chance. But look now. Are there jobs? Our young men are sitting here, hopeless. Farmers have nothing left."
Panigram is not a basic village. There are fancy houses with satellite dishes perched on top; below, slush runs through the streets. Wi-Fi networks keep popping up on your phone
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