Why Shourie Is Attacking Modi, Any Guesses?

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By God's grace I have been somehow associated with Arun Shourie, the biggest name in Indian journalism who made several exposes which stunned the nation and shook the governments of the day ...

How was I associated ....?

Arun Sinha, who exposed the Bhagalpur blindings, was my editor at Goa-based No. 1 daily "The Navind Times" .... Sinha was the young journalist, who was encouraged by Shourie to fearlessly expose the blindings ...

Proud I was, and even now I boast about having worked with Shourie's shagird (disciple) ....

True, and still I believe in Piloo Mody's remarks ... he said India would have been better if it had ten Arun Shouries instead of one ...

Yes I still believe him to be so, but as a journalist, not as a politician ...

I also believe in ex-US Prez Ronald Reagan's famous quote, "It has been said politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first" ... he was comparing politics with prostitution ...

Politicians flip loyalties as do the world's oldest professionals ... and that's exactly Shourie has done as a politician ...

Let us browse through the wavering loyalities of Shourie and for what? ...

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In April 2009, Shourie was one of the first BJP leaders to publicly pitch for Modi as PM, even as Advani's name was making rounds ...

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In August 2013, Shourie upped the ante on Modi’s candidature one month before BJP officially declared him as PM candidate.

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On May 24, 2014, Shourie’s name as FM is making noise in media ...

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On May 26, 2014, Shourie is missing from cabinet as well as swearing in ceremony of Modi ...

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In Nov 2014, Shourie's name is missing again from cabinet expansion announcement ...

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In Dec 2014, for the first time Shourie turns slightly critical of Modi and his govt ... replying to a query he said, "Nobody offers me (a role in govt), what to do?"

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In May 2015, Shourie flays PM Modi for poor handling of the Indian economy ... says he behaves like a CM ... the economic policy is directionless ...

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In Oct 2015, Shourie called Modi the weakest PM ever ...

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This month, Shourie calls Modi as Machiavellian Narcissist, posing great danger to civil liberties and dissent

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Neverthless, I am sure Modi and his team, would not ignore his comments, which some of them may deserve scrutiny ...

In the same breath, Shourie should also realise whatever he is, it is because of BJP ... because of BJP he has held important positions in previous NDA govt despite having no political base ...

Shourie should also fast realise, instead of giving some bytes to the most communally-surcharged Hindu-baiter Karan Thapar, it will be better for him to don the mantle of a full-time journalist again and go ballistic ...

Surely, journalism is the most noblest professions in the world than the second oldest, which bears a striking resemblance to the first (prostitution) ... ha ha ...

Photo of Arun Sinha, Editor, The Navhind Times