Why did Rahul Gandhi say now… he/she will end reservation, did he/she adopt the seat belt strategy in the Lok Sabha elections out of fear of Modi

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who is on a US tour, while addressing the Indian community in Virginia, talked about the fairness of the Lok Sabha elections in India. he/she targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). he/she said- Our bank accounts were sealed three months before the elections. We were thinking what to do next… I said we will see and we went to the elections. Rahul said- A lot changed after the elections. Some people said that ‘now I am not afraid, the fear is gone’… It was interesting for me that all the fear that BJP and PM Modi had spread, all the pressure put by agencies on small businesses… all this disappeared. I saw the Prime Minister very closely in Parliament and I can tell you that Modi’s idea – 56 inch chest, direct contact with God, all this has now become history.
At the same time, Rahul talked about when reservation will end in Washington. There is a lot of controversy after these statements of his/her. Some are talking about filing a sedition case against him/her while some are calling him/her anti-reservation. Let us understand from experts what is fear politics, which leaders use in elections and was Rahul right to speak on reservation?

Why did Rahul Gandhi now say that he/she will end reservation?

Rahul Gandhi was addressing students at Washington’s prestigious Georgetown University. The students had asked Rahul how long reservation will continue. To this Rahul said, when there will be fairness in India (in terms of reservation), then we will think about ending reservation. Right now India is not a fair place for this.
Meanwhile, BSP supremo Mayawati, angry at the statement of ending reservation, has said that be cautious of this drama of Rahul Gandhi. Congress party will end reservation as soon as it comes to power. People must be cautious of this party which pretends to save the constitution and reservation. At the same time, senior BJP leader Hardeep Puri has said that Congress has been exposed on reservation due to this statement of Rahul. Assistant Professor Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Giri of Delhi University says that Rahul should not have given this statement at such a time when he/she himself has been cornering BJP on this issue. Now he/she has given a big issue to BJP and BSP, which can prove to be heavy in the coming elections.
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Modi had shown fear- he/she will give the property of Hindus to the intruders

According to Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Giri, Assistant Professor at Delhi University, during the Lok Sabha election campaign, in a rally in Banswara, Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had scared the people by saying that the Congress manifesto says that they will take account of the gold of mothers and sisters. Then they will distribute that property. They will distribute it among those about whom Manmohan Singh’s government had said that Muslims have the first right on the property. This means that they will accumulate wealth and distribute it among those who have more children. They will distribute it among the infiltrators (coming from countries like Bangladesh). Will the money earned by your hard work be given to the infiltrators?

Rahul had shown fear of ending reservation in elections!

Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Giri, Assistant Professor at Delhi University, says that during the Lok Sabha elections, Rahul had cited the BJP’s slogan of 400 and created fear among the people that the BJP is giving the slogan of crossing 400 because it wants to abolish reservation by amending the Constitution. This narrative of Rahul had such an impact during the Lok Sabha elections that the BJP, which was expecting a victory far beyond the majority in the Lok Sabha, suffered a major setback and it was reduced to 240 seats, 32 seats short of the majority.

Trump won the election by showing fear of insecurity and infiltration

Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Giri says that during the 2016 US presidential election, Donald Trump often used to express the fear in his/her campaign that no one is safe in today’s America. he/she used to say that if he/she comes to power, he/she will be strict on outsiders entering America. he/she will especially make his/her immigration policies strict. he/she was referring to the infiltration from Mexico, which he/she used to call drug dealers, arms dealers and even rapists. In this election too, Trump is talking about a strong America. he/she is calling Kamala Harris very weak and keeps saying that the country will not be safe in Kamala’s hands.

Politicians adopt seat belt strategy during elections

Dolores Albarracin, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois, USA, calls the strategy of winning elections by creating fear in the minds of common people during elections as the seat belt strategy. She says that a person’s perspective is equipped with the feelings of living a successful life and protection. he/she needs both of these. For example, when you sit in a car, you wear a seat belt for fear of getting injured or dying in an accident. She says that talking about any kind of risk or creating tension about it is very effective in changing the intentions and behavior of common people.

Fearful messages are more effective than clear messages

The journal Psychological Bulletin states that fear can be used to increase votes for a particular candidate or party. This is based on the fact that a basic human instinct is to seek security. A meta analysis conducted by psychologist Albarracín and his/her colleagues found that messages containing fear are almost twice as effective as messages without fear.
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Once the narrative is set, leaders instill fear in the general public

According to Christopher Federico, professor of political science and psychology at the University of Minnesota, USA, a big part of politics is getting people to think about things that have nothing to do with common issues. Leaders who use this strategy first have to show that they or their party are very serious about a specific issue. Once this narrative is set, they create fear in the general public about that issue. They tell that if the opposition party comes to power, it will be against them.

Fear is also used to reduce voter turnout

Professor Christopher says that fear is sometimes used during election campaigns to take votes away from political opponents. This strategy can include factual or misleading statements about the limitations of the opposing candidate. It can be claimed that the opposition’s electoral victory will lead to complete destruction. Leaders even resort to personal attacks while making statements. Sometimes fear is used to increase votes and sometimes it is also used to reduce voting percentage.

Leaders take advantage of the fear of uncertainty

According to the Journal of Anxiety Disorders, fear of the unknown (FOTU) can be a primal fear from the beginning. This means that fear dominates such people more when they have to face many kinds of uncertainties in life. Any fear is different for different people in different situations. Some people use it for defense while others use it to attack their opponents. Leaders take advantage of this uncertainty of the common people.
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Recently questions were also raised on lateral entry

Recently, Rahul Gandhi had called recruitment through ‘lateral entry’ an ‘anti-national step’. he/she had alleged that such recruitments are openly taking away the reservation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attacking the Constitution by recruiting public servants through RSS instead of UPSC. Rahul said- I have always said that the underprivileged are not represented in all the top positions of the country including top bureaucrats. Instead of improving it, they are being further distanced from top positions through ‘lateral entry’. This is a robbery of the rights of talented youth preparing for UPSC and an attack on the concept of social justice including reservation for the underprivileged.

Modi also targeted the Sangh in this way

Rahul said about the Sangh, RSS says that some states are inferior to others. Some languages ​​are inferior to others, some religions are inferior to other religions and some communities are inferior to other communities. All states have their own history and tradition…RSS’s ideology is that Tamil, Marathi, Bengali, Manipuri…these are inferior languages…this is what the fight is about…these people (RSS) do not understand India. he/she said, BJP does not understand that this country belongs to everyone. India is a union. It is clearly written in the Constitution…India is a union of states…they say that this is not a union, it is something different.