This projected as the early step towards implementing the uniform civil code. It generated misgivings that the registration for citizenship would thus be used to reduce the status to the Muslims. It generated heat of suspicions to break out in protest tornadoes all over the country. May be the eventual objective was to deny the Muslims as a vote bank to political opponents and thus ensure perpetual rule by the BJP. It was obvious the Muslims stood in path of India becoming the Hindu Rashtra.

The home minister or his mentors remained oblivious to the essential and inescapable fall out of the move in the international comity or among modern Indians concerned more with their economic betterment prospects than over their religion. They apprehended the potential and probability of developed nations adopting the criterion of religion based preference in granting work visa to Indians in future. For last three years, most developed nations have gradually reduced number of work visa to Indians. The sharp anti India reactions by the Western governments compelled the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deny existence of any proposal for citizens’ register. For the first time the Prime Minister had to rush to the Ramlila grounds to contradict his senior minister.

The unprecedented victory in the 2014 elections under Narendra Modi had apparently stunned not only the Occidentals world but also the Orientals. It was a miracle as then NaMo was not a dazzling political personality. On the contrary his image was affected by the decade long barrage of accusations of being a communal man. He had won confidence of all communities with is promise of all together in working for growth and sharing fruits. Indians had voted for the promise of economic growth at an accelerated pace and were oblivious to two dominant, the communal and secular concepts. Three national heads came rushing to India to befriend India as the major market. NaMo became irreplaceable political personality.

The mentors did not allow him for long to enjoy his glory. Pressure was built on him to return to the old party agenda though he had battled in the election on modern concept of the economic growth as the only theme. He had subordinated the party and its old faces by not sharing campaign platform with anyone and seeking vote for his government. He had even adopted as new frame work of a single man ruled democracy with parliament reduced to be a forum to venting loud cries of protests without any impact on the ruler. He was allowed six months to build his international image but was frustrated in his efforts to convert the economy into a strong empire. Now Ameet Shah queered his pitch. He would need to struggle harder to rebuild his image.

The President of China had come rushing to meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sat in the pet jhoola of Mahatma Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram and listened to Narendra Modi with a beaming smile. Modi had to strive or three months to organise his meeting with XI Jinping in 2019 after the Modi government reduced Kashmir from a state to a union territory and thus truncated rights of the Kashmir voters to elect their state rulers.

In the modern era, nations need to have legitimacy to their rulers. Indira Gandhi was compelled to restore democracy after her single person rule for 21 months through misuse of the constitutional provisions. There was no power on the home turf to compel her but questions in the international comity relating to legitimacy of her government forced her hand though she knew that she had lost the gamble.

But Ameet Shah does not appear to be concerned for or moved by future of NaMo to push forward as per the dictates he received from the Nagpur establishment. He also converted the national politics into a battle front between the ‘nationalists’ and ‘traitors’. He has been calling all those protesting over the new moves by the ruling setup on defining the criterion for citizenship as anti nationalists and traitors. He is not only dividing the country into two camps but unknowingly inciting the young rabid minds to adopt their methods to deal with the anti nationalists. A 17 year old youth not only brandished his pistol at 500 protestors at the gates of the Jamia University campus but also fired shot to hit left shoulder of a protesting young student.

The terrorizing aspect of the ugly incident on the Martyrs’ day on January 30 observed as the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was that 50 policemen with their officers were only 20 steps behind the enraged young man when he took out his pistol and loudly shouted “Shaheen Bhag! Ye lo puri azadi!” But no policeman moved till the gun shot was fired. There is precedent of such incidents becoming infectious.’

The home minister cannot blame the Kejriwal government for police not immediately reacting in Delhi for the Delhi police functions at the commands of the union home ministry. Shah instantly directed the Delhi police to move immediately with proper action. He may not have been concerned with the international reaction to the moves to change the criterion for Indian citizenship but knew the Western media would build up the incident. Hassina Sheikh the Prime Minister of Bangladesh appropriately reacted by saying the move was internal matter of India though she could not comprehend why it was necessary.