IS ANIL MORE CHAIWALA's STUNT POLITICALLY MOTIVATED? He Had Sent a Money Order of Rs 100 to PM Narendra Modi to Shave Off His Beard When Asked How He Dr
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AAP will contest all seats in 2022 Gujarat polls: Kejriwal; says BJP and ... PG 04 << VIEWS & VISION OF CITY Volume: 12, Issue: 261 TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2021, MUMBAI 12 Pages, ₹2 /- RNI No. MAHENG/2009/29332 www.afternoonvoice.com IS ANIL MORE CHAIWALA'S STUNT POLITICALLY MOTIVATED? He had sent a money order of Rs 100 to PM Narendra Modi to shave off his beard When asked how he Dr. Vaidehi Taman Why did you not send this to the Chief afternoon_voice Our Editor-in-Chief Vaidehi Taman had a managed the PM's postal Minister or local political leaders? brief interview with Anil Sambhaji More to address, he said the post fternoon Voice spoke understand the motive behind his letter and act All welfare, health care and vaccination matters are being addressed on a national level. In my office staff helped him. to Anil More the of sending a money order to the PM, it follows as: We asked him why he was Chaiwala (tea-seller) letter to the Prime Minister, I have requested that A please don't become a saint. Focus on citizens of mocking the PM's beard, Anil from Baramati, Maharashtra How did you feel when your news went viral? his country and instead of growing your beard, clarified that it was not his who recently came in the I am feeling honoured and really thankful to the increase vaccinations, increase health care intent to insult or offend the news for sending a money entire media, news channels, newspapers and facilities, increase food supply to the hungry Prime Minister but to inform order of Rs 100 to Prime social media for making my voice reach the people. I have made such a request to him. If I him of the plight of the poor Prime Minister. Minister Narendra Modi to would have just sent only the letter, it wouldn't during this pandemic. He shave off his beard. have been acknowledged so quickly. That is why What made you think that sending the letter said, "I respect the PM but to More says that due to the I sent a hundred rupees money order to the PM. seek attention towards my l o c k d o w n p e o p l e h a d to the PM with money suddenly? Today I am very grateful to all the media as due I am a simple tea shop owner. There is no food to appeals I added this point suffered, even though he was to them a common citizen's request has reached which went viral." Anil More cook for four or five days in my household. We all the Prime Minister. out of work and had to had black tea and slept. This experience made me said the PM should focus on survive on black tea for many think about what the other crores of poor people If you want to send anything to the solving people’s problems. d a y s . H i s a g o n y a n d who also are seeing such a difficult time must be In reply to his political restlessness for the people Maharashtra Government or your regional going through. They all have no employment and politicians, what would be that? affiliation, he said "All the had prompted him to do so. survival must be very tough for them too. I will state the same requests to them too. political parties are the same, Citizens' needs are genuine and they need to I am not here to play politics support us people. We require support and they, but here to talk for the people. being political representatives, should help us as I am an active member of we are in dire situations. Republican Yuva Morcha, Maharashtra and working What are your interests beyond tea-selling with its state head Rahul and Citizen’s representation? Dambale.” By profession, I am a tea-seller and I have When contacted always been inclined towards social work. Rahul Dambale, Presently I am working with Republican Yuva Morcha and we he said, "PM Modi take up various always emphasized public concerns. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Chhatrapati to Tagore and now Golwalkar - All about Modi beard n the year when the Bengal elections were approaching, Prime former Trinamool Congress members, who now rejoined the TMC Minister Narendra Modi had gone from sporting a trimmed after BJP’s humiliating defeat. So, the beard could not impress the Ibeard to a flowing pure white beard. His beard has become the Bengalis. talk of the town, some justify and some make fun of it. Modi moved Bharatiya Janata Party failed to conquer West Bengal, retained around in election campaigns and political tours, with his flowing Assam, and could not breach the South. Puducherry is a beard, resembling a typical ancient sage or, as some thought consolation victory, for it barely counts in the national election. Rabindranath Tagore. These results will have even toughened BJP supporters who agree But his conduct was neither sagacious nor Tagore-like. He had that month-long polling, supposed to have been scheduled at the high hopes from West Bengal with his "Didi-O-Didi" remark and Union government’s behest, had Modi taken his eyes off the rising also allowed his party to communalise the Assembly election COVID-19 graph. Dr.Vaidehi campaign. Surprisingly most of the West Bengal BJP leaders were CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 afternoonvoice.com/editorial [email protected] afternoon_voice afternoonvoicenews TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2021 Editoritis AFTERNOON VOICE, MUMBAI 02 Chhatrapati to Tagore and now Golwalkar IS ANIL MORE CHAIWALA'S STUNT - All about Modi beard POLITICALLY << PAGE 1 revered by a large number of Hindus regardless of regional affiliations. Thus, it is a bit of PR or publicity on MOTIVATED? Maybe Modi wants to convey that he is very busy due to part of Modi and BJP to make an emotional connection << PAGE 1 continuous problems in India. The problems are COVID- with the voter base of largely devoted Hindus by making 19 related, economic crisis, unemployment, Indo-China them feel like Modi Ji is some modern-day version of this border tension, above all BJP’s internal issues. Therefore, or that personality, whether it's right or wrong is debatable he has no time for trimming his beard. The assembly and depends on point of views, some people (especially election in Bihar has another headache for Modi because ethnic Hindu) feel offended but who cares? in six continuous state assembly elections BJP lost. Our BJP never shied away from the fact that they aspire for beloved PM always believes in good looks and he cannot Hindu unity under a common umbrella and BJP and RSS simply be normal when elections are coming. He were actually instrumental in promoting the likes of becomes a Himachali when elections are in Himachal, he Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj who is projected as Hindu becomes Punjabi (Sikh) when elections are in Punjab. Hridhay Samrat or emperor of Hindu hearts and a sizable Now Bengal elections are over, BJP and Modi both are majority of Hindus regardless of the region have facing criticism over their love for election. If Modi expressed their allegiance to this concept. If you recollect suddenly trimmed his beard, people would prove that it during elections in Maharashtra, Modi with that typical was for Bengal. If he doesn’t trim his beard, they will beard was compared to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, it’s make fun, now they are trapped, let's see in the Uttar the Marathi population that never fell for the bait. Pradesh election what new drama BJP’s PR agency will He started his Prime Ministerial campaign in 2014 with bring. Maybe they will try to portray him to look like the Chaiwala avatar - which was then proven to be Golvalkar Guruji, who had an equally long beard. false/fake after many years but by then people were Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar was the second already fans of the "Chaiwala to PM" story. For the 2019 that he is a people’s leader hence, Anil Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh elections, he started the Chowkidar trend "Main Bhi More through his letter to PM has voiced (RSS). He has been widely noted to be the most Chowkidar", which too died after the elections were over. the common man's problems and prominent ideologue of Hindutva. Golwalkar is He arranged himself to be filmed in a Man vs Wild requested him for immediate aid for the considered one of the most influential and prominent episode with Bear Grylls to show that he is all about poor and to ensure proper health figures among Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He was nature. Unfortunately, this campaign was not a big hit. facilities. BJP's IT cell and their members not the first person to put forward the concept of a cultural BJP stooges started a comic called Bal Narendra, trying to are portraying an image of India and nation called "Hindu Rashtra'' which is believed to have project him as some kind of child prodigy - never so Modi as if everything is normal and evolved into the concept of the "Akhand Bharat" theory, successful. If I am not wrong, there is also a TV channel nobody is suffering, I request PM Modi United Nations for Bharatiyas. Right now, Ram Mandir called "Namo TV". to come out of this IT cell and see the will not fetch votes for Modi in UP, Golvalkar Guruji has During the demonetisation crisis, he arranged for his reality of the country and the common an immense following.