Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan attended Kamal Nath’s swearing-in ceremony as new CM. Of course, Chouhan’s attendance of the event — a gesture of grace — seems to have earned Prime Minister Narendra Modi a fresh wave of criticism on Twitter.
Critics of the Bharatiya Janata Party have often accused the party of engaging in politics of hate even beyond that of bigotry and communal polarisation. They have accused PM Modi and other ministers of BJP of turning political rivalries into personal mudslinging.
And Shivraj Singh Chouhan took stood with Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kamal Nath after his defeat, many of Modi’s critics admired his grace and juxtaposed it with PM Modi’s usual personal attacks against leaders of the Opposition.
This, dear Bhakts, is a human gift called grace that Modi ji is innocent of. pic.twitter.com/fv8ESmErSl
— SonaliRanade (@sonaliranade) December 17, 2018
This is politics of love and respect. Modi should learn from it! https://t.co/M6uASK8oFi
— nikhil wagle (@waglenikhil) December 17, 2018
Wow. This is an incredible sight. Thanks @ChouhanShivraj for being such a great sport and for injecting some much needed grace and kindness in Indian politics. Do hope others take note. https://t.co/ckMMcgVBGb
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) December 17, 2018
Political discourse last 4.5 years has been very degraded and down in the gutter. Heartening to see this gesture from a senior BJP leader. The way a leader or top leadership of a party behaves certainly influences followers in real life and social media… https://t.co/ckMMcgVBGb
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) December 17, 2018
What a great moment. To see civility in our political discourse for a change. This is how it should be https://t.co/9FYaSLK9Tc
— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) December 17, 2018
This is true grace & how opponents should behave in a democracy. Kudos to @ChouhanShivraj @OfficeOfKNath & @JM_Scindia https://t.co/WCKdoaRMKi
— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) December 17, 2018
How graceful! https://t.co/GNj96MDilM
— ranjona banerji (@ranjona) December 17, 2018
Personal rivalries between political rivals in Bangladesh (Hasina vs Khaleda) and in Pakistan (Bhutto vs Sharif) have done immense damage to their struggling democracies. Indian democracy was free from it till Modi arrived. https://t.co/slJGoZrqU8
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) December 17, 2018
Well done @ChouhanShivraj. Much needed in otherwise toxic kind of politics that’s going on in the country.Your ratings went up several notches,in my eyes at least. Ultimately we want to get better as a country.All under one flag regardless of being the ruling party or opposition https://t.co/oKMbPBblE8
— Yusuf Unjhawala ???????? (@YusufDFI) December 17, 2018
These elections post the verdict have brought out a very positive side of Indian politics, a far cry from the very vitriolic campaign in the run-up to them. Rahul Gandhi was humble in accepting victory, PM Modi was gracious in conceding defeat. And this picture sums it all up. https://t.co/mfxJ1N8HCh
— Ruhi Tewari (@RuhiTewari) December 17, 2018
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