Posters over at PDF derisively call Modi a "chai-wala." They use it as a slur, of course. They find it hard to believe that a simple chai-wala became a prime minister. It also upsets them that this simple chia-wala is running rings around them on all matters. He outflanked them in Afghanistan. He outflanked them in Iran.
One should note that it's not just the Bakis, there are plenty amongst us who sneer at him and call him a
chaiwaala with distaste. This is one category of people who'll be happy to join hands with Pakis because of their visceral hatred for the
chaiwaala
Pakistan is a country that had a rich industrialist -- Sharif -- and a fedalu lords -- Benazir and her husband -- as Prime Minister, interspersed with a military dictator. And they complain that a humble man becomes a leader of his nation? What sad bunch of people.
Bak movement itself was a movement of elites, a group of nawabs, feudals and muslim "intelligentsia" got together to carve out some real estate for itself. They found it loathsome to share political space with the dirty unwashed
Haris and
Abduls. The very idea of being governed by those whom they always thought of as beneath them, was and remains an anathema to them. Their "rulers" have always been elites- military or civilian, a mango
abdul cannot even dare to dream to reach the very top of the social ladder in Bakistan.
Narendra Modi is a manifestation of all their worst fears coming true at the same time and all their prejudices being brought crashing down to earth
- He's from a socio-economically backward background and by sheer hardwork and ingenuity rose to where he is today. He's not the only one, there are many others who have climbed the socio-political ladder while coming from humble backgrounds. This is simply not possible in Bakiland or for that matter any
biraather mulk- you need to be born with a silver spoon or you need to shed immeasurable blood to get there.
- He was warmly received by
Ummah biraathers in UAE (went to a mosque without skull cap, obtained investment concessions and addressed a huge public gathering and at the side obtained a concession for a new temple- this last one rankles the Bakis the most), Saudi Arabia (Highest civilian award, host of agreements and during his visit to TCS was mobbed by
Ayeshas who couldn't stop gushing and taking selfies) and Iran (where he signed the death knell of their Gwadar wet dream) and Afghanistan (Their "man" Ghani tweeting "Welcome to your second home").
- He landed in Lahore, rode a helicopter to Shareef's palace, had NS's family and accompanying guests gushing at his presence and flew out with nary a scratch, leaving Bakis, especially the fauj shell-shocked. All it needed was one sniper, the man/woman would have been an eternal hero in Bakiland. Suddenly the balls went missing. Bakis reacted the only way they could by launching a terror attack on Pathankot and once again proving that Monkey trap is not just a proverb.
- Most importantly, Bakis fully realise that unlike their
hukmaraan he's truly committed to taking his country forward.
Consequently, Bakis seethe with impotent rage at this. How dare their prejudices are being pricked one by one? How dare the
Ummah that treats them with barely disguised contempt, fawns over this
"butcher of Muslims", and how dare a
"neech jaat shoodar" (actually saw something akin to this said in one of their "TV shows") show them their rightful place in the gutter?
Bakis loath assertive Indians, especially Hindus, especially "lower caste" Hindus, especially when it's directed at them. That in a nutshell is Baki schizophrenia when it comes to Narendra Modi.