https://theprint.in/opinion/the-psychological-condition-that-binds-modi-gandhi-and-kejriwal/34281/ This is a remarkable coincidence, the three most important players in our national politics referring to themselves in the third person with an air of grandeur. In my recollection we had never seen this in the past — definitely not in the nearly four decades that I have watched politics. Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, V.P. Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L.K. Advani, Sonia Gandhi, all mass leaders, never spoke like this. Nor did Nehru and Gandhi... the practice of referring to yourself in the third person is indeed recognised by psychology and is called “illeism”. ..Illeism is a symptom of discomfort with the self… narcissistic wounds are being defended by identifying with a grandiose false self while the true self is fragile…”
Winner-takes-all is a feudal mindset and it was reflected in the BJP’s cussed denial of the Leader of Opposition (LoP) post to Congress, even if it fell below the minimum number of MPs needed. Similarly, Rahul Gandhi’s Congress is too arrogant to respect either the logic of the people’s mandate giving the BJP 282 seats in the Lok Sabha, or humility to accept the reality of its own 48. Kejriwal, with social media and TV prime time as his force-multipliers, functions with utter disdain of the other two.
Modi’s 1st year as a coalition PM: 11 points where he was right, indifferent or wrong & 3 challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2UMeUs5vUY