BJP drops harsh poll anthem, seeks to project softer, positive NaMo

April 21, 2014 10:57

Less than a month after the big-bang release of its poll anthem, BJP has quietly dropped the campaign song as its over-the-top projection of Narendra Modi was found to be an aggressive overkill.

The anthem's lines spoken by Modi --"main desh nahin jhukne dunga ... main desh nahin mitne dunga (I will not let the nation bow down/be rubbed out)" -- are seen as needlessly dire and apocalyptic.

"The suggestion that the nation faces a threat to its existence is unwarranted. Getting Modi to speak the lines was also not a good decision as he comes through in 'hard' tones," said a BJP leader.

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