Modi promises to break Delhi cabal of 'status quoists', durbaris

New Delhi: BJP's Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi has vowed to break the Delhi cabal of what he calls “status quoists” to usher in “good governance”.In an interview to Open magazine Managing Editor P R Ramesh during his election campaign in eastern UP, Modi was asked whether he considered his campaign as “the revenge of an outsider”, the BJP leader replied: “I have humble roots. I was born in a poor family. Now I am the Chief Minister of a prosperous state in India, but my mother takes an auto-rickshaw to the polling booth on the day of voting. There are no hangers-on or durbaris.“Look at what's happening in the Capital; Delhi is being controlled by a cabal that has vested interests in the status quo. I will break the status quo. That must be making them uncomfortable and prompting them to level unsubstantiated charges against me.”On his oft-repeated remarks about “minimum government, maximum governance”, Modi said: “In all my campaign meetings, I have been emphasising the need for good governance. I believe in minimum government and maximum governance. The country is facing trouble on all fronts because of maximum government. It is interfering with every aspect of life; it is not for changing the lives of people, but to benefit a few rent seekers who think it is their God- ordained right to rule.“The problems are very similar to what could happen to your computer or iPad. You may have the best machine and best information on its hard disk, but if a virus gets in, it will just collapse. The governance machine in Delhi has collapsed due to the unwholesome acts of those in charge of government.”Asked about Congress raising doubts about his ideas on governance, Modi had said: “Only those who are blind can say this. I have shown in Gujarat that a government should be driven only by policies. An ideal government should be driven by policies. There should be little or no discretion. It is the grey areas that lead to corruption.“My idea of governance is a ‘P2G2' formula— pro-people proactive good governance. In this, those in charge of governance are not fire-fighters as you see in Delhi. We will formulate and guide policies in a transparent manner for the larger public good.”Elaborating further, Modi had said: “A stable government and stability in policy will drive investment and boost investor confidence. You don't have to go only by Modi's speeches. I have a track record to substantiate what I say. There will be no place for vacillation or ad-hocism.”Asked about the new government's priorities, Modi had replied: “To be in charge. Currently, no one is in charge. I have been saying that the country needs a chowkidar in Delhi—to prevent the loot of public wealth.“On the policy front, we will follow what we do in Gujarat. Every policy draft will be put in the public domain; it will be online. We will elicit the views of people. And there will be genuine people participation in policy formulation.”Asked whether he would be able to satisfy the growing aspirations of the people, Modi had said: “The new government will work towards addressing the demands of a fast- changing India. The Congress will end up with its worst-ever tally. “The country is fed up with the family that sees power at the Centre as their entitlement. I saw the anger of the people first-hand in Amethi. That's why I said that they will not elect someone who has not spoken a word about the problems of the constituency in the past 10 years in the Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi is finding the going tough in his own constituency. India has rejected family rule.”Modi already foresaw a landslide victory and a bigger crisis for the Congress. He had said: “Every recent election has shown that the family no longer has [its earlier] vote-catching ability. I see the Congress experiencing a major crisis after the election. There could be doubts about the ability of its leadership to lead the organisation.”Asked whether his government would look East or look West in its foreign policy, Modi said: “I will look at India. What is in her self- interest will be India's foreign policy.”