“Vocal for Local.” “Atmanirbhar Bharat.” “Make in India.” bjp leaders scream these slogans from every stage. But look closer at their own hands — you’ll rarely see a Lava, Micromax, Karbonn, or Intex phone. Instead, it’s the shiny American apple iphone they can’t live without. Why this silence on indian mobile pioneers who once challenged samsung and Apple? Simple: their founders weren’t saffron-certified or RSS-approved. Unlike Zoho, these brands never bent to the Sanghi ecosystem — and so, they’re conveniently ignored. Nationalism ends where the iphone begins.
1. Vocal for Local, iphone for Self
BJP leaders preach “Buy Indian.” But when it comes to their own gadgets, they proudly flaunt the latest iPhone. The hypocrisy is glaring.
2. Forgotten indian Pioneers
Brands like Micromax, Lava, Karbonn, and Intex once gave indians a real alternative to Chinese and Western giants. Instead of government backing, they got government silence.
3. The Zoho Exception
Why does Zoho get paraded as India’s tech pride? Because its founder has the right ideological alignment. In BJP’s India, business success isn’t enough — Sanghi blessings are mandatory.
4. Nationalism With Conditions Applied
“Made in India” is celebrated only when it fits the political narrative. Lava or Micromax doesn’t pass the litmus test. Zoho does. So Zoho gets the saffron hug.
5. The china Hypocrisy
While bjp leaders bash china publicly, their silence killed indian phone brands — leaving indians with only Chinese smartphones or American iPhones.
6. iphone – The Real National Flag in bjp Circles
For all the loud chest-thumping on nationalism, the ultimate status symbol remains the iphone in every neta’s hand. Globalism in private, nationalism in public.
7. The Larger Truth
BJP’s “Vocal for Local” was never about empowering indian entrepreneurs — it was about optics. The moment ideology doesn’t align, “local” becomes invisible.
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