History Repeats in Politics!

Blogging has been very slow in last few months. Generally I avoid topics related to Politics but in last few days, many developments in Indian Political Circle have forced me to write. BJP, a National Party which started its journey from 2 MPs in 1984 to 182 seats in 1999 saw an unexpected mutiny by its patriarch and founding leader, L K Advani, also called as “Lauh Purush”. He resigned from all parliamentary boards and other committees in BJP seeing the elevation of Narendra Modi as the Poll Panel Chief for the general election 2014. Despite many efforts by all party leaders, he didn’t agree to withdraw the resignation. The cat and mouse game ended after 36 hours when he decided to stay put in BJP after RSS intervened. I will discuss repercussions on BJP by this drama by a person who portrayed himself rightly called, Mera Naam Joker.

JD(U), an ally of BJP in Bihar and a major party, had been eying an opportunity to corner Narendra Modi for his alleged role in Gujarat Riots (so far not proved in Indian rule of law) and the current elevation provided an opportunity to sever ties with BJP which may end 17 years of alliance in Bihar. The Cat and Mouse game in BJP led JD(U) leaders spreading the grapevine of breaking its alliance in Bihar. The reason – the unsecular characteristics of Narendra Modi and his elevation to Chief Campaigner in BJP which may ultimately be converted into Prime Minister’s role. Nitish Kumar fears that his party may lose Muslim Votes in Bihar if they accept Narendra Modi in the current form. Please note that Nitish Kumar fought election with BJP accepting Narendra Modi and sharing dias with him in many campaigns. All fail to understand how all of a sudden Nitish Kumar changed his mind to corner him in National Politics. 

Today all hell broke lose when their many leaders announced their willingness to snap ties with BJP in near future. In my opinion, Bihar’s electorate voted for NDA (a combination of BJP and JD(U)) and if any break in alliance happens, the electorate may not favor the decision by Nitish Kumar. 

Let me take you all to 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan broke from JD(U) and founded Lok JanSakti Party (LJP) with three of his loyalist MPs including his own brother Ram Chandra Paswan and fought subsequent elections with Congress and then with RJD. We all know his current status; he lost his election in Hazipur where he once won by a record margin (entered into Guinness Book of Records) and his party didn’t manage to win a single Lok Sabha seat in 2009. He changed camps many times. Ditto may become the story with JD(U) and its star CM Nitish Kumar. He should not forget that the electorate never forgets the past and the story of caste and religion is behind. The people of Bihar also want development which he delivered but it was not done in isolation. No wonder, he may face the same fate as his counterpart, R V Paswan faced after 2000. History repeats itself!

NaMo, an acronym for Narendra Modi will elevate further and the time will say whether India’s electorate will vote him to Race Course Road in Delhi or he will confine himself to newly created spacious North Block in Ahmedabad at the project cost of Rs. 150 Cr. Let there be euphoria for development.

Among all developments, Congress is smiling and someone rightly said that Congress have dug the well for themselves so far but other parties including BJP are falling into it due to lack of decisive union. And we all know where the country headed in last 10 years bringing GDP growth from 9% to less than 5% under UPA leadership. Now the party (in fact the Italian converted Indian Madam) is in rush to pass Food Security Bill by bringing an ordinance as it is the only chance to secure votes no matter what the impact would be on Indian Treasury (approx Rs. 2 lakh crore worth of additional borrowing). 

BJP on other hand should stand united and there should not be a single instance of blackmailing as done by its old patriarch L K Advani. Hope he retires soon. Sometime, we don’t require the old wisdom as they become liability.

We all are watching; Indian Electorate is watching. We are silent now but may not be in future. Let us vote for the best of India. 

Incredible India! Let us vote!