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!
