A Course for Destiny’s Destitute
Posted : June 17, 2009 at 4:35 pm [IST]
Every one among the leadership of BJP and even quite a good number of analysts and columnists were hoping for a win for the party. I had heard Cho Ramaswamy predicting BJP’s win to Vinod Dua’s query on NDTV. Advani at 81 really worked hard to get his dream realized. None among the top leaders including those who are vocal today had hardly any contribution in nationwide campaign. At least, I didn’t see or read about them in media.
On May 16, the dream of many got shattered. Once the winner is known, who bothers about the loser? The BJP top rung leaders were pretty humble in accepting the verdict of the people. But very soon the differences in them got out and that too in real ugly way.
Unfortunately, it is all for selfish reasons. Many who thought of getting plum place in the cabinet after a gap of five years became again destitute. As many Indian fans are seeking Dhoni’s head after the defeat in World Cup, the blame game started in BJP. Instead of going for honest introspection and planning the correction and next steps, the top leadership appears to be engaged in fixing blame to individuals. Jaitley was darling till he won assembly elections in many states. But suddenly Jaitley became villain for these leaders.
Jaswant started, another Jaswant followed. Shourie and some other added fuel to the fire. I had some flashbacks- a bad memory of the first Jaswant distributing opium and then cash in his home constituency. And his reasoning to media were hardly convincing. Again, I could hardly appreciate the Harvard educated and highly efficient minister Shourie when he perhaps unknowingly started the controversy by injecting the name of Narendra Modi as prime ministerial candidate after Advani.
BJP and these senior leaders would have heard the warning siren after the defeat in Rajasthan assembly election and corrected its strategies for the Lok Shabha election. But Jaswant or Mirdha didn’t take any initiative. Neither Raje changed her style of functioning, nor did BJP leadership get into the game for rescue. In name of noninterference, BJP also allowed Uttarakhand slipping out of hand for its disastrous result.
I wish BJP decides about its CEO and his team fast enough to put a check on the fighting aspirants.
Many who have some soft corner for BJP and who were looking for a substitute for dynastic Congress demand an answer from each of the leaders involved in the controversy for some questions:
Should we write off BJP, the party with difference? Do these leaders want us to forget BJP as alternate to Congress? Should we look for some other party or switch over to Congress that was once the darling of many because of the historical sacrifices in pre-independence era?
Let me assure these leaders that many still don’t find Congress to satisfy the aspirations of the middle class of India and so look to BJP as their darling. Will the BJP leadership stop their bickering and chalk out the plans to get ahead and win the next electorate battles? Will they stop the letter wars and the demand of probes of leakages?
People of India wish to see BJP as a strong and popular national party with sound policies and better programmes. I am sure BJP has a big enough following among highly educated professionals and intellectuals too who can be of great help if the party leadership so wishes.And its wellwishers desire the essential changes too even if it means leaving behind Hindutva.
- Indra
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