BJP on Disaster Mode

Of all the allies that BJP has now, SAD seems to be the only credible and faithful one. The relationship between SAD and BJP could have become bitter after SC upheld the death sentence to Bhullar and BJP welcomed the decision. The SAD is not happy with the judgment and is working in the power corridors to make the sentence to life term. The powers that have worked for this judgment want a breakdown of the relation between SAD and BJP but due to some higher interference, may be god, the alliance is still intact.

If we move eastwards to Bihar, the JDU has been pushing salt down the BJP’s throat by continuously insulting their CM in Gujarat. Nitish Kumar may have PM ambitions, but just like all others' claims, he is a simple, highly secular man and doesn’t have any ambitions beyond his current position, look truely hippocratical.. He talks of secular credentials after 17years of alliance, and after having good interactions in the past with Modi. With time, ambitions grow and with competition back stabbing is the only way forward for those who cannot work harder.

The backstabbing nature is very common in the political scenario, but the case of Nitish is very extreme and highly calculative. On one side he is trying to placate and appease the Muslims of the whole country by going against the mythical muslim destroyer, Modi, and on the other hand the Congress is liking his attitude and trying to please him. The power hungry Congress can dump the Lalus, Paswans etc for getting Nitish in their secular group and stay in power. In the end Nitish will be the winner if no timely decisions are taken.

If secularism means appeasing Hindu community or for the matter of fact any other community, at the cost of others, even then BJP is not a secular party. Thus BJP can never become a secular party and majority of Muslims will never vote for the BJP  in elections. But definitely some Muslims have faith in the BJP in the current state and few are working with the Gujarat government to bring prosperity to themselves, while many Muslims have become pawns in the hands of the hate filled NGOs and other politicians.

BJP should use the services of the Muslims who have benefited to propagate the truth and try to benefit from the results achieved through good governance. No amount of appeasement will ever help in the long run. BJP can easily win over few pockets of good Samaritans among the minority communities by proper communications, but for a huge change to take place a huge amount of time is required. BJP has been used like a tissue paper by some political parties, and now the BJP leadership has no courage to take bold decisions.

The fear in the minds of the BJP leaders was evident during the Presidential election campaign, where the candidate was not announced just to appease the allies, while the allies have openly supported the candidate of their choice. The foolishness and false belief that consensus is achieved after discussions is a dream from which BJP has to wakeup before the 2014 elections. BJP should first declare its candidate, and then work for consensus and this is the only way of a powerful leader, who has a vision.

If a leader has no vision, he will wait for consensus for ever and there will be no decisions. The leadership of the BJP is often dwarfed by two factors, one RSS and other LK Advani, who does not lose hope of being a PM. The recent support of many members of NDA in support of Advani can be behind the scene workings of some mischievous and jealous elements in the BJP to keep Modi from becoming the face of the party in 2014 elections. In the best interests of BJP, Advaniji should talk about his not becoming the PM and should give way for younger leaders than himself, which only can give some respect for the Grand Oldman of BJP.

The PM in waiting of BJP doesnot seems lose hope which is very bad and also sad. If JDU has been talking about secularity, another ally of BJP, ShivSena has also started pressurizing the BJP for declaration of PM candidate and it wants consensus. The same SS did not walk the way of BJP when voting for Prathiba Patil and during other times, but BJP obliges with all these useless baggage it carries as part of NDA. SS is more opportunistic and is more dependent on BJP and there cannot be survival and value to the SS without BJP because of its numbers.

The alignment of SS which is considered currently as more communal than BJP and very few parties can make a alliance with it. But inspite of all these, SS throws more weight than its share, but out of respect for the Senior Thackery, BJP would have kept quite. Times have changed and so should SS realize the present scenario. BJP must not heed to the foolish bluffs and demands of ShivSena and decide independently and then tell their decision to SS and ask them to decide their course of action.

If the regional parties think that BJP is not strong in its decision making and gives veto powers to non visionary and petty politicians, political parties, the BJP is going to lose its tag – Party with Difference. With Modi’s popularity on the rise, the BJP should capitalize on it and the added advantage is the vigour which Modi can instill in the cadre is even more infectious. The like of Shivraj of MP, Raman Singh of Chattisgrah can sulk if they want, and can have a different opinion. But the sounds and chatter made by the grassroot party workers to the top business people will make one to presume that Modi is far ahead of all his counterparts and even Advani.

People should talk about the retirement of Advani like they are talking about the retirement of Tendulkar and force Advani to retire in the best interests of BJP. Only then there can be a step forward for the BJP, other people like Nitish, Shivraj Chauvan, Sushma, Yashwant, etc will keep on creating more confusion within and outside the party and puncture the energy buildup from time to time, just like the media punctured the Anna campaign.

A single strong leader with vision can lead the nation, and if BJP members cannot see beyond themselves and rise above their petty politics and infighting, BJP is in a disaster Mode and is bound to fail for a very long times. Congress desperately has to win this time to bury its deeds, as the information is spreading very fast, far and wide. BJP with good performance in various states can give a good alternative at the center, and the first person to talk about development and vision for the nation is Modi in the current set of leaders. Thus it becomes Modi’s right to be the PM candidate in the elections that follow now.

A good social media campaign and increasing supporters has made many other politicians to join and increase their followers and also reduce the communication gap. Aspiring to be a PM by a successful CM is not wrong, but to not recognize the efforts of colleague aspiring and working to achieve higher goals is a crime. Whether the successful CMs of BJP will commit a crime or support the rise of Modi is the most watched political scenario with elections to different states to come before the 2014 elections.

If BJP cannot come to power in 2014 with all the failures of Congress out in public, and its misdeeds in every sphere of governance, then BJP can never, because Congress will buy or destroy all those who defy their aristocracy and the demographics will change by another 10years and India will become even more secular than it is today.