From BJP, a cry of helplessness
The recent meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national executive and national council at Surajkund, near Faridabad, would appear not to have furthered the objective of preparing the party for the next general election. The conclave was held against the backdrop of the government’s unpopular decision to raise the price of diesel in the country and the controversial step of permitting foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail. The occasion was, thus, tailor-made for an offensive. But this needed coherence at the leadership level, which appears to be the saffron party’s most serious deficit at the present juncture.
When the BJP highlighted the coal allocation controversy and the corruption entailed in this process with such fanfare only a few weeks ago, it was assumed this was an issue whose echo would be heard all the way into the next election campaign. But the party appears not to have been able to sustain the momentum. What we saw instead were petty jibes from the podium directed at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for associating with “foreigners” through a policy direction such as FDI. Such want of sophistication in the principal Opposition party does it no credit.
Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa skipping the Surajkund meet and firing salvoes at the national leadership from Bengaluru too cannot have gone unnoticed. Not long ago Mr Yeddyurappa was the party’s blue-eyed boy who had made it possible for the BJP to get its first state government in south India. Corruption charges against him linked to the Bellary iron ore mines case, and instances of arbitrary land allotments in the Karnataka capital during his tenure, have served to underline that those who live in glass houses cannot throw stones at others.
BJP president Nitin Gadkari has also been charged by a Mumbai RTI activist with an RSS background with having business dealings with NCP ministers in Maharashtra who may be involved in irrigation department irregularities that apparently run into thousands of crores of rupees. The allegation surfaced as the Surajkund meeting was on and the decks had been cleared to amend the party constitution to permit Mr Gadkari a second term.
If all this was not bad enough, L.K. Advani, who had once sought to mobilise the country to build a Ram temple at Ayodhya in place of the Babri mosque and called his effort “the second freedom struggle”, urged the BJP to present a “secular” image of itself. This, he implied, was badly needed to expand the party’s influence among voters and to attract allies. This might seem to many a cry of helplessness since the BJP father-figure also held that the party was not yet poll-ready and that its leaders lacked credibility.
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The important is not weather
ashish
10 Oct 2012 - 21:26
The important is not weather the BJP or the Asian age is helpless, but the people who are not helpless
Narendra bhai is the only
True Indian
30 Sep 2012 - 14:54
Narendra bhai is the only hope for BJP and India.
Jai Bharat.
the congress party is taking
MADHAV AHUJA
30 Sep 2012 - 14:41
the congress party is taking undue advantage of not so strong and united opposition.
just because the opposition is not cohesive that does not give the the congress party a license to loot the country laft and right.
in any democratic set up you are always accountable, if not to the opposition parties, then at least to the citizens of the country.
the congress should also do self introspection, time and again as to what ever actions they are taking are they in the interest of the nation or in their own interest.?
BJP has lost credibility. Mr.
Anil Mahajan
30 Sep 2012 - 14:38
BJP has lost credibility. Mr. Advani seems to be highly confused man. What he talks today, he forgets the very next day. The party has no leader who is known and acceptable to all parts of India. Why are they talking of corruption when a number of BJP leaders are involved in corruption? MP and Karnatakaa are the two states where corruption is of very high order. Then why the party president keeps changing his tracks while he deals with corruption? The party should focus on issues like inflation and unemployment among rural poor. They should use their numbers to see that poor people are benefited from the on-going schemes. Why are they wasting energies on coal-gate when there own CM is involved?
Dear Asian Age, Obviously you
Dr.V.Mahadevanr
30 Sep 2012 - 13:00
Dear Asian Age, Obviously you like to count the BJP's problems before 2014. Forget the BJP, there are other matters that should worry India.Namely the Congress Party is in the ICU with organ donations beinng organised every day. The monumental scams which have been seeping into the public domain in a steady stream and causing immense damage to the polity and economy, is unlikely to go away be enacting a few cosmetic reforms plus make or break ones such as FDI everywhere.So better count the UPA's problems.Even with a weak opposition the Grand Old Party will find it difficult. Sincerely, Mahadevan
When the party president says
VEERAMANI
30 Sep 2012 - 11:34
When the party president says that the primary objective of the party is to serve the people and the country and wresting power is only a secondary goal, it is not understood why a newspaper like yours is reporting as though the objective is to come to power. I have a feeling that almost all reports of print media and visual media is bought over by the Congress to paint BJP as a power hungry, communalist force. It is unfortunate that the media should abet and the antinational activities of the congress.
There is barely enough time
prakash-mumbai
30 Sep 2012 - 11:10
There is barely enough time to the decisive moment of nation's fate to be decided in 2014 and the party which never tires of proclaiming its love for nation will be responsible for ditching the country into the perpetual slavery of devilish Congress if it does not put its act together simply by ridding itself of all the corrupt elements and all the leaders and pretenders to the throne proclaiming that there is no leadership struggle in the party from a common platform. BJP leaders must realize that any failure on their part to read the peoples' sentiments will seal its future for good. May be it will then get reduced to tiny fragments. Not even Modi will be able to survive in Gujrat.
like christian democratic
dr v n srivastava
30 Sep 2012 - 11:06
like christian democratic party inGermany india too can have right wing party,it shoud encourage young professenal to join the party every big village and town should have an active branch There is much wealth with Temples, it should be used to help the party,and community.
This may be patriarchs last
orange
30 Sep 2012 - 10:04
This may be patriarchs last cry.Let Advani declare that all Indians are equal under the Indian constitution.If brow beat minorities, no cry will help BJP.It is tested in all methods. It has 20% vote share of polled votes.
India is getting divided by years passing.Uttarakhand, Jharkhand,telangana,Vidarbha, and many small states as it was pre 1600 years.
Where is the sign of
ashish
30 Sep 2012 - 10:02
Where is the sign of helplessness ? This appears to be a "paid" article.
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