HAPPY BIRTHDAY BJP !!!!!!
The title might seem to be weird because of the negative publicity currently BJP is withdrawing be it the Jinnah episode, MP’s being bribed or Sanjay Joshi episode.
Many people have predicted the death knell for the party saying that it will never come out of this turmoil or probably it won’t celeberate it’s next quarter centenary celebrations.

I am not an astrologer to predict future of anybody leave aside a large organization like BJP. BJP may or may not be around in next 25 years but it has made itself immortal in the history of independent India. There are many reasons for it, some are listed below-:

Accept it or not, BJP only ushered India in a two party system or gave a credible alternative to Congress (I) in last 60 years of independence. All others be it the Janata Party or Dal or any party was noway near it.

BJP adopted an aggressive & nationalist stands on many issues. Be it developing a credible nuclear deterrent or Kashmir. The policy paid clear dividends during nuclear explosions when the whole world was slamming sanctions against us. But Atalji maintained his stand and on the other hand kept dialogue window open.

It’s the only party which has called the “spade a spade” i.e it has always seen secularism as a way to plead minorities and vote bank politics which actually led to partition of India. And thus it has become a favorite punching bag of media, pseudo secularists and the intellectuals. Eg-: even while declaring reservations for SC/ST Congress has kept out institutions run by minorities, thus giving them special status.

It is truly a right-winged party against the so called leftist, even Congress with it’s current behavior seems to be leftist. Seeing the UPA performance which has so many champions of liberalization, the NDA was far bolder in not only taking decisions but also framing policies.

It’s a party which is run by professionals who have achieved the status on their own merit and not because they are sons/ daughters or members of particular family. No other party, you name it be Congress,Samajwadi,Communist, or Telugu desam is managed by a group of meritorious individuals.

Although Jinnah episode was sad, but it still demonstrated the ideological core which if mishandled can fireball anybody’s career, be it Advani or anybody. The partymen were of clear opinion that the statements made were incorrect and hence he must resign. (Imagine Sonia making a similar statement would she be forced to resign?)

All said and done the current events have definitely taken unfortunate turns. But Advani’s remarks that “we should turn back to basics” is a welcome sign. In recent years especially after the 2004 elections BJP seems to have lost it’s way, but still it won major victories in Jharkhand & Bihar which show that voters are still with them.

If BJP learns from these mistakes and corrects it’s course towards basics of development, transparent governance & nationalism. It can still carry the tag of “Party with a Difference”. For who knows “When the Resurrection comes”.

Shame Shame!!!!!!
Indian democracy seems to be achieving nadir of decadence in public life. But the problem is that we are sliding down a abyss. Recently Indian MP’s were caught on a camera with taking bribes. That too for asking questions which probably is their only work left. The worst part is amount ranges from 15k-100k. These are our policy makers whom we trust with our futures.

But actually we cannot blame them…we all are responsible for it. In Sanskrit there is a saying that “King is just a depicition of public”. These MP’s are one of us so they are selfish, greedy & corrupt. Can we blame them when almost 50% of people don’t vote.
Almost all of the governments are alliance cobbled up just to stay in power. No party gets more than 40 % of total votes which is less than 20 % of total.

Now is there a talk that people need to be given a right of calling their representatives back. That means the solution is more foolish than problem itself. Nobody is talking of making this people more accountable. The selection of these candidates should be made more transparent.

That too it was disclosed on 12th December, a day before 4th anniversary of “Parliament Attack”. Our democracy is in danger of internal as well as external foes. External are terrorists and neighbours but internal are much more than them.

A Strange coincidence!
Well, writing after a long time. November has been a month of turmoil. Especially the so called right wing parties (BJP & Sena) are facing one of the worst turmoil of their life.
But the blog is about killing of 2 Indians. The coincidence among them is both were killed (murdered) while performing their duty in far flung areas from home.

The one I am talking about is Manjunath (IIM-L alumni & IOC sales officer) who was killed when he detected adulteration in petrol at a petrol pump. The economics of cross subsidization killed a person who was just performing his duty. But our leaders have come and gone without realizing that subsidies carry no meaning if they don’t reach the target. In this case it’s kerosene…..petrol& diesel actually have the same production cost as kerosene. However they are way above costlier than kerosene….thanks to our policy makers we have ended up subsidizing kerosene, so that poor can afford this fuel. But it actually ends up in our fuel tanks because pump owners and even some oil cos want to make quick bucks. The result poor suffer more, environment pollution and even murders of such innocent persons. It’s a 10,000 crore business…..

The second one is Maniappan Kutty…..who was a BRO (Border Roads Organisation) driver and was involved in road construction project in Afghanistan. He was abducted by Taliban and brutally murdered, to give a warning to India to stop all development activities in the war ravaged country. The message is clear Taliban (also read Pakistan), does’nt want it’s arch rival to earn good points of Afghani people. As engagement of India increases in this country so does the uneasiness of Taliban and their masters. India should think of deploying it’s army for the safety of government servants working in this hostile country.

Their souls may rest in peace and GOD give their family members courage in this time of providence.