Of course we cannot blame one party. All of them are guilty of that. Last general elections, Congress spent over 400 crores while BJP spent close to 250 crores. But recent reports indicate that just like the scams, corporate “donations” during UPA rule have multiplied many folds. The biggest scam so far in the short history of our unfortunate nation was presided over by Mr. Clean himself. Calling Manmohan Singh clean is beyond ridiculous and has become a very cruel joke on the aam aadmi. The worst part is that he still clings to his kursi without any shame. The latest spectacle forces me to believe that he must be the worst Prime Minister ever forced upon us.
Commenting upon the recent impasse in the Loksabha, Mr. NV Subramanian has offered three possible explanations for this unexpected show of backbone by the BJP.
Press says it is L.K.Advani, quoting one BJP leader. This may be true. If Advani does not take the hard line against UPA-2 and Congress, he will be displaced by Narendra Modi. Narendra Modi is the only BJP politician Congress fears. Perhaps Advani has realized this. If Advani succeeds in his mission, BJP will rally behind him. Narendra Modi will fall in line.
There could be another power behind this hard line, namely RSS. But evidence of this is mixed. It is well-known that RSS is unhappy with BJP's central leadership, and even more with Advani after his blog writing off the party in the 2014 elections.
It is also well-known that Pranab Mukherjee was unhappy at being passed over for prime-ministership, panning Manmohan Singh to the press off the record. Pranab almost lost the presidential race to Meira Kumar and Motilal Vora, Sonia Gandhi's first and second choice for Rashtrapati Bhawan. And the President is deeply unhappy for being made a scapegoat by the prime minister's office for the ruination of the economy.
The problem with the first reason is that it is the press, which says that Advani is behind this. Of course, the pro-Congress press would like nothing more than Advani as the BJP candidate. The second reason is the most likely one. The third one makes Mukherjee look like Machiavelli, which may be true, but it is not important at this stage. What is important is that this corrupt regime be held accountable and ousted. It is quite obvious from the looks of it that the regional parties are not going to help the BJP. They have their agendas, which hardly ever gel with national agendas. Demagogues whose sole agenda is political survival and money lead these parties. Which is why they are amenable to manipulation by a rich and crooked party like Congress, which has used a divided opposition to get away with anything despite of all.
This is why it is up to the BJP to find a way to take this fight to the court of public opinion and try Congress in it. The only way they can do so is by stalling the parliament and make Congress look helpless. It may make the BJP look like they are standing in the way of getting things done but Congress has had over eight years to get things in order. All they have done is plunder the nation and now it is too late to ride that high horse. The BJP should not relent even if nothing gets done this session. When the matter gets tried in the court of public opinion, the opportunistic and vulture like regional parties will be forced to take sides and reveal their intentions. This also will expose the internal fault lines in Congress and expose the limitations of the Gandhi family power.
It is going to take a lot of political acumen and strong resolve on the part of BJP to see this through. They had better watch out for Congress’ Machiavellian maneuvers. They owe it to the aam aadmi.
The NV Subramanian article can be read at: http://newsinsight.net/archivedebates/nat2.asp?recno=2337
Article on corporate money to political parties can be read at: http://www.rediff.com/news/report/at-1-662-cr-cong-leads-with-corporate-donations/20120810.htm
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