At a time when it should ideally have been gunning for the UPA government’s head for its failures, the saffron leadership finds itself busy dousing in-house fires. With just over a year left for the big elections, the BJP leadership looks surprisingly bent on giving the Congress another term on a platter.
Voices of dissent from senior party leaders like Yashwant Sinha, Ram Jethmalani and Shatrughan Sinha have added to BJP’s woes. At the forefront of the campaign to oust Gadkari from the president’s post, Jethmalani today stands suspended from the BJP for indiscipline. When Jethmalani, a former senior Supreme Court lawyer, entered the Rajya Sabha in June 2010 as a BJP candidate, it was said that he was being rewarded for taking up the case relating to former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah’s bail. Contrary to the party’s claims of morality, the party’s decision to show Jethmalani the door shows its reluctance in taking a moral stand. “The BJP is clearly not as strong a party as it was, say, 10-15 years ago. This is what has probably kept the BJP leadership from taking any decisive stand on the allegations against the party president and also take a clear position on corruption,” says political observer Suvrokamal Dutta. He believes that if Gadkari had decided to step down on moral grounds, it would have led to a huge gain of credibility among the masses for the BJP. However, in the absence of any such move, BJP is in no position to level any corruption charges at the Congress. Insiders tell B&E that action against the party president has been deferred in view of the elections in Gujarat and that once the results are announced early next month, there is a possibility that Gadkari could face the music. However, other than the central leadership that is reeling under charges of impropriety, there are several BJP-led states that have also been accused of corruption charges. Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh are the biggest examples where the BJP leadership has failed to act or take a clear stand on corruption. And the weaknesses of the opposition party have definitely emboldened the Congress. “The BJP is the only political party in the country with two sitting national presidents accused of corruption. But in this too, the BJP’s double standards were exposed. Bangaru Laxman, who was from the tribal community, was immediately removed and side-lined. But the same party, along with the RSS, stood like an impenetrable shield when Nitin Gadkari’s corruption was uncovered,” says Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Ajay Singh, adding that the BJP’s double standards on dealing with its corrupt politicians are in the open for all to see.
Despite all its promises, the BJP has also been unable to reach the masses to campaign against corruption under the Congress leadership. Since it was caught napping on occasions such as the CWG scam, Coalgate and several others, BJP has wasted some wonderful opportunities to gain political mileage. And with the current state of affairs, it looks destined to waste quite a few more in the coming months. Consequently, a party that looked headed for victory as the other logical alternative to lead India a few months ago may be really headed towards returning the privilege to UPA yet again.
Voices of dissent from senior party leaders like Yashwant Sinha, Ram Jethmalani and Shatrughan Sinha have added to BJP’s woes. At the forefront of the campaign to oust Gadkari from the president’s post, Jethmalani today stands suspended from the BJP for indiscipline. When Jethmalani, a former senior Supreme Court lawyer, entered the Rajya Sabha in June 2010 as a BJP candidate, it was said that he was being rewarded for taking up the case relating to former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah’s bail. Contrary to the party’s claims of morality, the party’s decision to show Jethmalani the door shows its reluctance in taking a moral stand. “The BJP is clearly not as strong a party as it was, say, 10-15 years ago. This is what has probably kept the BJP leadership from taking any decisive stand on the allegations against the party president and also take a clear position on corruption,” says political observer Suvrokamal Dutta. He believes that if Gadkari had decided to step down on moral grounds, it would have led to a huge gain of credibility among the masses for the BJP. However, in the absence of any such move, BJP is in no position to level any corruption charges at the Congress. Insiders tell B&E that action against the party president has been deferred in view of the elections in Gujarat and that once the results are announced early next month, there is a possibility that Gadkari could face the music. However, other than the central leadership that is reeling under charges of impropriety, there are several BJP-led states that have also been accused of corruption charges. Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh are the biggest examples where the BJP leadership has failed to act or take a clear stand on corruption. And the weaknesses of the opposition party have definitely emboldened the Congress. “The BJP is the only political party in the country with two sitting national presidents accused of corruption. But in this too, the BJP’s double standards were exposed. Bangaru Laxman, who was from the tribal community, was immediately removed and side-lined. But the same party, along with the RSS, stood like an impenetrable shield when Nitin Gadkari’s corruption was uncovered,” says Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Ajay Singh, adding that the BJP’s double standards on dealing with its corrupt politicians are in the open for all to see.
Despite all its promises, the BJP has also been unable to reach the masses to campaign against corruption under the Congress leadership. Since it was caught napping on occasions such as the CWG scam, Coalgate and several others, BJP has wasted some wonderful opportunities to gain political mileage. And with the current state of affairs, it looks destined to waste quite a few more in the coming months. Consequently, a party that looked headed for victory as the other logical alternative to lead India a few months ago may be really headed towards returning the privilege to UPA yet again.
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