BJP ONCE AGAIN DANCES TO THE HINDUTVA TUNE..

The soon to be 2009 elections were widely perceived as an election set to be fought on a different note and tune. The issues this time were completely different from the earlier caste based politics. But as it seems the Indian politicians have learnt no lessons from their counterparts in the U.S., the oldest democracy, which came over an age by electing Barack Obama for the top job and belied the myth that a black cant be named and hold the White house whereas the Indians might have just learnt the opposite. The election which could have been fought on the prospects of development, countering the terror threat, limiting the adverse affect of the economic recession, has taken a drastic unwanted turn in pilibhit, the constituency from where Varun the ‘other Gandhi’ and BJP candidate has been nominated. Varun spilt venom while addressing a rally, allegedly against a community and not against a party which was beyond expectation. His alleged remarks has put the election scenario in the country to resemble the situation prevailed during the first quarter of the 90s, that too at a time when e very country is endeavoring hard to maintain their pace with other nation in every respect. However, BJP and Varun Gandhi denied the allegations but the prolonged silence maintained by the party top brass prompts the party’s intentions to doubt and now it is silently trying to capitalize the situation in Uttar Pradesh and in other parts of India. It seems as if Varun Gandhi is being projected as the Narendra Modi of Uttar Pradesh- a state which is yet to heal the cicatrix of the Babri masjid demolition. This incident can’t be ignored as just an act of imbecile’s work but an age old agenda that BJP strives on, since its inception as an incessant party. The BJP has always tried to garner popularity and corner votes while dancing on the hindutva tune. Not long before, the subordinates of this party rugged Kandhamal in Orissa which forced the 12 year old ally BJD to part ways. Also, after it came to power in Karnataka the fundamentalists hold the state for a ransom and ran a parallel government or better we say a fundamentalist government in the name of Sri Ram Sene under the nose of B.S. Yeddurappa. Whatsoever be the motive behind this, BJP has got what it desperately needed from this controversy. It has reminded the voters about the party’s agenda and filled the party workers with enthusiasm and the drive to work with more energy who till now were not doing much but hibernating. Now, BJP rallies will see a much larger audience who echoes the same thoughts as the party does. This incident has given them the much needed push which will last till the polls are over. But for how long we are going to pay the price of being a united, secular nation that too because of a handful of people who believe in a different way. For how long will we become the victim of these politics? The stakes in this election are very high. On one hand we have leaders who are being projected as P.M. probably for the last time and on the other a league of aspirants who are not sure of bagging enough seats but are sure of their capability of bargain a deal. They are leaving no stone unturned to make the most of the opportunity. Also, a few who are not just trying to prove their worth in this election but are viewing it as an opportunity to make the ground for a smooth ride in the next which is not much far as the government this time is expected to be highly unstable. Now the time has passed to bemoan our helplessness and its time to prove our (read as voters) mettle, so that our silence may not be perceived as our weakness that can be put to test every now and then. Also, it’s time to throw them out to taste the water and make them realize that we are no more puppets whose strings are in the hands of these politicians. So it’s time for a smart usage of our universal adult franchise so that the future beacon us as united and not divided.