With constant infighting, abundant prime ministerial candidates and
overambitious regional leaders who tend to put themselves above the
party, political observers find the BJP resembling a coalition more than
a political party.
Speaking to Jest Kidding, a psephologist-cum-political scientist who recently resigned as the text book advisor for NCERT, said: “Regional leaders such as the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Orissa and others coming together to form a strong third front seems more likely than a united BJP in the run-up to the 2014 general election. In my opinion, the BJP is itself a coalition. In fact, the party can start calling itself the National Democratic Alliance and no one will know the difference.
“While the ruling party is accused of practicing dynastic politics with lineage prevailing over mere lust for power, BJP has a problem of plenty. It is possible that the UPA chairperson had the BJP in mind when she identified ‘too many leaders’ as the principal reason for the Congress’ Uttar Pradesh debacle.
“The BJP has at least half a dozen prime ministerial hopefuls. Then, we have regional leaders. And then, we have those leaders who scramble into a rath to start a yatra at the drop of a hat.
“About Karnataka, we should not even begin to talk about it. A former chief minister of the state makes more headlines than most Indian politicians put together. Resorts are generally his last resort where he occasionally retreats to, among other things, plan ways to boycott the BJP’s national executive. This former CM believes the current Gujarat CM is prime ministerial material and does not shy away from declaring as much. The Gujarat CM talks less in public but is no less manipulative. He has made it clear that he would not attend the party’s national executive unless someone he detests and who is considered close to the party president gives it a miss.”
Many in the party have a problem with its president, more to the point, about him managing to secure a second term. Many senior leaders refused to attend a rally organised by the party soon after citing “prior engagements”. The party patriarch deeply disapproves of the goings-on and has started wondering if the BJP is serious about taking on a government that it describes in Parliament as perpetrating “nothing else but misrule”.
We have also learnt that the party president, at one stage, was considering holding the party’s national conclave at his residence given the uncertainty of the strength of attendees. With the general election in 2014 nearing and the party yet to find a prime ministerial candidate, rumour is, a game of musical chairs will be organised to make a decision. When contacted to seek verification, an angry president of the BJP said: “Politics is not a game, much less musical. This is serious business and we are all in it together.”
Link: http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=411559&catid=39
Speaking to Jest Kidding, a psephologist-cum-political scientist who recently resigned as the text book advisor for NCERT, said: “Regional leaders such as the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Orissa and others coming together to form a strong third front seems more likely than a united BJP in the run-up to the 2014 general election. In my opinion, the BJP is itself a coalition. In fact, the party can start calling itself the National Democratic Alliance and no one will know the difference.
“While the ruling party is accused of practicing dynastic politics with lineage prevailing over mere lust for power, BJP has a problem of plenty. It is possible that the UPA chairperson had the BJP in mind when she identified ‘too many leaders’ as the principal reason for the Congress’ Uttar Pradesh debacle.
“The BJP has at least half a dozen prime ministerial hopefuls. Then, we have regional leaders. And then, we have those leaders who scramble into a rath to start a yatra at the drop of a hat.
“About Karnataka, we should not even begin to talk about it. A former chief minister of the state makes more headlines than most Indian politicians put together. Resorts are generally his last resort where he occasionally retreats to, among other things, plan ways to boycott the BJP’s national executive. This former CM believes the current Gujarat CM is prime ministerial material and does not shy away from declaring as much. The Gujarat CM talks less in public but is no less manipulative. He has made it clear that he would not attend the party’s national executive unless someone he detests and who is considered close to the party president gives it a miss.”
Many in the party have a problem with its president, more to the point, about him managing to secure a second term. Many senior leaders refused to attend a rally organised by the party soon after citing “prior engagements”. The party patriarch deeply disapproves of the goings-on and has started wondering if the BJP is serious about taking on a government that it describes in Parliament as perpetrating “nothing else but misrule”.
We have also learnt that the party president, at one stage, was considering holding the party’s national conclave at his residence given the uncertainty of the strength of attendees. With the general election in 2014 nearing and the party yet to find a prime ministerial candidate, rumour is, a game of musical chairs will be organised to make a decision. When contacted to seek verification, an angry president of the BJP said: “Politics is not a game, much less musical. This is serious business and we are all in it together.”
Link: http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=411559&catid=39
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