Opinion About Advani

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani has come under severe,though veiled,criticism in the latest issue of Organiser

June 20, 2013 05:20 AM IST First published on: Jun 20, 2013 at 05:20 AM IST

About Advani

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani has come under severe,though veiled,criticism in the latest issue of Organiser,the RSS weekly,for his stand over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modis projection as the partys prime ministerial candidate. An article titled Indias moment of change makes the case that opposition to Modi from within his party is tragic beyond measure and adds that the campaign against him from all quarters,including his own party,is based on a wretched tissue of fabrication. Dwelling on the significance of Modis political fate,it says the electoral outcome of 2014 may turn out to be as significant as Plassey in 1757 and Indian Independence in 1947. He (Modi) is threatening the Indian polity with genuine secularism and espousal of the goals of development and decent governance that a growing minority have come to understand is the only path to national salvation. This is why the opposition to him from within his own fold is tragic beyond measure. Those who were originally products of resistance to the many seriously injurious developments in Indian political life,which turned well meaning early mistakes into catastrophe,have themselves been absorbed by them, states the article.

It adds: Three politicians stand accused of having been the standard bearers of an exhausted past that profoundly menaces Indias prospects. The first and foremost is now the president of India,who could have refused to offer succour to a bankrupt politics and a family… unable to comprehend the dangerous agendas of subversive courtiers. The prime minister himself,who has always known everything,has strained to do nothing to curb the shocking criminality swirling around him… Sadly,the most prominent member of the opposition is destined to join this putrefying duo for his baffling efforts to prolong the national agony over which they have presided.

Organiser clarifies in its editorial that the question of declaring the prime ministerial candidate does not arise at the moment,as the polls have not yet been declared. The BJP so far has only declared Modi as chairman of a forum and surely not a prime ministerial candidate… What needs to be understood at this moment is that there should be no cheating the people. There is sufficient time to declare a prime ministerial candidate and the decision will naturally be taken at an appropriate time after consultation with all parties concerned.

COAL SCAM

Both Organiser and Panchjanya have targeted the UPA government over the alleged coal block allocations scam. In its cover story,Organiser claims that since the Supreme Court started monitoring the investigation,the UPA government has found it difficult to shield the culprits and conspirators. It is but natural that if the CBI has sufficient evidence against the minister of state for coal,how can the head of the ministry,that is,the prime minister himself,who held the coal ministry in those days,remain clean? This is the question nagging not only the minds of the investigative agency officials but also the common man. The article alleges that the CBI officials are of the clear opinion that some officials in the PMO are deeply involved in the scam,but they could not touch them because some Congress leaders and also the PMO are shielding them. An editorial in the latest issue of Panchjanya also deals with the scam,stating that there is no doubt now that the ‘chowkidar in front of whom the countrys treasury was being looted misled the nation.

BJP and Telangana

Organiser says that the BJP is set to begin its campaign for the 2014 polls with comfortable placements in Andhra Pradesh and in the Telangana region. According to the article,the BJP has realised that there is potential for the party to grow independently in Telangana and it has,therefore,been working hard for the past four years in the region. The party has a clear policy and has decided to declare Telangana a separate state when it comes to power,and is working to attract the youth and cadre from other parties to join them. The BJP,which created three separate states,confirmed its support to Telangana on many occasions, it says,citing assertions by senior BJP leaders that the party will form the Telangana state within 100 days if it comes to power.

D.K. Singh