Joshi BJP’s Draupadi, only even more wronged

Unlike Draupadi, who at least had her foul tongue (‘‘a blind man’s son will be blind too’’ remark made at Duryodhana) to partly blame for her predicament, Joshi for the BJP is an innocent victim. His ‘‘life of humility, dedication is not to the liking of some.’’

Sample the credentials of Joshi listed by BJP Today. ‘‘He set for himself a distinct way of life and definite goal to serve the nation. He became a pracharak of RSS leaving a lecturer’s job in an engineering college. He dedicated his life to Bharatmata, took a vow to serve the nation and adopted RSS as the medium to realise that goal.’’

Later, he ‘‘involved himself in looking after the working of BJP organisation. Continuous tours, communication and contact with everybody became the only aim of his life. That earned him love, affection and faith of party workers.’’

Underlining that ‘‘nothing had changed’’, the magazine says he has returned to his own people with the same love and affection as the RSS had showered the affection he deserved and the BJP had accepted him back with open arms and handed over the moral responsibility of the organisation back to him.

The party fortnightly obviously leaves many blanks, hopefully, to be filled in later. The least one would expect is that the so-called Duryodhanas do not remain unidentified.