BJP, Jinnah and the crisis

In India only tow topics are interesting: Cricket and Politics. Suddenly Indian cricket team has stopped playing matches too often but still the debate and the "BREAKING NEWS" has continued.. Suddenly Arun Jaitley who hosted Sehwag's wedding at his house has become a enemy and they need a moderator (read M.A.Pataudi) to find the solution...

Coming back! Cricket is one of my interests.. But the most interesting thing (I find it kinda interesting) these days on new channels is the "CRISIS IN BJP".. I was an admirer of this party for the kind of development work they did.. (Golden Quardilateral, Interlinking of rivers, Reservation for Women, Pokran II to name a few..).. Now questions are being raised on most of them if not all... Suddenly BJP's loyalist Jaswant Singhs, Arun Shouries are condemned for speaking - this was the party which used to mention that they stood for democracy and not anarchy (read congress, where one family continues to occupy the chair).. But the crisis isnt more about whether expression of thought is allowed.. its more about if a new different approach is acceptable..

Was Jinnah a nice man! I wasn't born in his times and haven't read enough history to know but definitely a man who could create a nation out of nothing should have something in him.. He was a congress loyalist and the messaih of Hindu-Muslim unity, but his hunger for power increased because he thought he won't have a role to play in New Independent India. ( I remember reading this line in my history book in school).. Whatever may be the reason, he is dead but even after his death he is creating problems for the party (which called itself the modern National party against a "ages old Bhudiya", Mr. Modi said this)..

Coming back! So now RSS (the BJP mentors) have decided that Iron Man (Mr. Advani) should retire and hand over the reins to the young blood in the party (young in politics is defined above 50, though for normal people the retirement age is 58, the tyranny of Indian Politics!).. So Mr. Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Venkaiyah Naidu and Anant Kumar are the front runners! But did we notice except for Sushma Swaraj none of them has a mass base.. I dont remember three of them fighting a election and winning (I may be wrong, too lazy to google and check, btw google is the biggest data source for us ).. so the crisis now BJP will face is their young blood (political language) doesn't have mass appeal and mass following.. where as the bhudiya party has a amazing leader Rahul Gandhi (I love the way he has built his appeal and following)..

Will BJP able to find a leader with a MASS APPEAL.. I think the only leader in BJP today which has some appeal (no one can match Vajpayee ji, he is one of my fav. prime ministers) is Mr. Modi.. Gujarat has developed under him but at the cost of Humanity, which for a young Indian (Young in literal sense not political) is unacceptable..

Will BJP survive? Who knows! But one thing is another good idea for modern India has lost in the love for power and position.. Did the same thing not happen with Jinnah..!!!

BJP has a identity crisis.. as they say in marketing... if a product has become a commodity, economies of scale will reap benefits (read Congress has been here for more than 150 years now they have the pulse of India in their hand and people know them).. A 31 year old product (read BJP) can't fight them being a commodity (same issues as caste, religion, reservation etc.) they need to be differentiated.. Vajpayee is a wise man.. He didnt suggest development over RAM without reason.. He always knew BJP needed to stand out to thrash the party which is still credited for Independence of India..!!!

Hope BJP finds sense because till there is no competition, markets can't be efficient!