Hindutva BJP returns to power in India - I  -DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL _______________

After a gap of 10 years of Congress rule, the Hindutva BJP returns to power in India, now with a bang, taking advantage of public indifference to and anger at Congress for uncontrolled high prices, corruption scams and rising unemployment.

As the BJP emerged as the singly powerful ruling party with a clear majority without the support of allies, the Congress party lost most seats it contested and became for the first time in Indian histry a pathetically looking party with a few seats in the parliament. Not only Congress party suffered huge defeats from Kanyakumari (even their BJP won with slender margin) but even its allies across the nation faced a survival predicament.  For instance, DMK party of veteran Karunadhi, an ally of Congress party with corrupt image,  lost every seat it contested in Tamil Nadu against the powerful Jaya wave and for the first time it has no MP in the parliament.

Even in Kerala where the Congress party rules, it fared  relatively better than elsewhere,  the ruling Congress party still has lost 4 seats to the Leftists who at national level  lost most of its seats in the outgoing parliament.

Interestingly, the Aam Aadmi Party which championed these popular causes could make any headway in the parliamentary poll eve in its own Delhi state which it ruled bifidly before quitting over anti-corruption bill issue.

Obviously. the  people of Delhi, who had overwhelmingly voted the new political party AAP to power in December for its sincere anti-corruption tirade against Congress rule both at centre and Delhi state, were not impressed with AAP abruptly leaving the government on Jan Lokpal bill issue without consulting them.

It is the Hindutva BJP which had been making all possible gimmicks to overtake Congress party, that gained the most form Anna Hazare-Arvind Kejriwal’s aggressive struggle against rampant corruption perpetuated by the rulers for centuries, though it is also the cause the corruption malice in the system.

In fact, when Hazare-Kejriwal captured the mood of the nation, fed up with the ever-fast growing rich and corporate lords, the resultant rampant corruption and rising prices, the BJP seeking to outsmart the Congress party, made strenuous efforts to hijack the popular movement rocking not only Delhi but entire nation. But Hazare and Kejriwal denied the Hindutva forces any chance.

Even the ruling Congress party also used all tricks to get Hazare in its trap, also failed. So, Congress, pretending to help Hazare with the passage of the anti-corruption bill, tactfully joined the BJP and other national and regional corrupt political outfits to defeat the Lokpal bill in the parliament to make all corrupt people feel relaxed.

However, the BJP has made full use of the impact the Hazare-Kejriwal movement made on the people of India.

The anti-Congress mood prevailing in the country could not gauged by political parties except the NJP. The sudden rise, rather the RSS/BJP/corporate discovery, of Narendara Modi was a challenge to national leaders to forge a united front. But they did not care.

Had Anna Hazare led the Aam Admi Party, or Kejriwal given the kind of leadership the nation sought to win India soul, obviously, the outcome of the 16th parliamentary poll would have been different.

While Hazare refused to play the political leadership role India expected, still expect, from one who exposed the corruption issue to national level, Kejriwal changed his strategy to leave Congress criticism to  focus  Modi and BJP. While Hazare needs to understand nothing can be changed in India without power or government support, Kejriwal should  now fight for the people of India- even while targeting BJP or Congress party. AAP should not leave the common people to the mercy of corrupt politicians . .

The question: did Hazare deliberately let BJP reap all befits from his anti-corruption movement in Delhi and elsewhere?

Of course, the BJP with one of the largest national networks could successfully implement its poll strategy  to make Congress  irrelevant  as its now  suffers  badly in the parliament where it is  being denied  the chance even to claim the main opposition leadership without the necessary seats or  national vote percentage. .

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