One is rather shocked to see that the BJP an all India only nationalist party appears to be demoralised to such an extent that so-called stalwarts are gone berserk. One is writing an article and getting published in an English newspaper having a super deluxe secularist image. The fellow is said to be a culprit of Advani’s Jinnah episode. As told he is an ex-Leftist. Electronic media wishfully highlighted that letter and its writer without naming the newspaper. At last party had to declare its aloofness from that letter. What action has been taken against that fellow is still unknown. Before this infamy could subside, a senior leader of the party having an stature of his own as an important ex-minister in NDA government writes down a letter and publicised the same. What an irresponsible act to widen cracks in the party! A firebrand Bajarangi of Ramjanmabhoomi fame challenges the future support of reservation for women-folk in the legislature and thus exposes his caste-based mental approach. One has to remember that as soon as Shri Advani showed his intention to resign from the post of the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, a very senior leader and an ex-head of the party welcomed it in the name of idealism. And now an ex-minister and Deputy Chairman of the party has resigned from all the party posts. This is the state of discipline in a party, which had a high place in the mind of general public and also in its opponents for its reputation as the most disciplined party in the political field. If the top is so much free for all in its unthinkable sad state of affairs what the bottom can expect from the top.
It appears that they are so much frustrated due to so-called defeat in the recent Lok Sabha elections that they have lost either their equilibrium of mind or have become a prey to defeatism. This condition of depression is jeopardising the very future of the party, while the picture is not so oblique. Loosing only twenty seats in comparison to those of 2004 can virtually be converted into a boon for the party in near future. To materialise defeat into victory certain steps are essential to be taken in order to boost the morale of the workers at low level and committed vote bank of the party in general. These steps will enthuse them with such an energy that opponents especially the so-called secular lobby in the country will be compelled not to rejoice anymore. Instead they would be demoralised and come to their knees.
The required steps can be summarised in the following manner:
The first and foremost need is to regain self-confidence and maintain discipline in the party at any cost. Nobody whosoever he may be should be allowed to give any statement or comment to media-persons. For God’s sake, they must avoid giving any unnecessary statements. Everybody is fully aware that nearly most of the television channels are anti-Hindu, unpatriotic and serfs to their foreign masters. These channels and some of the newspapers follow the instructions and intentions of the owners. Only authorised spokesperson should brief the media when necessary otherwise leave them unanswered. It has been amply proved that the anchors and interviewers try their best to twist the spoken words and put their own words in the mouth of the speaker very shrewdly to fulfil their purpose. It is worth mentioning here that once Shri Tarun Vijay, the then editor of Panchajanya had to scold Dilip Sardesai when as an anchor he tried to shift mike from his mouth not to let him complete his words. Since then Sardesai dared not to invite him to his sponsored talk shows. To say the least, one should not be so crazy as to become a puppet in the hands of the anchor. Who does not know what Star News, NDTV or IBN7 are? Then why to oblige and enhance their importance by giving them any bites? They should be boycotted for some months to set them right and bring their haughty minds to ground.
Secondly stick to the time-tested ideology that raised party tally from 2 to 182 in just sixteen years of its birth. Without any ideology, a person is just like a vagabond, a family is just like an orphanage, a society is like a mob of different hues and a nation is nothing but a big zero. Ideology is the very backbone on whose support a body stands and works. So a political party without any ideology is just a heap of garbage. Bharatiya Jan Sangh had its own ideology and that was Hindutva i.e. nation first, anything else afterwards. BJP inherited Jan Sangh, but failed utterly in 1984 due to shift in its ideology from Hindutva to Gandhism and Socialism and got only two seats in the Lok Sabha, one from Andhra Pradesh and second from Gujarat. When a correspondent asked Atalji about, his answer was, “We are following the very policy of the government, ham do, hamare do.” Within no time it became a viable alternative to the Indian National Congress which was absolutely responsible for the uncalled vivisection of the country and all ills borne out of that. Ultimately BJP had to come to its inherited ideology of Hindutva i.e. Nationalism pure and simple. The present day crisis to blame Hindutva for the defeat is baseless. Just look at the results in Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Bihar and Assam, Hindutva was no less their. As regards the result in Mumbai, Rajasthan, Harayana, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Jammu and UP, it was due to wrong choice of the candidates, giving tickets on the basis of shameless nepotism and favouritism, wrong alignments and above all the infighting. It played havoc, but Hindutva was very much there where in spite of all these party-ailments, candidates made a record of success. For example, look at Varanasi, Muslim votes in total went in favour of BSP candidate Mukhtyar Ansari a well known mafia, but that aroused Hindutva in Hindu voters and SP candidate and Congress candidate too, after seeing the pattern of voting for a while transferred their votes with full vehemence and got BSP candidate defeated and BJP candidate victorious. Those who were worried to see very low percentage of voting in Varanasi constituency, found very happy to see Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi’s victory. It was a victory of Hindutva over communalism and perverted secularism. SP and Congress candidates should be congratulated for their timely discretion and prudence. Varanasi had seen such a scene in 1957 Assembly elections too when after observing the voting pattern, Jan Sangh candidate transferred his votes in favaour of Congress candidate Dr. Sampurnanand and ensured his victory over a staunch communist candidate.
All other three seats in eastern UP were also won due to Hindu consciousness aroused by day and night efforts of Yogi Aditya Nath. Pilibhit seat has been won by record margin of votes due to Varun Gandhi factor i.e. assertive Hindutva which played a role of fevicol in uniting Hindus despite castes and creeds. Smt. Maneka Gandhi, Varun’s rock like unshakable mother also won her seat due to this very Hindu feeling. The wonder of wonders was the victory of Jayaprada, a Samajwadi candidate from Rampur, the citadel of Islamic fanaticism, inspite of all stones turned by Aazam Khan and total shift of Muslim votes to Begum Noor Bano, the Congress candidate of high stature. The miracle took place only due to consolidated Hindu voting in favour of Jayaprada. In Rampur such a miracle was first played when Narayan Swaroop Sharma was elecled to the Lok Sabha on Jan Sangh ticket. Rest of the few seats won in UP were also a proof to the effect of this very fact while alignment with Ajit Singh played a very negative roll in western and southern part of UP. What a catastrophe, this alignment was exposed by overnight offer of Ajit Singh to support Congress.
On the other side when Congress decided to contest maximum seats on its own strength, it showed the mirror to those who were haughty enough to provide only 3 seats to it. Congress tally doubled in UP not due to Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Vadra factor, but the strategic voting pattern of Muslims played a great role in it. Extreme Muslim consciousness pushed them towards Congress as they were hell-bent not to see LK Advani as Prime Minister of India. All the forces of dollar and petro-dollar were also awfully busy in a certaining BJP’s defeat. The only alternative for them on an all India basis was Congress and Congress alone. While prudent Muslim mind-set deserves appreciation, Hindus especially BJP wallas have to learn a lot from them.
Thirdly BJP forthwith refrain from Roza Aftar Dawats. It has tarnished its image to a great extent and also annoyed its committed voter to a greater extent. It is sheer appeasement in the name of communal harmony. Communal harmony does not come this way. For that unwinnable and indomitable strength of Hindutva is the only guarantee.
BJP leaders should also refrain themselves from offering chadar on the mazars of Sufis. To call them ‘Sufi-saints’ is paradoxical in itself. History explicitly tells us that most of them were actually sappers of invading Islamic armies in the garb of faqirs.
Forthly BJP has to get rid of becoming a carbon copy of the Congress that too unreadable. To say that BJP is today just like the Indian National Congress of the pre-Partition days is a great folly. One should understand that pre-Partition Congress betrayed the public faith. In its silent consent to divide the country on purely communal basis it got butchered more than 20 lakh of Hindus and ousted more the 2 crore Hindus from their ancestral homes and hearths for no fault of theirs. They had wholeheartedly voted for the Congress in 1946 and got back the ‘reward’ in their total annihilation from the newly created artificial country named Pakistan.
The present party defeat is not a debacle. It is a very temporary phase that will very soon disappear. Instead of leg-pulling or blaming one another for the defeat or for settling their scores with the rivals, need of the hour is to shun all the melancholy and differences, gird-up their loins and stand up as one person behind a leader who is no less a jewel not for the party only but for the nation too. A political leader of Advani’s calibre and stature is a rare boon for the party. Hindutva is the very backbone of ours. To make it stronger and stronger will be the greatest service to humanity also. Bharat is Bharat till Hindutva is very much alive and kicking here. The day Hindutva is lost, Bharat will also be lost. Only a landmass will remain in the name of the country like that of Egypt, Iran, Messopotamia, Greece. But be sure that such a day will never arrive as the Hindu dharma is Sanatan. BJP or no BJP Bharat has to win and remain to be a winner that is our very responsibility.
So there is no need to be ashamed of Hindutva. Kulkarnis can come and go, Swapan Das Guptas may come and go but Hindutva will remain and remain with full confidence with the resolve to remain victorious in all odds and adverse circumstances. O Doctors of BJP, cure thyselves. Sooner the better otherwise history will not forgive you.
(The writer is Editor, Rashtradharma and can be contacted at Sanskriti Bhawan, Rajenedra Nagar, Lucknow-226 004.)
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