05-19-2009, 11:43 AM
As Home Minister, Mr. Advani faced increasing depredations by the defiant SIMI, and on one occasion, two intelligence officers were recognised and beaten badly when working in the Jamia area. He did nothing. More recently, his party tried to make some noise over the Batla House encounter controversy to score points against the ruling UPA, but so non-serious was their effort that none of these issues figured cogently in the election campaign.
Amongst such daily disappointments â not meeting victims of Chhittisinghpora in a Delhi hospital; doing nothing for the families of policemen who died in the attack on Parliament House â what stands out most was a sudden uncontrollable itch to be Prime Minister. While rumours to this effect circulated throughout the NDA regime, deniability was lost with Mr. Advaniâs autobiography â which reveals shoddy intrigues against his own boss, Atal ji.
The book claims RSS wanted Mr. Vajpayee to move into Rashtrapati Bhavan and pave the way for someone else, presumably Advani. But the catch is that the RSS turned out to mean Rajju Bhaiya, who had by then handed the post of Sarsanghachalak to Sudarshan ji â which means Advani had so factionalised a large part of the RSS that a former Sarsanghachalak could actually accompany him to the PMâs house and ask him to step down!
What an admission! Obviously Advani did not write the book â or read it either.
More recently, a below the belt attack was made on the ailing Vajpayee. Party president Rajnath Singh was reluctant to announce Atal jiâs retirement from active politics last year, but the old warhorse was too ill for public appearances and even had to be hospitalized. His family, protective of his dignity, kept the details of his ailment secret. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited his predecessor in hospital and ensured nothing leaked out. It took a known Advani-friendly journalist to inform us that Atal ji has a brain tumour and is unlikely to recover; his official retirement came soon after!
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Amongst such daily disappointments â not meeting victims of Chhittisinghpora in a Delhi hospital; doing nothing for the families of policemen who died in the attack on Parliament House â what stands out most was a sudden uncontrollable itch to be Prime Minister. While rumours to this effect circulated throughout the NDA regime, deniability was lost with Mr. Advaniâs autobiography â which reveals shoddy intrigues against his own boss, Atal ji.
The book claims RSS wanted Mr. Vajpayee to move into Rashtrapati Bhavan and pave the way for someone else, presumably Advani. But the catch is that the RSS turned out to mean Rajju Bhaiya, who had by then handed the post of Sarsanghachalak to Sudarshan ji â which means Advani had so factionalised a large part of the RSS that a former Sarsanghachalak could actually accompany him to the PMâs house and ask him to step down!
What an admission! Obviously Advani did not write the book â or read it either.
More recently, a below the belt attack was made on the ailing Vajpayee. Party president Rajnath Singh was reluctant to announce Atal jiâs retirement from active politics last year, but the old warhorse was too ill for public appearances and even had to be hospitalized. His family, protective of his dignity, kept the details of his ailment secret. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited his predecessor in hospital and ensured nothing leaked out. It took a known Advani-friendly journalist to inform us that Atal ji has a brain tumour and is unlikely to recover; his official retirement came soon after!
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