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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Shourie's 3 articles
Click on this link for an extraordinary series of 3 articles by BJP which
appeared in the Indian Express on Aug. 25, 26 and 27. I have titled this set
of 3 articles as: Jaswant's Jinnah and implosion of BJP by Arun Shourie.
Article 1 is titled: A few extracts from the book (that is, Jaswant's book)
Article 2 is titled: The ban and the law (that is, a reference to Gujarat
Govt.'s ban on the book)
Article 3 is titled: Master strategies (that is, strategies by those holding
the reins of BJP)
Though Articles 1 and 2 provide the backdrop and make for good reading, let
me focus on Article 3.
Article 3 is quite unlike Arun Shourie's straight-forward articles which
made him a by-word among journalists as a sharp-shooter. In this article,
Arun Shourie is indulging in an Alice in the Wonderland metaphor to identify
the key actors related to BJP strategising the implosion of the BJP. Of
course, there is no mention of Arun Shourie himself as a key insider in this
sordid drama presented through Alice riddles. I don't think he would like to
categorise himself as a kicking-horse.
What is Arun trying to convey?
I leave it to him to do the explaining himself, but let me venture some
views on the state of the party to which Arun Shourie belongs.
1. Core ideology of the party is the reverence for the leader (I assume,
this refers to Advani).
2. Dead horses are promoted to supervisory positions (I assume, this refers
to the 'secon-rung' leadership of BJP in its parliamentary board; I don't
have to name them).
3. Since dead horses are not really dead, they have the potential to throw
kicks. (I think this is an opinion unsubstantiated by facts, unless Arun
Shourie comes out with unambiguous precision without hiding behind the Alice
metaphor or even the dead horse metaphor.)
4. The party is incapable of introspection.
One thing is clear. There is no second-rung leadership (they are really dead
horses promoted to supervisory positions) and if BJP has to be revived,
these dead horses have to be really removed from supervisory positions and
made ordinary field workers.
Another thing is clear. BJP is in a very, very bad shape, almost in a
terminal state of illness (that is, not exactly a dead horse but a dying
horse without any capacity to think).
To make the horse trot again, a panchayat of the party units from the mandal
and district level has to be convened in a think (chintan) baithak.
This is my take on the Wonderland called BJP and creating some hope for the
rashtram to be served by a party once called the BJP. The J in BJP is
becoming a metaphor. The J in BJP has to be restored for the horse to limp
back to action.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Shourie's 3 articles
Click on this link for an extraordinary series of 3 articles by BJP which
appeared in the Indian Express on Aug. 25, 26 and 27. I have titled this set
of 3 articles as: Jaswant's Jinnah and implosion of BJP by Arun Shourie.
Article 1 is titled: A few extracts from the book (that is, Jaswant's book)
Article 2 is titled: The ban and the law (that is, a reference to Gujarat
Govt.'s ban on the book)
Article 3 is titled: Master strategies (that is, strategies by those holding
the reins of BJP)
Though Articles 1 and 2 provide the backdrop and make for good reading, let
me focus on Article 3.
Article 3 is quite unlike Arun Shourie's straight-forward articles which
made him a by-word among journalists as a sharp-shooter. In this article,
Arun Shourie is indulging in an Alice in the Wonderland metaphor to identify
the key actors related to BJP strategising the implosion of the BJP. Of
course, there is no mention of Arun Shourie himself as a key insider in this
sordid drama presented through Alice riddles. I don't think he would like to
categorise himself as a kicking-horse.
What is Arun trying to convey?
I leave it to him to do the explaining himself, but let me venture some
views on the state of the party to which Arun Shourie belongs.
1. Core ideology of the party is the reverence for the leader (I assume,
this refers to Advani).
2. Dead horses are promoted to supervisory positions (I assume, this refers
to the 'secon-rung' leadership of BJP in its parliamentary board; I don't
have to name them).
3. Since dead horses are not really dead, they have the potential to throw
kicks. (I think this is an opinion unsubstantiated by facts, unless Arun
Shourie comes out with unambiguous precision without hiding behind the Alice
metaphor or even the dead horse metaphor.)
4. The party is incapable of introspection.
One thing is clear. There is no second-rung leadership (they are really dead
horses promoted to supervisory positions) and if BJP has to be revived,
these dead horses have to be really removed from supervisory positions and
made ordinary field workers.
Another thing is clear. BJP is in a very, very bad shape, almost in a
terminal state of illness (that is, not exactly a dead horse but a dying
horse without any capacity to think).
To make the horse trot again, a panchayat of the party units from the mandal
and district level has to be convened in a think (chintan) baithak.
This is my take on the Wonderland called BJP and creating some hope for the
rashtram to be served by a party once called the BJP. The J in BJP is
becoming a metaphor. The J in BJP has to be restored for the horse to limp
back to action.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->