BJP
versus rest of the political parties
Opposition parties are trying to come up with a
cohesive front to try and defeat Bharatiya Janata Party in the forthcoming
elections. As Opposition parties of different persuasions are beginning to
stitch together a motley coalition, the response of the BJP is to have one political party with a majority
ruling. Thus BJP harps on the need
for stability.
A call to vote for stability used to be the
Congress’s slogan in the 1990s, but it is now appropriated by the BJP as the
biggest party on the political landscape. But BJP is acutely conscious of the
possibility of a coming together of Opposition parties if it falls short of a
majority like it happened in Karnatak.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi is now talking
of a common minimum programme, and of working together with different parties
in different States to take on the BJP. Congress prefers to form
alliance with the dominant party of every state.
But when there is no stability, the political
leadership's time would be spent only on internal squabbling and the governance
would take a back seat. Can India afford a Karnataka type government at the
center, even if it is short lived? There seems to be very few things in common
and the bare minimum agenda may not be sufficient.
Majority of politicians in Tamilnadu or
elsewhere have no interest in national politics as much as they have in state
or local politics, as one should be well versed either in English or Hindhi to
make a mark in national affairs. Lok Sabha elections are more expensive than
Assembly elections and rewards are not tempting. Hence the saying 'Delhi door Hai'.
Both the BJP and Indian National Congress should strive for a two-party system
in the country than engaging in mutual destruction of each other, encouraging
mushrooming of regional lobbies or caste lobbies.
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