Thursday, August 20, 2009

BJP Losing It?

The BJP today summarily expelled one of its most senior leaders, Jaswant Singh, from the party, for his alleged "glorification of Jinnah", which "crossed the party's ideological Laxman Rekha"...

No show cause notice, not explanation asked, dismissal conveyed on the phone.

I am not a historian, nor do I have any authority to comment on how parties should be run, but is a book on a topic 60 years old so critical for the BJP in today's times? Is this what their Chintan Baithak will be debating today?

In a democracy, is this what freedom of speech means to the party that has governed this great country not too many years back?

Karan Thapar made a very strong point today - he's been given marching orders for allegedly saying something which is actually very much in line with the party's official stand! He asks, has the BJP president actually even read the book?

I am worried... The Congress is doing a great job governing us, but where is the opposition? The Left? The SP-BSP? Or the BJP? Are they even capable of being a responsible opposition?

3 comments:

Akshar said...

I think BJP has pressed the self destruct button :)

Anonymous said...

His being expelled from the party has very little to do with the book itself but it has a lot to do with it’s current lot of leaders like LK Advani and Rajnath Singh who have unilaterally kind of made him the scapegoat.

Harsha Kumar said...

BJP never ceases to surprise me.. Everytime they break their own record of stupdity :)