BJP and Its Election Winning Mantra

BJP is winning elections not because of anti-incumbency or development.

Neither do I believe that EVMs are being hacked.

There is something, which is not obvious and is elusive to common perception.

And that is- BJP is winning because of Congress.

There were (and are) sangh affiliated men in Congress, since the time of its inception.

Okay, the sangh was created 40 years after formation of Congress, but the sangh ideology was there even before its formal inception.

What makes me say so?

Look at 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

BJP won with a massive majority of 282 seats.

How many were ex-Congressmen in this?

116 of them.

Take the recent Tripura elections.

BJP got 1.7% votes in 2013 elections.

It jumped to 41.4% this year. (see chart)

The Left suffered a loss of just 3.4%.

The 35% gain in vote share that BJP got was due to Congress alone.

When the BJP announced its list of candidates for 44 of 51 seats,

ALL of THEM were Ex-Congressmen.

So there were BJP moles in Congress since long.

It’s not that only Congress is infected, other parties too have such moles in them.

There exist such moles in Left bastion as well, which speaks for their fast eroding presence.

These moles in the Left jeopardised the functioning of the UPA government during 2010-14.

So what lies ahead?

Answer is- Not much.

Even if Congress comes back to power in 2019, Democracy in India is already dead.

I say this because politics in India does not work the way it appears.

It’s not Congress Vs BJP.

“Congress mukt Bharat” was another jumla of BJP.

The reality is that-

BJP is Congress yukt today.

It wasn’t a Hindu-Muslim issue either.

That’s another pretext to grab power-political power.

When you have political power, you have the resources of the country at your command.

The capitalist class which spent roughly 30,000 crores rupees during 2014 Lok Sabha elections, wanted a party which caters to capitalist interest.

The policies of the present govt. during last 4 years testify the above statement.

Modi was a Hindutva mascot.

They needed him- for votes. For power.

Once the capture over the resources is complete, they would no longer need him.

Modi would be history in few years.

And if my prediction is correct- in few months.

He would be replaced by a more moderate face.

Coz communalism in the long run would be detrimental to the capitalist class’ interest.

They would need a person who has a moderate image.

Might be even Rahul Gandhi.

However, this political transformation would not be without a conflict with the Sangh.

But then, money rules.

In event of political change (i.e. Congress taking over BJP in 2019), the moles would change sides again.

Modi has paved the way for capitalist.

And if you expect that there would be a policy change if Congress comes to power in 2019.

You’re sadly mistaken.

Let me make it simpler through an equation: It’s merry go round.

Savarkar : A Nationalist Or Coward??

A line has been drawn over an uncomfortable facet of the Hindutva icon’s personality. For, unlike other patriots like Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Ashfaqullah, who refused to ask the British Raj for mercy even at the cost of their lives, Savarkar, the father of the BJP’s Hindutva ideology, had actually sought clemency while lodged in Andamans’ Cellular Jail.
Savarkar’s letter asking for forgiveness dated November 14, 1913 is reprinted in a book, Penal Settlement In Andamans, published by the Gazetteers Unit of Union ministry of education.

Savarkar described himself as a ”prodigal son” longing to return to the ”parental doors of the government”. While referring to his earlier letter of clemency in 1911, Savarkar wrote, ”…if the government in their manifold beneficence and mercy release me, I for one cannot but be the staunchest advocate of constitutional progress and loyalty to the English government which is the foremost condition of that progress. As long as we are in jails, there cannot be real happiness and joy in hundreds and thousands of homes of His Majesty’s subjects in India, for blood is thicker than water; but if we are released, the people will raise a shout of joy and gratitude to the government, who knows how to forgive and correct, more than how to chastise and avenge.”

Savarkar went on to add, ”Moreover, my conversion to the constitutional line would bring back all those misled young men in India and abroad who were once looking up to me as their guide. I am ready to serve the government in any capacity they like, for as my conversion is conscientious so I hope my future conduct would be. By keeping me in jail, nothing can be got in comparison to what would be otherwise. The Mighty alone can afford to be merciful and, therefore, where else can the prodigal son return but to the parental doors of the government.”

How could Savarkar, who aligned with the British regime and asked for clemency, be an epitome of valour and counted among the “bravest freedom fighters”?

Hindutva groups claim that this was a ruse by Savarkar ruse to slip his fetters so that he could resume his activities for India’s freedom. But his alignment with the British later refutes the explanation. The volte-face has been explored by Indian historians and writers.

Savarkar, historians have noted, told Lord Linlithgow, in October 1939:
“…But now our interests were so closely bound together, the essential things was for Hinduism and Great Britain to be friends…The Hindu Mahasabha favoured an unambiguous undertaking of Dominion Status at the end of the war.”

Later, in August 1942 when Gandhi launched the Quit India movement and asked Indians to renounce their government jobs, Savarkar instead said:
“I issue this definite instruction to all Hindu Sanghatanists in general holding any post or position of vantage in the government services, should stick to them and continue to perform their regular duties.”

When India finally threw off the British yoke, Savarkar did not celebrate. Instead, “the Hindu Mahasabha declared August 15, 1947, as a day of mourning,” write historians Aditya Mukherjee, Mridula Mukherjee and Sucheta Mahajan, in The Hindu Communal Project. “It refused to accept the national flag, upholding the bhagwa jhanda as the only flag worthy of veneration. The Congress, as the ruling party, was repeatedly pressurised to declare the state a Hindu rashtra .”

मैं कोई गैर नहीं हूँ इसी मुल्क का मुसलमान हूँ

सैकड़ो सालों से मैं तन्हा हूँ परेशान हूँ मैं कोई गैर नहीं हूँ इसी मुल्क का मुसलमान हूँ।
अपने पुरखो की वतनपरस्ती के सबूत ढूंढ रहा हूँ।

इसी मुल्क में पैदा होकर अपना वज़ूद ढूंढ रहा हूँ

सिर्फ चुनावी मोहरा नहीं हूँ मैं सियासत का हिस्सेदार हूँ
मैं कोई गैर नहीं हूँ इसी मुल्क का मुसलमान हूँ

देश में दंगे करवाने वाले देशभक्ति हमें सिखाते 

जिसने गांधी की हत्या की देश में उसका मंदिर बनवाते 

इनकी नज़रो में तो केवल मैं ही बुरा इंसान हूँ

मैं कोई गैर नहीं हूँ इसी मुल्क का मसलमान हूँ।

भूल गये तुम मेरी हकीकत जब चारो ओर अँधियारा था

ब्रिटिश हुकूमत को सबसे पहले मैंने ही ललकारा था

कर्नाटक के मैसूर में जन्मा मैं ही टीपू सुलतान हूँ

मैं कोई गैर नहीं हूँ इसी मुल्क का मुसलमान हूँ
आज मुझसे पूछते हो देश को मैंने क्या दिया

तो फिर आकर देख लो आगरे का ताजमहल और दिल्ली का लालकिला

जिसको तुम सब ढूंढते हो मैं भारत का वही खोया हुआ सम्मान हूँ

मैं कोई गैर नहीं हूँ इसी मुल्क का मुसलमान हूँ

आज़ादी की खातिर गर्दन मेने भी कटवाई है 

जलियावाला बाग़ में गोली मैंने भी तो खाई है

फिर भी देशभक्ति की कसौटी पर में ही सवालिया निशान हूँ।
मैं कोई गैर नहीं हूँ इसी मुल्क का मुसलमान हूँ
क्या फर्क है तुझमे मुझमे दोनों देश के लाल है

खून तेरा भी लाल है खून मेरा भी लाल है

जान से ज्यादा प्यारे तिरंगे पर मैं भी तो क़ुर्बान हूँ

मैं कोई गैर नहीं हूँ इसी मुल्क का मुसलमान हूँ

देश में शांति चाहते है हम इसीलिए चुप रहते है

तेरी चुभती बातो को भी ख़ामोशी से सहते है

जिस दिन अपना मुह खोला “इश्क़ ” तो फिर मैं एक तूफ़ान हूँ।

मैं कोई गैर नहीं हूँ इसी मुल्क का मुसलमान हूँ  

संविधान के दायरे में रहकर हम अपना हक़ मांगते है

मेरा हक इज़्ज़त से दे वरना, दूसरा रास्ता भी जानते है।

आ गया अगर “इश्क़ “अपने रंग में  तो फिर सबके लिए नुक्सान हूँ।

मैं कोई गैर नहीं हूँ इसी मुल्क का मुसलमान हूँ।

जब तक मैं हद में हूँ तब तक सब कुछ हद में है

आ गया अगर मैं हद से बाहर फिर ना कुछ तेरे बस में है 

जब तक चुप हूँ तब तक चुप हूँ जाग गया अगर मैं तो फिर

घायल शेर समान हूँ।

मैं कोई गैर नहीं हूँ इसी मुल्क का मुसलमान हूँ। 

Hanif payak