'ADV'ising the 'MODI'fied 'RAJ' !!

Wait a minute, did I hear Advani resigning after Modi’s appointment as the PM candidate of NDA?

Knowing that my view won’t change the things that happened, I would still like to express my opinion on the same.

Mr. Advani who was holding the post of the head of the National Executive, the Parliamentary Board, and the Election Committee, has sent his resignation letter after Modi was selected as the head of 2014 eletion campaign. What forced him to do this and is it actually right to do this? Here is how I thought it out!

Advani was a close associate of Atal Behari Vajpayee and has worked with him throughout. He, no doubt, has helped BJP to gain the prominence it has today. From just 2 seats in the union parliament to now being the major opposition party- none can deny the greatness of the leader. Mr. Vajpayee, since BJP’s inception has always focused on maintaining unity within the party. It is a team that can accomplish a mission which might seem impossible to achieve for a person all alone. Where has that trust and unity vanished? Advani has always been respected as a great guide and had always stated that he worked because he loved the party and not the post. He often reiterated that he had no desire to be a prime-ministerial candidate. Then, why this double-sidedness?

 Instead of resigning and taking the escapist’s way out, Mr. Advani could have expressed his viewpoints by attending the executive meeting in Goa. Mr. Rajnath told his party members that illness was the reason for Mr. Advani's absence. Frankly speaking, this was not a true assertion. Mr. Advani was not wishing to attend the conference and he tries to stste this indirectly by giving "illustrative" examples of wounded Bhishmapitamah in his blog post the same night. The feeling of self pity seems to be hurting him.
In this way, I felt as if Advani was degrading his own experience in the political realm. Well versed with the nuances of party politics, it feels as if Mr. Advani did this to gather attention, venting out his frustration and showing lack of cooperation. A senior leader must be candid enough in suggesting the reforms he wishes to incorporate in his party’s working instead of resigning.  

As written in his letter to Party President Mr. Rajnath, he states that the junior leaders are now running for posts instead of propagating the party’s ideology. Does his letter show that he is upset that the party is not going in the right direction or is it because he was not the PM candidate ? I think the answer is staring right at our face! Then, the foremost agenda should be to make NDA win and not anything else. Mr. Advani must act as a mentor  helping Modi to spread the glory of BJP and the ideology it stood for. The friction amongst the top leaders can become counter-productive for each one of them. Why are our NDA leaders presuming that their alliance is going to be the next to rule the parliament? Congress, despite the major scars, has made many effective reforms to keep the economy stable. Undermining their competitors and fighting inner struggles are like blunders for NDA at this point in time.  A strong manifesto and effective campaigning should start now or else…

In such turbulent times, I,as a concerned citizen would like to give 3 pieces of advice to our BJP patriarch, which are the following:

1.      Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

2.      You don’t buy respect, you earn it!

3.      A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way!

While we all watch the political game taking new and new turns everyday, let us hope that the best party(and NOT best man) wins!!