A resurgent BJP. Who is responsible??

I am not a political observer or activist, but just a normal citizen who cannot even vote, being a NRI. I have read about the BJP victories in Gujarat and HP elections and also read the comments of Prakash Karat blaming Congress for it. I would like to share my views below.

Around 1 year back, I told my colleagues that BJP is finished as a political force and people will vote for Congress overwhelmingly and they might even get a simple majority in the next Loksabha elections.

I was proven wrong. Why? I believe it is Prakash Karat and his friends to be blamed for this situation. Or may be it is Congress, who could not read the game plan of the left??

Around a year back, Manmohanji and gang were on a home run. Then came the 123 agreement. Prakash Karat and his friends left no stones unturned to show the people of India that they can make Congress crawl at their feet at will. They humiliated the Prime Minister and the Government of India time and again. Of course, Left Parties continuously said that they have no obligation to prop up the Congress. But, they want Congress to defeat BJP at the same time.

How could they imagine that the people of India will vote for such a weak Prime Minister and Congress Party who cannot even stand up against parties which hardly gets 0.5% of the votes like forward block or RSP? Who had to touch the feet of a family enterprises man like Karunanidhi? The writing was on the wall and the responsibility for the BJP wins rests squarely with the left and the other regional barons like Karunanidhi who showed to the Indian Public that the congress lead by Sonia and Government lead by Manmohanji and a few of the very old Gandhi loyalists have no courage to take issues head on.

Karat complains that Congress did not clearly stand on the side of secularism and that is why they lost Gujarat. Even Karat can not be so naive as to believe that in a predominantly conservative Hindu majority state like Gujarat, you can win by bashing Hinduism!

In my belief, Karat was trying to down two birds with one shot. By siding with Congress, he wanted to destroy BJP and at the same time, he wanted to undermine Congress by blackmailing the Government. Now look at what he achieved. He has delivered Gujarat in a plate to BJP and with the HP win too under their belt, we now have a resurgent BJP who sense that people are tired of this hide and seek game between left and the Congress.

In addition to that, Nandigram happened and his own CM in Bengal gives scant respect to their allergy to MNCs and FII investment and is virtually sleeping with the enemies. In Kerala, they have proved once again that they are not capable of running a Government, but only is good at playing Mr. Know it all critics. It is such a pathetic performance and now they have started canvassing in religious tones for survival. The very party who expelled a founder member like Raghavan for saying that if necessary, they should take the help of Muslim League!

Yes, I have to admit that I was wrong or too quick to write off BJP. BJP must thank Karat for all their fortunes they find themselves in today.

As a last observation, I would also like to ask Karat what favors have Iran done to India so that India must support Iran at the expense of US. Have you heard of PL480? When India was starving, it was the US which supplied wheat and Milk Powder. On the other hand, If Iran is indeed making a bomb, whom do you think will be at the receiving end of an Islamic Bomb co-sponsored by Pakistan? And if you do not know, China has commissioned their 26th Nuclear Plant in December in co-operation with US and received the highest amount of FDI in the world! Yes, they can do it because they are strong and they are not subjugating to US!!! I have not seen any other better performing hypocrite than the left party leaders in India. They want all comforts of a capitalist world like cars, lap tops, mobiles, air-conditioning, but hates those who make it! It seems communism means every one equally poor except the leaders.