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| Will Mufti's illness change BJP-PDP equation? | | A view from Delhi | |
Early Times Report
new delhi, Jan 2: Will Mufti illness change BJP-PDP equation? It is difficult to answer this question at this point in time considering the fact that the BJP is "power-hungry" and bereft of any ideology and the PDP as assertive as it was all through. However, an important view in Delhi is that his illness could change BJP-PDP equation. The view is being aired by those who are very close to the BJP and the RSS.
They have said the "BJP must utilize the opening provided by the deterioration in J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's health, which caused him to be rushed to the capital's All India Institute of Medical Sciences before he could install daughter Mehbooba Mufti as successor, to rework the unequal partnership in the state and get a larger share of cabinet posts and a say in the governance agenda".
"The anger in the BJP rank and file over the faulty deal crafted with the People's Democratic Party after last year's Assembly elections, principally by general secretary Ram Madhav under the guidance of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who functions as party satrap in J&K, but with the RSS and BJP top brass fully in the loop, has already caused a total breakdown of relations within the coalition," they have also said, adding that the "BJP surrendered abysmally in terms of cabinet posts and portfolios". "In contrast, the Congress party took major portfolios in lieu of allowing Omar Abdullah to be Chief Minister, they have said.
"The BJP won 25 seats from Jammu province because covert compromises by top central leaders before the elections caused abortion of Mission 44+ which could have brought a national party to power in the State for the first time in decades. The compromises were so shabby that they impacted the party's performance in Jammu province also. For the past ten months, development has focused solely on Kashmir and little to show in Jammu province and Ladakh. Instead, government imposed 12.5 per cent tax on the Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, which affected only Hindu pilgrims and is therefore perceived as a 'jizya' tax. Citizens not only blame a particular minister for this shabby decision but also blame the Governor and the BJP central leadership for their silence," they have further said.
They have, in addition, said that "the BJP's downward spiral after a spate of successes in 2014 actually began with the J&K election in early 2015, though this has gone largely unnoticed as the party joined a coalition government," and added that "had the BJP fought the J&K elections with greater sincerity and on just ten more seats, the equations in the State would have been different". "Similar internal misdeeds dogged it in Delhi and Bihar, and there is little sign of serious thinking about the declining graph of the party in places where it is expected to do well," they have opined.
It appears certain important persons in the BJP-RSS are trying to influence the BJP high command in general and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular and their objective appears to be two-fold. One, the BJP should renegotiate the power-sharing formula with the PDP so that Jammu got its due share in the governance of the state. Two, there must be parity between the two parties at all levels as their position in the assembly is evenly-balanced. Their third objective is to ensure the abolition of what they called "jizya tax" on Hindu religious places.
All this is significant, but what is more significant is the fact that certain elements very close to the BJP-RSS have come out openly with this view. That's the reason this view cannot be completely rejected. |
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