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| Advani says Farooq good, Chaman says Farooq and NC bad | | POLITICS - BJP STYLE | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 31: The so-called ultra-nationalist and pro-Hindutva BJP once again stands thoroughly exposed. The contradictory stands of senior BJP leader and former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani and Leader of BJP Legislature Party in the J&K Assembly Chaman Lal Gupta on National Conference (NC) president and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah is a classical example of political debauchery.
It is nothing but political debauchery. In J&K, the local BJP leader questions the credentials of Farooq Abdullah and his NC and accuses the NC-led coalition government of hobnobbing with "trouble-makers to blackmail New Delhi" and obtain for the state an autonomous status. He accuses the NC of flirting with the "anti-national forces."
It may be recalled that Gupta on August 29 issued a very lengthey and strong statement against the NC and the NC-led coalition government and held the NC and the Congress responsible for the ongoing turmoil in the Valley. He took to task the NC for its demand seeking for the state an autonomous status. It should also be noted that this "political heavy weight" belongs to the same party that had made up its mind to share power with the NC in J&K in 2008. Its hope got dashed to the ground because it failed to capture sufficient number of seats in the assembly. The BJP think-tanks had expected that their party would win a minimum of 20 to 23 seats, but it could win only eleven. The power-hungry BJP leadership had toyed with the idea of sharing power with the NC, notwithstanding the fact that this so-called nationalist party had all along opposed the NC and its demand for autonomy. The BJP leadership was thinking in terms of sharing power with the NC despite the fact that one of then BJP leaders had opposed the move tooth and nail, saying any truck with the NC would destroy the BJP party not only in the state, but also across the country.
Believe it or not, but it is a fact that in New Delhi, Advani the same day showered all kinds of praises on Farooq Abdullah. In fact, he in his blog wrote on August 29: "I am happy, therefore, that Dr Farooq Abdullah not only denounced this Azadi talk unequivocally, he went further to recall Parliament's unanimous resolution of 1994 and to assert that when we think about J&K State we must not think only of the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladakh; we must never forget that Pak-occupied-Kashmir and Northern Territory are also part of India!"
While the stand of Gupta on the NC was amusing in the sense that nobody in Jammu cares for what the local BJP leaders say because of the dubious role the local BJP leadership has been playing, the stand of Advani was highly confusing and misleading. If Advani, on the one hand, praised Farooq Abdullah on his stand on those demanding independence from India, he, on the other hand, also praised his party colleague and former BJP national president Murli Manohar Joshi for his August 26 intervention in the Parliamentary debate on J&K. Joshi had criticized both the protagonists of independence and autonomy.
Advani was very much pleased with what Joshi said in the Lok Sabha about those talking in terms of independence and autonomy. As for the intervention of Joshi, Advani in his blog wrote: "Dr M. M. Joshi speaking on J&K situation was equally effective. He said that when some members repeatedly talk about opening a dialogue with those who are indulging in violence in order to sort out their 'genuine grievances', one cannot understand what 'genuine' grievances they are thinking of. Is the demand for Azadi a genuine grievance? Dr Joshi said that in the state those who talk about autonomy speak in the same breath about Azadi as if the two words are synonymous!"
Advani's praise for Farooq Abdullah appears totally misplaced when viewed in the context of what Joshi said about those demanding independence or autonomy. It was a contradiction of sorts in the sense that Joshi had nowhere commended those who, including Farooq Abdullah, had been demanding. Joshi had, in fact, put the votaries of independence and autonomy in the same category. How could Advani appreciate Joshi when his own approach was selective?
That Advani commended Farooq Abdullah for his stand on independence of J&K, but did not write a signal word in his blog to indicate his opposition to the autonomy demand as put forth by Farooq Abdullah on the floor of the Lok Sabha was a clear indication that there are elements within the BJP who are not opposed to the idea of the state obtaining an autonomous status for J&K. Had Advani been opposed to the autonomy formulation, he would have certainly written something about it in his blog. The fact is that Advani belongs to that school of thought which hails Jinnah as a secularist of secularists.
It is clear now that the BJP leadership is playing a double game. It is trying its level best to hoodwink its constituency in the Jammu province by issuing statements against Farooq Abdullah and his son and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and, at the same time, flirting with the votary of autonomy, Farooq Abdullah. It appears Advani & co. have now decided to sever ties with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, whom they themselves propped up as a counter to the NC.
The moral of the story is that the BJP leadership is taking recourse to dirty politics and ditching its core constituency in Jammu in order to facilitate the task of those seeking segregation of J&K from India on religious ground. The local BJP leadership must know it. It should not issue statements which are not consistent with what the likes of Advani stand for. Chaman Lal Gupta, in particular has to be very cautious because he issues statement almost every day and becomes controversial because his statements and the statements of his bosses in New Delhi do not match. Either Gupta and others in the J&K BJP should leave the party or they should speak the language of Advani. They simply cannot befool the people of Jammu province by pretending their opposition to NC and autonomy. |
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