Few plunged at the opportunity of exploiting the golden void that suddenly developed with drapes falling down off Jaswant Singh’s book. The BJP, already in the mourning, was so taken aback that the otherwise politically hungry wolves’ attacks were seized by a double edged instrument of violence that was held by a razor-sharp butt by the party itself. The instrument did strike Singh but also imparted a deep wound on the BJP that will remain open and bloody for a long time to come.
If there is someone enjoying this the most it is the media, for they are making the least noise about it, and against their notorious tradition, are keeping away from passing an objective judgment. A sly decision—with the music of impatience growing all around(even in Pakistan)—to use the still hot embers of the situation in the barbeque to present a grilled and crispy debate over the credibility of Jinnah’s secular image. Something that would have otherwise fizzed out with a book review and probably an editorial had it been scribbled out of the quill of an historian, has provided food for some more hunger in the present case.
Back in the BJP the picture is nastier than it appears to the rest of us. Kulkarni’s resignation in the midst of denials at holding any reference to Singh’s expulsion is only the beginning; what follows is only too predictable. One who’s been keenly observing the party for some time now will hardly find it difficult to look at the pattern of the dominoes in motion. If Bajpayee ji’s departure from active politics was the beginning of the end, this is the soprano of the knell. The unsinkable has begun to repeat history, and there are not many life boats on board.
If there is someone enjoying this the most it is the media, for they are making the least noise about it, and against their notorious tradition, are keeping away from passing an objective judgment. A sly decision—with the music of impatience growing all around(even in Pakistan)—to use the still hot embers of the situation in the barbeque to present a grilled and crispy debate over the credibility of Jinnah’s secular image. Something that would have otherwise fizzed out with a book review and probably an editorial had it been scribbled out of the quill of an historian, has provided food for some more hunger in the present case.
Back in the BJP the picture is nastier than it appears to the rest of us. Kulkarni’s resignation in the midst of denials at holding any reference to Singh’s expulsion is only the beginning; what follows is only too predictable. One who’s been keenly observing the party for some time now will hardly find it difficult to look at the pattern of the dominoes in motion. If Bajpayee ji’s departure from active politics was the beginning of the end, this is the soprano of the knell. The unsinkable has begun to repeat history, and there are not many life boats on board.
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