When ‘Best’ is the enemy of ‘Good’, the Bad wins
From yesterday I have been fighting BJP
supporters who have been vocal in protesting against India’s vote against
Israel.
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Some of the contents were strong indeed.
Some made comparison with UPA
Some went even further
In two months, the marriage appeared to be in tatters, with
no trace having had a honey moon together. The tone was not of disagreement but
of betrayal and cheating. In good measure this was also there on twitter.
And this
Somehow most people get hurt by actions and inactions
of our political leaders and are willing to launch into destructive mode
without a second thought.
Blast from
the past
On May 16th 2014, the results of the new election were
announced and we are into the third month since BJP assumed power. It does not
mean that BJP has started a new era totally divested of the consequences of
actions of the past government. It is a continuation.
Let us look at what BJP inherited from Congress.
1.
Economy in
shambles
2.
Media manned by
Congress sympathizers (including film Industry)
3.
Oligapoly in the
name of coterie
4.
Democratic
institutions eroded by parallel rule of NAC
5.
A PM who stood
and watched for two decades
6.
Corrupted idea of
secularism, appeasement in exchange for votes policy
7.
Divisive and
internicine caste politics
8.
Communal elements
who hold sway within India with trans-border loyalty
9.
Politicized
administrative machinery
10.
Judiciary which
seems to have been influenced by Executive
11.
Politicized
Defence forces
12.
Looted public
assets
13.
Artificially
inflated $ rate, suspected to fund election
14.
Anti-Majoritism
15.
Revengeful tax
policies
16.
Failing
infrastructure
17.
Demoralized
manufacturing sector
18.
……
19.
……
The net of it is, India was slowly wasting away its
economic power due to inaction, looting and policy coma. There was a group of people
with no direct mandate from people, yet acting as one with powers that even
exceeded the Cabinet. Media spoke and wrote what the Congress government wanted
and wrapped news that were not palatable to the establishment. Malicious and
anti-democratic camapigns were carried out against elected state Governments,
reducing the federal structure to a farce. Free speech was under pressure with
draconian laws. CBI was not ashamed of carrying a moniker “Congress Bureau of
Investigation”. Cases against political leaders were dropped which was
miraculously and without fail followed by its support to Congress .
Those who are crying like children denied of a toffee
should remember what it was two months ago. This change was not achieved with
ease. Modiji had to fight all of them without compromising what he stood for,
the politics, the power, media, NGOs, false cases, Collectors and Election
commissoners.
Few chapters can be filled to remind us of the ditch
we were in during Congress time.
Promise of
Future
There is a clear larger objective BJP keeps repeating,
that is, Congress Mukht Bharat. This is
an idea to which many like me have voted as the idea of Congress has become so
corrupt that there is no chance that it will turn around to make contribution
to our nation. Mother and Son are
unabashedly strutting around as divine rulers of India while the slaves are
ready to accept their fuedal lords without questioning, unbecoming of members
of democracy.
With the election of BJP, India cannot start doing
what is right immediately. It is a strategic move that should take into
consideration our economic and social plights.
The only way the dreams inspired by BJP, for which
people have voted, becomes a chance of becoming reality is by India becoming economically
strong.
You need more money to build a world class defence.
Wars are not fought with Guns and Ships. It is fought with money.
You need more money to invest in infrastructure that
will go in reducing our oil dependency. Irony is, if the economy spurs, so
spurs demand for oil and consequenty the price. It would seem we Indians work
harder to pay more to our oil suppliers. To move the energy dependency
partially to local sources is not something one can do in a day or a month or
year. And till it is done, it is foolish to pick a fracas with our energy suppliers
for any such incident only will increase our oil bill. Lower our saving. The
largest objective is to avoid that, even if it means voting against Israel as a
short term measure.
You need more money to lay dedicated, high speed railway
tracks which will reduce our oil consumption, moving the freight traffic from
road to rail.
We need more money to build capacity in Passenger rail
to move more passengers from road to rail.
We need more money to supply power to produce Steel
and Cement to build that rail line
We need more money to provide energy to those Steel
and Cement plants to produce more Steel and Cement
And to achieve all these, we need patience.
If we vote with
Israel, those who oppose us should know that we cannot be pushed because we are
strong. Bravado is not the answer. It works only in Amitabh and Dharam movies
and not in real life.
So the fight is long and demanding. The fruits may not
be available to some of us in our lifetime. It may elude most of us for years.
But I thought the idea of electing BJP to power emnated from Nationalists who
are ready for a sacrifice and a long fight to make our nation stronger. To see
people who lose heart in two months is disappointing.
The emotionally challenged BJP fans are asking for the
best and now. There is a message for them. When you demand the best, you are
killing the good. And when you kill the good, only the bad will remain on the
field, with Best unachieved, good dead and only bad surviving.
All this bickering for ideal state will weaken a
realistic chance we have to build a great nation in thenext 10 years. While we
build we will do things we will cherish and also things that we know we wish we
do not have to. We will do things we will regret. But as long as the actions
are not meant to defeat the objective with which we started, remember, short
term sacrifices are only short term.
Dear BJP voters, kindly think about it. Change will
take time. To take a weak country to a position of strength will take time.
First we have to stand strong as an economic power before we flaunt our
political muscles.
Jai Hindi
dwimidha@gmail.com
