A Battle Well Won..

May 25, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The election results are out in Karnataka. And Mr. B. S. Yedyurappa surfaced from the confines of taj west end hotel smiling with “V “mudra in his hands. At last BJP broke open, what poll pundits once proclaimed, the invincible frontier of Dakshin bharat (BJP lingo). Indeed a great victory of sorts. It will now be on charge of a state, which is India’s answer to the changing global patterns, whose capital is the face of emerging and ambitious India, a region which demographically hosts the most prudent minds of India. Politically it gives bjp the added fillip to dream bigger and favourably sails BJP’s voyage towards the gen. elections coming up in an year or earlier.
I like the ever fallible poll pundits never overtly expected a saffron party at the Vidhan soudha so soon. The credit for the turn around on a large way is credited to the man of the hr Mr. Yedyurappa From the profiling I saw of him from various quarters the septuagenarian is an ideal leader material. Unlike his more famous Gujju compatriot he is at least on looks very down to earth, subtle, shrewd, humble, clean and the one not too close to hardcore hindutva. It was his charisma and his sympathetic call to the people to teach the betrayers a lesson that romped him home.
The BJP had also been wise enough to put its hindutva and minority intolerance image in the backburner in the run up for the election. They knew well that there were hordes of other deadly trump cards in their arsenal to get them home or to atleast create a stir.
by and large The single most prominent contributor for this win is, the brand of politics showed by Gowda fly. if it was not for the now almost ruined father son duo, BJP would had to wait for another or may be more terms to make their foray really possible. The Sr Gowda did everything right until now. Brought up his two sons under his formidable shade and made them the heir apparents to his illustrious throne. But his undoing was that he forgot to teach them the essential lessons of coalition dharma. A must in todays India. The folly of Gowda Sr is graver given the fact he was the head of a govt which can be labelled as the one of the first coalition governments at the centre. A strong anti incumbency, the caste politics, the poor governance and the above mentioned brute betrayal drama by the Gowda clan in a big way sealed the fate for the JD combine.

There was no respite from the central government too. There were too many policy start ups but with much less penetration to the society. The inflation was at its peak. Just a day before the election a kg of rice cost around 15 a kg, which was a couple of month earlier Rs. 8/ kg. This had a repulsive effect on aam admi to the congress. This inflationary flare up and lack of any significant ground activities (minus the party infighting) in a way forced the curtains down on any chances of congress coming to power.

So for people options were running out and at the end of the tunnel stood the smiling assassin Mr. Yedyurappa. And people kept his smile up by giving him just the required arithmetics to romp home.

So on a whole people voted for a change. A change they badly needed. This urge shown by the ppl should be highly appreciated. They are the real victors here. And the doubts one had in the democracy frame up and the agonies of rising regional powers was laid to rest. Lotus prevailed while the others sunk under their own weight.
But wait when did I started really appreciating the rise of BJP government. Surely not long ago and not essentially entirely now too. I never felt comfy when Narendra modi retained the status of the most powerful man in Gandhi’s land (what an irony). I have never been even faintly interested in its brand of hindutva politics. And had always leaned to the lofty ideals put forth by the red bastions. But now I myself feel a bit alienated to its agendas and is it that growing older diluted my thick red outlook into a more pleasing saffronized one. Not essentially. but sometimes it is good to break out of your dogmatic and stagnant outlooks. and this may well be one of the last publicised congrats for bjp win. its never too late..so congrats Mr. chief minister.