The worst predicament of the BJP was that it could never contest all the Lok Sabha seats, even when it had come to power, owing to the alliance compulsions where it had to share often more than half of the seats to the NDA constituents. Hence even when it was in power, its own members in Lok Sabha were about one hundred and fifty.
Under such “hostage like” condition, BJP forgot its ethos, morality and commitment to cause, and became committed to maintaining power anyhow. This led to imbibing all the evils the Congress had. Thus BJP went drowning deep and deep into the marshes of the power politics namely caste-politics, minority appeasement, financial irregularities, and what not.
The time has come when Indian masses want a Presidential like election where they know they are making the option of the vote to make such and such person the next Prime-Minister.
BJP must contest nearly all the seats by itself, except in Maharashtra, where the Shiv-Sena had been the B-team of the party. No part of the country today is immune from the intense desire to rid the system from corruption, sycophancy and inertia.
If Bihar CM thinks that the Backward Caste people of Bihar will be immune from the desire to make India (and Bihar) at par in performance and riches with Japan, Korea and Europe, he is under-estimating the virtuous instincts and national aspirations of these people.
The writing on the wall is that BJP must get rid of the burden of JD(U) and the likes. Such burdens are not the crutches, but actually the drags.
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