Bjp Uncertain About Transfer Of Power In Up

Outwardly the BJP is calm and at every opportunity it reiterates its faith that the BSP will carry out its part of the bargain by handing over the reins to the BJP after six months. But beneath the veneer, there is deep disquiet. What will happen if the BSP wriggles out of the deal on one pretext or the other? What will be explained to the cadre? This is the question which is uppermost in the mind of the BJP leadership.

Kanshi Ram has not allowed them to feel reassured. At every conceivable opportunity, he does make such a statement which unnerves the leadership.

 

The party went through the routine task of going through the resolutions at its Sarnath session, where it expressed the confidence that the BSP-BJP government will be able to meet the challenge of the Smajwadi party and the United Front.

It reiterated its stand that to prevent repression and persecution on the dalits and weaker sections, the SC/ST repression elimination act was made. But it has been noted that it is being used for persecuting people from other castes. Therefore there is need to check its misuse.

The BJP ministers are working according to a plan and are trying to make an impression on the people through their performance. They are in the limelight. But there is no political mobilisation, nor is there any effort to galvanize the organisation.

There is no political propaganda. No prrogramme to win over new votaries. The BSP, on the other hand, is taking every opportunity to propagate its ideal and is trying to win over new votaries.

In such a situation if the BSP ditches, there is very little for it to fall back upon.

This is the greatest concern for the BJP. Although it continues to retain its following in the congress the other small parties in the UF as well as in the BSP but will it be able to prevent the dissolution of the house and installation of Mayawati as the interim Chief Minister, if the later seeks dissolution of the house rather than handover power to the BJP?

In case BJP has not told the governor in writing that nay recommendation of dissolution is not binding on the party, then technically the house can be dissolved and Mayawati sworn in as the interim Chief Minister. And if before that the BJP tries to break other parties it could alert the BSP.

There are many such scenarios which emerge and there is none which is comforting to the BJP. In this midst, the report in the Hindustan Times, that Lalji Tondon should be projected as a compromise candidate and this is demand in the BJP, has led to continuous denial by the state BJP brass.

Tondon, a senior minister in the Mayawati cabinet, is close to the Chief Minister, and at the moment he is away in Holland.

Quite likely the report was inspired by the Tondon camp, although to all it is quite clear that if the BJP gets its chance then the CM will be Kalyan Singh. Its official spokesmen Shyam Nandan Singh, goes further to say that the agreement between the BSP and the BJP, is with specific names, those of Mayawati and Kalyan Singh. The discord between Tondon and Kalyan Singh is well known. These is well known dislike of the BSP for Kalyan Singh.All this, together, has given new twist to the leadership battle.

The BJP has suffered a setback on another front. At one time it had recruited large number of those politicians who had no background of being allied with the Hindu organisations and were in other parties, generally the Janta Dal. This was sought to be done to expand its mass base. But this phase is now coming to an end. These have not been able to merge themselves with the BJP culture.

Urmila Rajput from Farrukhabad has been placed under suspension for siding with the SP against Brahma Dutt's widow in the recent by election. Among her two sons, one is in jail suspected of having a hand in the murder of Dwivedi and the other has been expelled by the BJP.

Ganga Charan Rajput, an MP from Hamirpur, was similarly recruited by the BJP but now he is going against the will of the party and may face action.

Now neither is able to increase its strength by adding on new voters. Nor it is able to win new adherents since they are not able to adjust to.the rules.of the party, if it receives any major blow from anywhere, it could receive a major setback. But for now much will depend on the shape of the coalition.