ComE Be The Part Of THE Celebration…
By Praful Sakya (January 17, 2008)
COME Mayawatiji’s Birthday and there are more eyeballs popping out of
eye-cases with awe that poses question, how could she do it! On 15 January, the
stage was set for the 52nd birthday celebration of Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) Supremo and Uttar
Pradesh (UP) chief minister Mayawatiji,
the popping eyeballs quixotically questioned amongst them. They murmured in
private and yelled in the media, was it right; was it not the legitimization of
corruption? Why the birthday-bash of Mayawatiji has been attracting more
eyeballs and (destructive) criticism at every passing birthday. It is common show that the major parties
criticize the birthday celebration but what makes it more remarkable this time the
way congress abrasively took the mantle on its shoulder to attack and raised a hue
and cry over the birthday celebration of Mayawatiji.
IN order to find the answer of this sudden unappreciable stance of
the Congress party we need to stroll down some of the recent turbulent (especially
for Congress party) past happening in the political arena of the nation. Along
with it we also need to broadly understand the basic soul, idea and motto of the
birthday celebration.
DIGVIJAY Singh, general secretary, Congress party and two times Chief
Minister of Madhya Pradesh in his attack on the way celebration being carried
out and through which acceptance of the Gifts
from party workers, raised serious concern that it may lead to legitimization
of the corruption. Why is that the congress party been targeting Mayawatiji? The
reason is bit obvious the recent electoral debacles of Congress party in the
assembly election held in two states viz. Himachal Pradesh and Gujrat. The BSP
succeed to poach in the traditional vote share of Congress party which costed
it more than dozen of seats in both the states. It seems that congress party
has not come out of the shock yet. And that’s the reason why it has not been
letting off a single chance to criticize Mayawatiji.
As in a bid to expend her
base in southerner states Mayawatiji has been addressing number of rallies, the
Congress smelling its deep-damaging-impacts on the electoral prospects, in it
scathing attack on the BSP Supremo sarcastically asked her to concentrate more
on the governance of the socially and politically different, turbulent and
sensitive UP. Yes the UP is socially and
politically different, turbulent and sensitive state and she understands it
more than congress that’s the reason why she clinched the power in UP, where
Congress has been successively failing to regain the lost glory. The way BSP trying
to Plant their Feet in the States of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Kerala, Gujrat,
The problem with the congress
is that it can not go with the BSP for electoral alliance on its own terms,
because the BSP has been pushing the congress on back-foot in many states. And
the most difficult part is that if congress compromises on its position and
forgers any pre-poll alliance with the BSP that directly means the congress has
accepted the power of the BSP in other states as well and in a way consenting that
it has constantly been losing its traditional vote share of the Underclass. The
Congress which is basking on the image of secularism and claims enjoying the
support of all the communities of the Indian society, due to which it is bit
tough for the congress to accept that its tighter grip on its traditional vote
share has been on constant decline. This put the Congress party in quandary,
because it neither can forge alliance with BSP nor can avoid its damaging
effect. So keep (destructively) criticizing the BSP, but mind well its BSP’s
virtue that it has always welcomed the constructive criticism.
Now lets turn to the Birth-celebration and through
which the fund raising of the BSP.
ONE should understand the basic
difference between the political parties which spread its roots with the help of
aspiration and monitory help of the weaker section of the society and other
parties that survives on the kickbacks and financial support of the business
houses. The BSP falls in the first category. The party workers of the parties
like BSP find the occasion of the Birthday celebration to show the gratitude towards
the leader and donate as per his/her worth. And through this donation the
social as well as party’ work has been carried out.
There is no political party that can survive without
fund and to raise fund you got to have fund raising mechanism. The parties like
Congress and the BJP and some domestic party raise their funds through their
contacts of Industrial giants, and there are allegations that they receive kickbacks
(There has been unholy association operating in the political and industrial
circles). And it seems there’s general understanding (of convenience) that it
does not help promote corruption, Digvijay Singh should think over it. The
parties like BSP which is emerged through the aspirations and monitory help of
the underclass is making in roads in the political territory and the
traditional bastion of the Congress is bound to come under the criticism that
how could it survive with out their support. If we see the history of the political
movement of the Underclass it has been found that the congress and other upper
class parties have done the most damage for not allowing to flourish the
independent organic thinker those could promote the welfare of the whole
underclass community, whereas they always wanted to project themselves as the
messiahs of the Underclass. They for infinity wanted to make situation like the
underclass feel that they are their only true saviors and without them it’s
impossible to survive. And when the BSP shatter this illusion and building
capacitates all on it own steam its bit certain that the so called secular and
Hindutvawadi parties likely to put spoke in the wheel.
The principal objection of the parties like congress
is not for true concern for corruption but why the BSP is not indulging in the corruption
so that they could project it in a negative frame. But the staunch follower of
the BSP is not letting this happen by offering the party funds for which the
BSP need not have to go in for unholy alliance with any of the industrialists
and so that it can carry on its welfare work of all communities without compromising
on ideology. If the congress felt that it would legitimize the corruption they
have the government in the center they can put all of the donors in income tax scanner
but they can not do it as they are very sure that nothing comes to their hand. Its
one thing for showing true concerns for the corruption and other to take
stringent measures to avoid corruption as it is the action that speaks louder
than words. And all Indian knows that where is corruptions and where not.
There is appeal to true BSP follower to contribute in
whatever way that they can in order strengthen the elephant. Those who can not
donate money can donate most valuable thing and that it their Vote. Vote to BSP
is Vote to self-respect. This will only ensure the freedom from the clutches of
the party like congress. Come be the part of the Celebration.
Poor But Hearty Mulayam Singh
On the occasion of the Birthday celebration of the
Mayawatiji Mulayam along with his party supporters collected RS one each so as
to donate it to the BSP. Well Kudos to the efforts of Mulayam. No matter what
the size of contribution but it’s the hearty felling of contributing is
appreciated in the BSP. And its seems after losing the UP chief ministerial
seat he can no longer able to cheat the UP people and that’s the reason why he
has contributed what he is worth of along with his supporter. And I hope the
BSP which believing in welfare of all should accept his contribution with big
heart and utilize see to it that they are not get neglected in the welfare
measures of the BSP that too along with his party worker because despite the
leader of the chief opposition party he showed heart to donate whatever he is
worth of. Congratulations on behalf of BSP poor but hearty Mulayam.
Achieving what Baba Saheb Dr BR Ambedkar had Foreseen,
Dreamt of, Desired, and making them Realities are the big task today. And the
BSP as of now a political entity is moving that direction. And as along as it
does so the diehard follower of Baba Saheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar will keep
strengthening the BSP’s elephant.
Jai
Buddha, Jai Bhim, Jai Bharat
Praful
Sakya