Disconnect
Musing, yawns and three days’ confinement for BJP bosses
Vijay Deo Jha Ranchi
This is bit like having to play the political version of the TV reality show ‘Big Boss’ after the senior BJP leaders on Friday evening locked themselves inside the room of the Holyday Home resort for the next 72 hours.
Musing, yawns and three days’ confinement for BJP bosses
Vijay Deo Jha Ranchi
This is bit like having to play the political version of the TV reality show ‘Big Boss’ after the senior BJP leaders on Friday evening locked themselves inside the room of the Holyday Home resort for the next 72 hours.
On 7:20 pm sharp leaders entered the venue and the doors were locked form the inside. The party named this closely guarded exercise as Yojna meeting.
“The office bearers, MPs and MLAs will lead a community life—sit, dine and sleep together—to take stock of the party affairs. There will no break. Leaders have been asked to keep their cell phone switched off, rather to keep it on the silent mode. They have been strictly instructed not to interact with the media about the content and the findings of the meeting even in the future,” authoritative sources in the BJP informed.
The party leader started trickling to the state capital by the Friday evening. The sources in the party said that the state BJP in-charge Karuna Shukla, party organizational secretary Saudan Singh and the party MPs were expected to arrive the state capital by the evening.
The decision to hold such a meeting was kept as a close secret. Even some of the senior party leaders including the former presidents had a wild gaze when they were contacted about the meeting. “I do not know about the meeting…I can not say whose brainchild is this,” a senior party leader said. But a close aide of state organizational secretary Ranjan Patel said that this was Patel who actually chalked out the plan.
But what BJP leaders will discuss in the next 72 hours quite away from the prying eyes of the state media. Have the state BJP bosses indeed sensed trouble ahead that prompted them to such a quarantine exercise.
“The office bearers, MPs and MLAs will lead a community life—sit, dine and sleep together—to take stock of the party affairs. There will no break. Leaders have been asked to keep their cell phone switched off, rather to keep it on the silent mode. They have been strictly instructed not to interact with the media about the content and the findings of the meeting even in the future,” authoritative sources in the BJP informed.
The party leader started trickling to the state capital by the Friday evening. The sources in the party said that the state BJP in-charge Karuna Shukla, party organizational secretary Saudan Singh and the party MPs were expected to arrive the state capital by the evening.
The decision to hold such a meeting was kept as a close secret. Even some of the senior party leaders including the former presidents had a wild gaze when they were contacted about the meeting. “I do not know about the meeting…I can not say whose brainchild is this,” a senior party leader said. But a close aide of state organizational secretary Ranjan Patel said that this was Patel who actually chalked out the plan.
But what BJP leaders will discuss in the next 72 hours quite away from the prying eyes of the state media. Have the state BJP bosses indeed sensed trouble ahead that prompted them to such a quarantine exercise.
Officially the party said that the meeting had no such mutinous minutes to discuss. “Everything is okay in the party. The meeting has been called to discuss party’s strategy for the forthcoming elections. There is nothing new in this,” Sanjay Seth, the state spokesperson of the party said.
Another party leader made a value addition into what Seth said about the meeting and said that the leaders would discuss the issue of ticket distribution and how to strengthen the party organization.
“Such meetings are called when it requires a serious overview of the things happening around. It is one of the ways to bridge the communication gap among the leaders,” another party leader said. On the face the BJP has emerged as a jubilant house following its victory in the general elections in Jharkhand and it is quite confident to swing to the power in the state.
But it is quite evident that the senior party leaders including the party state president Raghuwar Das, the party MP and former leader of the opposition Arjun Munda and the former national vice president Yaswant Sinha are not on the same page over the several issues.
On the other hand Karuna Shukla and Ranjan Patel do not enjoy any bonhomie. In the confines of the rooms there will be a great rumbling over the issue of chief ministerial ship. If Das has ever wished to be the ‘Big Boss’ of the game, his own style of functioning will be in the line of fire. Munda camp has amassed enough arsenals to exhaust against Das.
Whether the meeting will yield wine or vinegar will be known in the coming days it has put a bad taste in the mouth of scores of party leaders. “The state unit has divorced itself from the core ideology of the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Attempt should be made to revive the core ideological plank of the party. And, those who claim to be the ideologue (read Ranjan Patel) are behaving like the CNF agent of the RSS controlling the affairs of the party from air conditioned room,” a young party leader having RSS background said.
The central BJP will undertake similar exercise. This muse with debate and several yawns, the ‘Big Boss’ will keep watching it.
Another party leader made a value addition into what Seth said about the meeting and said that the leaders would discuss the issue of ticket distribution and how to strengthen the party organization.
“Such meetings are called when it requires a serious overview of the things happening around. It is one of the ways to bridge the communication gap among the leaders,” another party leader said. On the face the BJP has emerged as a jubilant house following its victory in the general elections in Jharkhand and it is quite confident to swing to the power in the state.
But it is quite evident that the senior party leaders including the party state president Raghuwar Das, the party MP and former leader of the opposition Arjun Munda and the former national vice president Yaswant Sinha are not on the same page over the several issues.
On the other hand Karuna Shukla and Ranjan Patel do not enjoy any bonhomie. In the confines of the rooms there will be a great rumbling over the issue of chief ministerial ship. If Das has ever wished to be the ‘Big Boss’ of the game, his own style of functioning will be in the line of fire. Munda camp has amassed enough arsenals to exhaust against Das.
Whether the meeting will yield wine or vinegar will be known in the coming days it has put a bad taste in the mouth of scores of party leaders. “The state unit has divorced itself from the core ideology of the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Attempt should be made to revive the core ideological plank of the party. And, those who claim to be the ideologue (read Ranjan Patel) are behaving like the CNF agent of the RSS controlling the affairs of the party from air conditioned room,” a young party leader having RSS background said.
The central BJP will undertake similar exercise. This muse with debate and several yawns, the ‘Big Boss’ will keep watching it.
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