Lal Krishna Advani represents the "old Hindustan", that was responsible for the stifling "Nehruvian Rate" (mistakenly called the Hindu Rate) of progress. Until the BJP came to power he was a mouse for the most part. The world has changed drastically. He is totally unqualified to lead Hindustan in the current economic and global environment. He doesn't appeal to youth of the country. Time to pass the mantle to a younger group of people who are more in touch and qualified to deal with the world’s economic environment.
Lal Krishna Advani was born in 1927. http://www.lkadvani.in/eng/content/view/341/256/.
He joined the RSS in 1942. Other than being involved in RSS activities, he makes no mention of any significant role in Hindustan's Independence movement. Most of his "formative political years" were spent in organizing and administrativ activities wherein he established himslef as a good party man. Through the Nehru years he was a party loyalist working his way first in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (in 1958), which merged with the Janata Party (in 1975) and later became the Bhartiya Janata Party, founded in 1980.
He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1970 while with the Jana Sangha. He writes; "In my early speeches in the Rajya Sabha, I articulated my thoughts on some issues that I have subsequently raised in Parliament in one way or the other during the past decades. These were: how to strengthen the unity and integrity of the country; how to safeguard our democratic institutions and make them more effective; why the ruling party must learn to respect the voice of the Opposition; and how to make Centre-state relations smooth and harmonious." In other words, he warmed the bench in the Rajya Sabha and was a "talking head".
He became the BJP in President in 1986, and the hitherto "mouse" began to make some noises….occasionally. He rose to prominence with his Ratha Yatras and probably had something to do with the Babri Masjid demolition. While these allegations probably would not hold up in a court of law, it is hard to believe an RSS member not having any knowledge of an activity that was obviously pre-planned. Either that or he was woefully out of touch with the RSS or lying. Either way….clean bowled on one aspect or the other.
As the Home Minister during the Kandahar hijacking incident, the mouse ducked. He claims that he was not involved in some of the critical decisions taken. So he was not in charge or lying. Either way….clean bowled on one aspect or the other.
He criticized Dr. Manmohan Singh as being the weakest PM India has seen. Things got personal and ugly. Dr. Manmohan Singh was heading up a fragile coalition during his first tenure and has emerged victorious with UPA II. The mouse during the Kandahar episode was vanquished.
The BJP positioned the 2008 election as a choice between Advani and Dr. Manmohan Singh. The mouse roared and lost. The party found another scapegoat to sacrifice and the mouse sat still.
When Jaswant Singh was expelled, the mouse kept quite. No support for a learned and respected colleague! As a prominent member of the party, one has to take a stand either for or against the issue. One can’t sit on the sidelines with their tail between their legs. Either way….clean bowled.
Based on recent events, with the expulsion of Jaswant Singh and side lining of other "thinking" individuals, the BJP has demonstrated a complete lack of "Intellectual capacity" and is portraying itself as a dogmatic party that pays more importance to "Moral Policing" than ascribe to the values that Vajpayee promoted.
Advani is shackled by the BJP ideology (dogma) and its upholding of traditional values, one of them being; "Respect for Elders". Good value no doubt, but the elders should realize that their prime is past and ought to make way for the youth.
So long Advani, time to be the mouse that you are and fade away.
Lal Krishna Advani was born in 1927. http://www.lkadvani.in/eng/content/view/341/256/.
He joined the RSS in 1942. Other than being involved in RSS activities, he makes no mention of any significant role in Hindustan's Independence movement. Most of his "formative political years" were spent in organizing and administrativ activities wherein he established himslef as a good party man. Through the Nehru years he was a party loyalist working his way first in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (in 1958), which merged with the Janata Party (in 1975) and later became the Bhartiya Janata Party, founded in 1980.
He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1970 while with the Jana Sangha. He writes; "In my early speeches in the Rajya Sabha, I articulated my thoughts on some issues that I have subsequently raised in Parliament in one way or the other during the past decades. These were: how to strengthen the unity and integrity of the country; how to safeguard our democratic institutions and make them more effective; why the ruling party must learn to respect the voice of the Opposition; and how to make Centre-state relations smooth and harmonious." In other words, he warmed the bench in the Rajya Sabha and was a "talking head".
He became the BJP in President in 1986, and the hitherto "mouse" began to make some noises….occasionally. He rose to prominence with his Ratha Yatras and probably had something to do with the Babri Masjid demolition. While these allegations probably would not hold up in a court of law, it is hard to believe an RSS member not having any knowledge of an activity that was obviously pre-planned. Either that or he was woefully out of touch with the RSS or lying. Either way….clean bowled on one aspect or the other.
As the Home Minister during the Kandahar hijacking incident, the mouse ducked. He claims that he was not involved in some of the critical decisions taken. So he was not in charge or lying. Either way….clean bowled on one aspect or the other.
He criticized Dr. Manmohan Singh as being the weakest PM India has seen. Things got personal and ugly. Dr. Manmohan Singh was heading up a fragile coalition during his first tenure and has emerged victorious with UPA II. The mouse during the Kandahar episode was vanquished.
The BJP positioned the 2008 election as a choice between Advani and Dr. Manmohan Singh. The mouse roared and lost. The party found another scapegoat to sacrifice and the mouse sat still.
When Jaswant Singh was expelled, the mouse kept quite. No support for a learned and respected colleague! As a prominent member of the party, one has to take a stand either for or against the issue. One can’t sit on the sidelines with their tail between their legs. Either way….clean bowled.
Based on recent events, with the expulsion of Jaswant Singh and side lining of other "thinking" individuals, the BJP has demonstrated a complete lack of "Intellectual capacity" and is portraying itself as a dogmatic party that pays more importance to "Moral Policing" than ascribe to the values that Vajpayee promoted.
Advani is shackled by the BJP ideology (dogma) and its upholding of traditional values, one of them being; "Respect for Elders". Good value no doubt, but the elders should realize that their prime is past and ought to make way for the youth.
So long Advani, time to be the mouse that you are and fade away.
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