Selective Pages from Diary 2014-Maharshtra Elections Pre- Poll Scenario.

It is no surprise that both the alliances, Shiv Sena - BJP  and Congress-NCP has broken.

In changed scenario it was obvious and expected.

While Sena was expecting  ( from BJP) the  same respect and importance it enjoyed   when Balasaheb was alive and its regional priorities, marathi asmita,  stand on undivided maharashtra etc were in contrast with BJP's  increased pride after LS election, National Priorities ( like inclusive all India agenda at least on paper), separate Vidarbha etc.

and last but not the least BJP's aim to make itself  a whole pan India party  was making Sena uneasy.

This relationship of a National and Regional party was in contrast with relationship of Congress  and regional parties, where in for rule at the center, congress allowed regional parties to grow ( or to say when after Indira Gandhi , there were no regional leaders left in Congress, regional parties including ex -congress man grew in states) and also to indulge in corrupt practices. At one point  of time , DMK fought all assembly seats and congress fought loksabha elections.
( At one place some time back/ before , I had written siding with BJP regional parties are stacking their own existence, while with congress it is reverse ie Congress took high  wrong risk and wiped out itself in many states).

One more difference is , congress and its proxy regional parties , all are/ were dynastic parties and common goal was to protect own family interest.But BJP is  cadre based party and opposed to dynastic rule, this is one more reason for split in BJP-Shiv Sena.

{ One interesting observation - how, when and why congress moved away from mass movement and non-dynastic mode of pre-independence period to arm-chair , dynastic political party that led to its decline is a subject of political research, but I think

When you (organisation)  do not have money and power it tends to be non-dynastic and democratic, but once you have money and power dynastic ( or at least in case of BJP authoritarian   ) tendency sets in, (specially in Indian  feudal system). If this is true, down  the  history  line 50 years hence BJP may become dynastic party. Already many a second rung leader has come up showing this tendency. Examples are Mahajan, Munde and Sinhas.}.

Now about Congress-NCP split.

Reason for this break up can be said to be same or different. NCP was demanding  more from weak congress, Pawar was not ready to work with/ under Rahul.  Rahul was not ready to allow slip Maharadtra, the way UP Bihar slipped away from  the congress fold. Further,for free image , congress wanted to get rid of NCP and so on.

Ultimately in politics and also in real life there is no permanent friends or enemy.

Every Relationship ( like medicine) has expiry date, and it is useless and some time dangerous to use/ continue beyond that date.
Whose gamble has paid off will be  known only on 19th October. Now all focus is on Post Poll alliance.

Prakash  28.09/2014

Post Script:


As I said above now BJP is planning to undermine SAD party and spread wing in Punjab ( and other states also where it not in power). In Punjab it is taking issue of drug addiction to spoil image of SAD and its leaders. Even PM has taken up this issue in his Man Ki Bat.

9/01/15