It seems that the BJP is going totally into "caste politics".
First, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong statement showcasing the large number of SC, ST and OBC ministers he had made in the recent cabinet expansion. Refer:
Thereafter, the govt implemented 27% reservation for OBCs in medical college seats (NEET).
Newspapers and media started telling us that this is a "master stroke" is for the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh.
With OBC and EWS quota, Modi rallies voters for 2022, 2024 elections - The Week
Now, let us look at this matter in greater detail.
First of all, if BJP govt in Uttar Pradesh had done really good job, why does the party need to play caste politics just before election? How about fightig election on the basis of your dev work, and Yogi ji, Modi ji's image? The fact that BJP is going in to caste politics tells that Yogi govt has not done up to the expectation, i.e. not enough to win another term.
Secondly, everyone knows that EWS is not for General Category. It is for all. Last time I checked, there was a Muslim guy selected on EWS quota.
Narendra Modi is mastermind in changing the national narrative with his single speech. Just because of UP Election, he has changed the narrative to "OBC castes" starting with his Cabinet Reshuffle. It is obvious that this is seasonal and not the core identity change of BJP.
No one votes for BJP because of "caste". BJP does not have caste based vote-bank. Reason is simple: it is a national party and can't ignore one to pick another, because every caste is dominant in some places or the other.
Whoever is advising Narendra Modi to lure OBCs (because he himself is one) just for UP Election in 2022 is stupid. You lost 3 states last time by doing just that. Is BJP knowingly going to lose UP now repeating the time-tested method of Reservation?
BJP is the only party which dethroned INC with full majority of its own. Why? Because BJP had a "bigger umbrella".
Why is BJP ready to shed its umbrella of 'Hindutva' in order to play caste politics? It makes no sense.
The bitter truth is that we all have supported Narendra Modi despite our differences with his policies. We also ignored his disastrous decisions like Demonetization.
But, one day, everyone's luck runs out. You never know.
Hindutva > RSS > BJP > Narendra Modi
Let us look at BJP during last election in West Bengal. It focused heavily on maligning Mamata Banerjee's image (still doing it), which was so petty. I asked them to stop but I am not important so why will they care?
BJP's 'Hindutva' plank failed in Bengal, because Mamata Banerjee was a Brahmin and people did not see her anti-Hindu. As simple as that. Then they started maligning her image to gain votes. It failed too because she was a woman.
Remember old Delhi election, when BJP brought in Kiran Bedi as CM Candidate, ignoring its own local leadership? That was the time from where I saw BJP making stupid "gambles" in the garb of political decisions.
The point is that the BJP has been making wrong decisions, mainly because decision making is in the hands of only two (Modi-Shah) who lack a national vision. RSS/Sangh must interfere and stop them from making further wrongs.
Reservation in itself is not a big problem, because any party in BJP's place would also have done the same. The problem is in its thinking and vision, which looks unbalanced and stressed now.
The fact is that BJP is on the decline for sometime. It is natural because of anti-incumbency. But it seems that Modi ji is surrounding himself with only "yes men" and not honoring talent, and this is going to cost BJP sooner or later.
Modi ji had focused on his own "image building" from day-1. Along with time, he became bigger than the BJP, then bigger than Sangh, and now bigger than India. His personal stupid decisions did disasters and we did not even protest.
Demonetization was stupid. Complete unplanned lockdown from day-1 was stupid. Modi ji and his TV appearances are part of epic gospels now. India suffered so much because of his personal stupidity and lack of proper education.
Modi ji is Bachelors of Arts from distance learning. He was a state level politician who came on national stage. Till date, his biggest achievements are either from BJP's agenda (370/Ram Mandir), or Congress' leftover ideas (GST).
All he had to do was to listen to "experts". Then try the time tested methods which sounded reasonable and logical. But, he never gained listening to logic, why should he do it now? We are all held at ransom by his idiosyncrasy now.
I wish Modi ji retires soon and passes on the chair to someone younger, better educated, and someone who understands Hindutva totally, instead of its parts and pieces. It would be better if new PM won't have a personal cult following.
It will be much better to see Modi ji lose the chair instead of seeing BJP lose the power at Center. Please replace him with anyone better. We have had enough of him already.
In his first term, Modi ji did demonetization. And in his second term, he did unplanned lockdown. Both were kept secretive from even his cabinet colleagues, and were "gambles" which failed. This is not how govts should run. Please replace him.
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