Timing is everything…

Jaswant Singh’s expulsion from BJP justifies the title…A bad thing if done at the right time becomes good and a good thing done at the wrong time becomes bad.

There is nothing wrong in releasing a book and expressing ones opinion. After all we live in a democratic country (Of course “Clauses attached”). Did Jaswant Singh being such a senior player of the party deserve to be ousted from BJP? Or more critical than that, based on something related to past, which does not have any significance now, (the damage is already done…right??) can somebody be punished? He just expressed his personal opinion. Or BJP like many parties is engulfed in the mire of hypocrisy!!! One can’t give a convincing reply to these questions, but I am very much sure about one thing….”JASWANT SINGH CHOOSE THE WORST TIME POSSIBLE”. Being such a senior member of the BJP, he should not have gone against the party’s ideology (out of many situational ideologies) while serving in the party. A president of a company can’t suddenly wake up one fine morning and go against its policies just because he doesn’t like some of them. It greatly undermines the credibility of the organization. Similarly if a party’s senior member differs with the ideology that it often preaches or boasts about, credibility will surely take a beating. Already after the general election, BJP was in doldrums. This event further added salt to injury. What could be worst time than this? He should have known the ramifications of releasing such a book or could have released such a book after bidding adieu to BJP. Many celebrities and luminaries normally right books or express their express opinions after they retire (nikalne ke baad kachra failao…kya farkh padta hai…just kidding). Jaswant Singh should also have taken that route.

Now consider BJP which claims to have strong values, once again falls flat on its face. Certain questions which BJP will never answer are:

(1) Why Modi wasn’t sacked after the 2002 riots?

(2) Is writing a book, a bigger mistake than the 2002 riots in which scores of people lost life?

(3) Why BJP has a soft corner for RSS?

(4) Why RSS ideologue H V Seshadri wasn’t taken to task in which he opines Sardar Patel was responsible for precipitating partition?

Incidentally this book is under circulation for 27 years and there is no way that Modi wouldn’t have known about it. Why didn’t BJP take action on this? Why there is step motherly treatment towards only Jaswant Singh? As far as BJP is concerned certain questions are better left than answered.

Last but not the least the fourth estate, that is press plays a pivotal role in creating an impression in aam aadmi’s mind. Media has the power to make a wrong thing look right and a right thing look wrong through repeated telecast in 10 channels. Media should shoulder its power and responsibility with care and stop blowing the issue out of proportion. There are far more grave national issues for the media to throw light and government to do chintan baithaks.