Vote bank politic overshadows corruption

On the issue of corruption, all political parties are evasive, protective and patronizing for the sake of vote bank politics. BJP’s action in UP reflects these characteristics. The main opposition party BJP which had been vociferously attacking the ruling Congress party at the Centre for promoting corruption has itself taken into its fold the expelled and dismissed tainted BSP ministers Babu Singh Kushwaha and Badshah Singh only because of former being the backward caste leader and the later being Thakur leader. BJP hopes to increase its influence among OBCs and Thakur with their joining the party.
To strengthen its grip on backwards in the poll-bound UP, BJP did not show any moral compunction in taking the leader accused in multi-crore rural health scheme scam against whom CBI probe in going on. Did the BJP ever give any thought that what repercussion Babu Singh Kushwaha and Badshah Singh, who was dismissed from the Mayawati ministry on the recommendation of Lokyukta, inclusion would have among the public?
By taking the indicted BSP former ministers into its fold, the BJP has blunted the edge of its attack on the Congress party on the issue of corruption. It is not that the corrupt political leader of other parties would soon become purified from all charges the moment they joined the BJP. This reflects that corruption matters nothing to our entire political class. The caste equation is every thing that overshadows all other vices whether it is corruption or anything else.
There are strong rumours that the BJP is itself divided over the joining of tainted Kushwaha. Central Parliamentary leaders like leader in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, leader in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely, parliamentary party chairman and top most leader L K Advani are disliking the joining of tainted BSP ministers whereas BJP president Nitin Gadkari and former party president Rajnath Singh and state party leaders have favoured their joining the party in view of the coming elections next month in the state of UP.
So, the conclusion is that not only the Congress but also all the other political parties treats corruption very lightly and if they oppose, it is only for avowed reason. In the face of vote bank politics, every other consideration takes back seat. The BJP is not the sacred river the Ganga in which the corruption will be washed off by taking a dip into it rather the party is itself full of dirt that reflected from its action in view of UP elections. It also shows BJP’s nervousness about facing the UP elections. Its action has also sent the message out that it is not different in any way from others so far as corruption is concerned. Finally, the support it gained through attacks on Congress on the issue of corruption has been lost due to its giving shelter to tainted BSP ministers in UP.