Thursday, June 7, 2018

Sena’s position is of big brother

Now it is turn for Shiv Sena in Maharashtra after JD(U) in Bihar to say to BJP that it is its big brother. Shiv Sena has said that it is the big brother of BJP in the state. Under the programme Sampark for Samarthan, BJP President Amit Shah met Shiv Sena Supremo Udhav Thackery at his Matoshree residence to mollify his ruffled feather. But Shiv Sena as stated earlier has again reiterated that it will go solo in all the coming elections. The resolution to this effect was already passed by Shiv Sena’s Executive Committee. So, nothing fruitful came out of Shah and Udhav meeting. Shiv thinks that the BJP is hijacking its vote bank. So, it is better for the party to go it alone in the coming Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. Its expansion is also within the state of Maharashtra. Shiv Sena is the oldest ally of BJP. It aligned with BJP in 1989 and they formed govt. in Maharshtra together in 1995. Earlier, Shiv Sena was in big brother role with BJP in the state. But after 2014 Lok Sabha elections, it lost its space to BJP which emerged bigger in the state. Consequently, both fought the assembly elections separately and BJP emerged as the single largest party. Shiv Sena had to agree to strike post poll alliance with BJP. With BJP’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, BJP -Sena govt. was formed in the state. Shiv Sena participated in the govt in state and at the Centre, which is also led by BJP. But despite being in the state and at Central govt., Shiv Sena continued to publicly denounce both the govts. of the BJP. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis were attacked by the Shive Sena whenever the need arose. Shiv Sena in Maharashtra and JD(U) in Bihar have understood that without their alliance, the BJP cannot win elections in these two states. Both consider themselves as dominant partners in Maharashtra and Bihar respectively. Samapark for Samarthan Programme was launched by BJP president Amit Shah after the party’s recent defeat in Kairana Lok Sabha by-elections. Opposition is uniting against the BJP and getting success in defeating it on the one hand and BJP’s allies are putting pressure on it to accept their demands on the other. Shah is knocking the door of one ally after another to assuage its hurt feeling, but getting no success. One formidable ally Andhra Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu has already left the NDA because of its differences with BJP. From the very beginning, BJP has not been treating its allies on equal footing. It established itself as their big brother but when the Lok Sabha elections came near and it started losing one by-poll after another at the hands of the united opposition, it has launched Sampark for Samarthan. But now the time has changed. It is no longer 2014. It is 2018. So, the BJP has realized that it has to be the second fiddle to its allies like JD(U) and Shiv Sena in Bihar and Maharashtra respectively.

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