SUshil Modi’s strange political philosophY

Bihar’s senior BJP leader, Sushil Kumar Modi is the new political science teacher around these days. He bounced back to his old position as the Deputy Chief Minister after the recent high voltage political drama. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar “divorced” his ally RJD over corruption charges against Lalu Prasad’s family—which were made public by Sushil Modi—and once again returned to the NDA fold. Basking in new glory, Sushil Modi is giving frequent answers to justify the ghar wapsi of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “sewa bhakt”, Nitish Kumar. When told that it was the same Nitish Babu who had made serious personal comments against BJP in the past, he says: “In politics old criticisms have no place, no value because the context has changed and the context is totally different now. Nitish Kumar was not with the BJP, when he had made those comments. So, what anyone says when he is not with the party does not matter…this does not count.” Patna’s Modi goes further to explain his political science theory. “When Yashwant Sinha was in Parliament with PM Chandra Shekhar, he had criticised Ayodhya’s Ram Janmabhoomi movement. But once Yashwant Babu joined the BJP, he began defending Ram Lalla. Lalu Prasad had once asked Yashwant Sinha about this and he had replied that ‘wherever I am, I stay loyal’.”

It is now believed that “Operation Bihar” had started rolling soon after the BJP’s massive defeat in the state Assembly elections. The BJP leadership was upset, angry and hurt, as at the same time the saffron party had also lost badly in the Delhi Assembly polls; out of 70 seats, the BJP could get only three. The Aam Admi Party government led by Arvind Kejriwal was subjected to “carpet bombing” in the shape of allegations about scams involving ministers and some influential MLAs. Now that the BJP has secured Patna, Lutyens’ circles are agog with speculation that the Delhi government’s fall is imminent in near future. The next targets are West Bengal and Odisha, according to them.