We have seen all shades of #Marxism, from mild socialism that was hijacked by Congress to the agenda of Naxalites, and all are the result of power struggle. Mithun Chakraborty was a Naxalite hunted by Bengal Police when he returned to family fold and came to Bombay to become an actor.
Now he is a millionaire-actor and has filed the nomination for Rajya Sabha as a Trinamool candidate. I know for a fact that he would have been as happy to be in Rajya Sabha nominated by Jyoti Basu.
The people and the parties with ideologies vanished long back, finished on the altar of opportunism. There was no ideology, only self-interest when Indira Gandhi split Congress. And there only was ego when Sharad Pawar quit Congress. Else, he wouldn’t have had any truck with Sonia Gandhi.
BJP, I believe has come to power in spite of the agenda of Hindutva. It was the plank of Development that worked for a lot of people.
I would even say that splitting the states too is because of politicians’ greed for money and power. No state has been better governed because it is small.
In a way, I don’t see parties as fanatical; not even #ShivSena. It is the person who may be a fanatic and he may still be in a secular party. SanjayNirupam seemed a radical Sainik till he joined Congress. It was like leaving an editorial job from a party mouthpiece to join a mainstream newspaper. In fact, now the journalists change their points of view even in the same organization.
Leaders and politicians who find themselves trapped in dynasty-ruled Congress and who have burnt their bridges with other parties have only one option left now.
A new political party!
It can make a beginning in Bombay.
Milind Deora, Priya Dutt, Gurudas Kamat and Sanjay Nirupam – are you listening? Even those not happy with radically communal agenda in the right wing parties can join them.
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