The arrogance power has made BJP forget its roots

A senior BJP leader Seshadri Chari was forcefully moved out of the lift in Mantralaya so that a minister could use the lift. If this is the case with ruling party leader what can the common man expect?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to ban the use of Red Beacon on top of Ministers’ car to abolish the VIP culture prevalent in the society since the era of British. Many ministers including Prime Minister himself in compliance with the order stopped the use of the Red Beacons which is a sign of privilege. But it seems that the BJP Ministers are still not able to wrap their head around why the idea of leaving the privilege was introduced in the first place. The aim was not only to ban the red beacons but also to rip the ministers off their arrogance and audacity that comes with the ingrained feeling of being a VIP.

To respect our elderly is the primitive teaching of our Indian culture. But the arrogance of being in the government is making some ministers forget these basic values. Two days ago, Senior BJP leader Mr. Seshadri Chari along with the Managing Editor of HW News had visited the Mantralaya to discuss the farmers’ issue plaguing the state with the State Agriculture Minister Bhausaheb Fundkar. Anyone who regularly visits Mantralaya, it is known that the office of Agriculture Minister is on the sixth floor. So, both of them took the lift along with all the other common people who had come there to meet the concerned authorities and get their issues solved.

Two minutes into the lift and their lift suddenly halted on the second floor. They looked around but nobody got out of the lift. To their surprise, few people-almost looking like goons surrounded the lift and started to yell at everyone inside to come out of the lift. “Move out…move out…our Saaheb has come…move out quickly,” the goons said. Taken aback by this sudden shouting, nobody realized what was exactly happening. As everybody moved rather forced to move out of the lift, Shivsena’s Water Supply Minister of State Vijay Baapu Shivtare walked up to the lift and entered the lift, with no sign of remorse on his face. He did not even apologize to the elderly Mr Chari for the inconvenience caused.

Has the BJP forgotten all those who stood by the party through thick and thin, who contributed to building the party, who nurtured the sapling that today has turned into a huge banyan tree? But then, the BJP shouldn’t forget that without the roots, Banyan tree, however massive it be, can fall.

But not only the saffron party, Shivsena who is an ally of the BJP in state and centre is also equally to be blamed here. While the Chief Minister is unable to control his arrogant Ministers, Shivsena is unable to control the arrogant nature of their leaders. The Shivsena of Balasaheb Thackeray that Maharashtra witnessed was definitely dauntless but it fought for common people. The workers of Shivsena who take pride in addressing themselves as sons of Shivaji, turn arrogant and audacious once they are crowned. Another example of this prevalent feeling of being VIP thus putting themselves above the common man is Ravindra Gaikwad-also a Shivsena Minister who had slapped Air India staffer.

Minister like Ravindra Gaikwad and Vijay Shivtare should not forget that it is the common people who have voted for them. The common people of elect their representatives with the hope that they will solve people’s problems. But after getting elected how many time have you actually spent on addressing issues of common people?

Seshadri Chari had even brought this to the notice of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He had tweeted the incident to CM Fadnavis. But the Chief Minister who is ever active on Twitter couldn’t find few seconds to look into the matter and address it. But what more can be expected from the BJP that even sidelined its battery of senior leaders like LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie who built and shaped BJP?

The question here is not of merely a senior BJP leader, the question here is of people like you and me, who vote such leaders to power. The building of Mantralaya is constructed so that the Ministers and common man would have a mutual platform where the purpose of democracy is served. The ruling party should not forget that the Mantralaya is not a lavish palace to display the arrogance power but indeed a congressional court where they are expected to dispose of their duties!