Dear editor,
There should be only one India. That is and should be our proud nation. There are many parties in which ‘India’ forms part of the name. To mention a few, Indian National Congress, Communist Part of India, All India Forwar Bloc, Indian Union Muslim League. But absolutely there is and was no objection for using India as part of the name of a political party. The demise of UPA has given birth to INDIA. If INDIA as group of parties is disbanded, it should give no room to use the bad word against it. The combination of 26 political parties has named itself INDIA. If the group of 26 parties fails to attain the majority to form the government, then it does not look fair to say INDIA lost. There is credit war for naming the group of parties INDIA. Congress claims Rahul Gandhi named it as such and TMC claims Mamata Banerjee named it as such. There is speculation that Nitish Kumar was reluctant for this name. But he has not expressed it anywhere for the fear of taking blame for not co-operating with other parties ab initio. He is also unhappy at not making him the convener of INDIA. But he cannot muster courage to express his unhappiness. Moreover, he has Prime Ministerial ambition. It is natural that he prefers to be non-controversial to build a ‘good’ image among the coalition partners. There are many other contenders for the post of Prime Minister like Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, not to speak of Rahul Gandhi even though AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge says that his party is not eyeing on Prime Ministerial post. BSP chief Mayawati has been maintaining low key and she is undecided whether to join INDIA or NDA. Social media is agog with the news that objection has been raised and complaint has been lodged in a few police stations against the use of word ‘INDIA’. It is a fit case to take the issue to the Election Commission and if need be to the court. If the issue is resolved, it would enable ‘INDIA’ to change its name in its third conclave taking place in Patna. India should exist only as a nation, not as a political party or group of political parties.
K.V. SEETHARAMAIAH.