BLUNT BUTCHER
JAMMU: Looming uncertainty seems to have taken toll of BJP. Perplexed and shattered as they are, the former ministers, and unfortunately family members of some of them, are so unnerved that they have lost the sense of proportion. Unmindful of becoming laughing stock by demonstrating their frustration in public domain, some of them have started taking on competitors and opponents within the party precincts thus making fool of themselves.
BJP Warriors Activities-a WhatsApp group purportedly created to disseminate the message of the saffron outfit through social media-has turned out as a ready tool to mock others. The group members had a shock of life on Wednesday when politically agile wife of a senior minister commented over a news clipping of a vernacular paper. She took a dig at a former colleague of her minister husband, which attracted comments and counter comments. And in enthusiasm, some low profile members of the group flashed the most embarrassing comments outside its precincts as a result of which the observations went viral in a split second.
The real drama began later when thousands of messages communicated between various groups dwelt upon the observations of the Madam of a senior former minister. Many of them attributed the comments as sign of frustration in the wake of PDP’s non committal attitude towards the future of BJP as its coalition partners. The cloud of uncertainty is so dense that the former ministers and some aspirant BJP MLAs have made themselves vulnerable in the public eyes by behaving abnormally. Some of them are behaving even like more loyal than the king by publicly saying they were in the mourning. The intent is clear-to placate PDP in order to have political future secured in terms of getting berth in the ministry.
Having tasted the loaves of power for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir, many of the BJP ministers could not digest the power, as they exposed themselves just within months by indulging in corruption, nepotism and favouritism.
The posts of BJP ‘stalwarts’, their friends and family members are most sought after as these carry a flavour of amusement for others to warm up in the current chilly winters.
