Public & Secret Histories of Our Times
The main outcome of the 16th session of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was perhaps the sharpening of the Madhok-Vajpayee rift. The first indication of the controversy appeared in the working committee meeting when it failed to adopt the draft resolution on the political situation, even after eight hours of discussion, as it was sharply divided over the policy to adopted towards the Congress. Continue reading “Jana Sangh Patna Session, 1969”
The main outcome of the 16th session of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was perhaps the outburst of Madhok-Vajpayee rift. Balraj Madhok arrived one day late and left one day earlier. Continue reading “16th Jana Sangh Conference: Madhok-Vajpayee Rift”
NK SINGH
A FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF P.V. Narasimha Rao adorns the spacious dining room of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Raisina Road residence in New Delhi.
If anything, it provides an insight into the mind of the new prime minister of India, a politician whose party does not believe that wisdom exists outside the saffron fold.
Vajpayee, 71, has been a votary of the politics of consensus throughout his five decades in public life.
That he is the lone dove among the Hindutva hawks is evident from Vajpayee’s own admission that his biggest weakness is that he can never hit back.
And that, ironically, is also his biggest asset. Continue reading “Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A Dove Among Hawks”
अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी के नई दिल्ली स्थित रायसीना रोड निवास के बडे़-से भोजन कक्ष में पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री पी.वी. नरसिंह राव की फ्रेम में जड़ी एक तस्वीर सजी है।
कमरे का यह नजारा भारत के नए प्रधानमंत्री की एक ऐसे नेता के रूप में झलक देता है जिसकी पार्टी अपने से इतर समझदारी का अस्तित्व स्वीकार नहीं करती।
71 वर्षीय वाजपेयी सार्वजनिक जीवन के पांच दशकों में आम सहमति की राजनीति के उपासक रहे हैं।
हिंदुत्ववादियों की पाषाण-हृदय बिरादरी में वे अकेले नरम दिल नेता हैं। वे किसी के मर्म पर वार नहीं कर सकते और यही उनकी सबसे बड़ी कमजोरी है।
विडंबना देखिए कि यही उनकी सबसे बड़ी खूबी भी है। Continue reading “अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी: अपनों में बेगाना नेता”