केदारनाथ की त्रासदी

मनुष्य ने अपने निर्बंध लोभ के कारण प्रकृति को विनाश तथा विध्वंश के मार्ग पर चलने को विवश किया हैI भ्रष्ट सत्ता के संरक्षण में उत्तराखंड के शांत एवं नैसर्गिक वातावरण को अधोगामी विकास के द्वारा नष्ट-भ्रष्ट किया गया, उसीका परिणाम केदारनाथ की अभूतपूर्व विनाश-लीला हैI हज़ारों यात्रियों का कारुणिक अंत आधुनिक काल की सर्वाधिक वीभत्स गाथा हैI इस त्रासदी को ससमय सहायता पहुँचI कर कम किया जा सकता था लेकिन अक्षम सरकार ने अपने संसाधनों का तत्क्षण तथा प्रभावी तरीके से उपयोग नहीं कियाI

Modi’s Juggernaut Pulverizes Advani’s Dreams

There is nothing wrong for Advani to be ambitious. But his ambition shattered in 2009 when he had miserably failed as a leader to energize his party the BJP into a creditable victory. Now he wants another chance for another retrial in 2014 elections. As a veteran leader whose contribution to the party is stupendous and undeniable, he ought to have conducted himself gracefully at his ripe age of 86. He would have won hearts if he had consented majority (rather consensus) decision of the party  to bestow the leadership on Narendra Modi; now his bête noire, the man he himself created in politics and groomed gradually to this stage. Advani failed to see the writing on the wall. He disregarded the sentiments of the rank and file of the party. It is very sad that he has lost respectability for petty selfishness at the fag end of his life after contributing immensely to the party he nurtured and loved most.

Today I see a comment by Shashi Tharoor “In Congress, our leaders defer to each other, in BJP they differ with each other”. Why does an articulate person like Tharoor gloss over the fact that BJP has never been an inheritance for Advani from his ancestors unlike the Congress. The BJP is a party comprising various shades of opinions, and decisions are taken through process of conciliation and consultation. So differences are a natural corollary of a democratic process of a democratic party. But Rahul Gandhi has inherited the Congress from his father, who acquired the political title from his mother and his mother from her father. Thus it is personal fiefdom of the Congress first family hence only the scions of the family  are awed of and revered, and the rest of the party men are only courtiers or jesters.