The old saying that power does not come alone, it brings many evils along with it, seems to be proving fit for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh. The self proclaimed ‘party with a difference’ is following footsteps of its arch political rival the Congress in the State, be it the corruption, indiscipline, patronising of criminals or the factionalism, the saffron party is out to prove itself a step ahead than the Congress.
The condition of indiscipline is so worst that the party MPs and MlAs do not hesitate to go public expressing their ante against the party Government in the state and the organisation besides the growing factionalism in the party organisation is as evident as writing on the wall.
If given a look over the happenings of last few days it could be accessed easily that how gross is the indiscipline in the saffron organization. Party parliamentarian from Sagar Bhupendra Singh and MlA from the same place Shailendra Jain observed sit-in against the state government while senior party leader and Bhopal parliamentarian Kailash Joshi’s MlA son Deepak Joshi chose social networking site facebook to express his ire against the party organisation.
Both the incidences embarrassed the party and the organisation though Singh and Jain were managed to withdraw their agitation after three days and Joshi was forced to withdraw his comment from the social networking site.
The factionalism part could be understood from the deeds of the senior leaders of the state, on the occasion of birthday celebrations of party vice president and former chief minister of the state Uma Bharti, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state president Narendra Singh Tomar in order to avoid participation in the celebrations left the state capital Bhopal since morning under the cover that some important meetings are scheduled in New Delhi.
On the previous occasion party vice president Prabhat Jha stunned with his removal as state president expressed his ire openly when the new state president Narendra Singh Tomar was taking charge amid presence of many senior party leaders and large number of workers and media.
Political observers in the state capital are of the view that if the BJP does not set its house in order before the assembly elections, it could be in trouble and the indiscipline and factionalism could mar its chances of hitting a hat trick of gaining power in the State.