After all the frenzy of India elections, the dust will
finally settle in a couple of days – on Wednesday 28 May 2014, when NaMo will
have taken charge of the PMO, after bidding goodbye to NaSha, after they have shook
hands to a new dawn in the region – NaNa.
The buildup for NaSha’s visit matched that of NaMo’s taking
the PMO and the runup for that, that began over a year ago. Which itself had all
the ingredients of a standard Bollywood masala,
RaGa’s elevation as V-P, NaMo’s naming of campaign head and, thus,
PM-designate, Advani’s grouse, et al. And this one also matched the earlier
franchise (a la Dhoom1, 2, 3, . . .)
in chaos, frenzy and wit.
The biggest contributor to all that is the media – specially
the electronic media. It looked like that these channels had nothing else to
report other than NaSha’s impending decision. It actually drowned a similar
frenzy from Tamil Nadu, what with all opposing the invite to the Sri Lankan
Prez, and his visit for the event.
What is wonderful is that NaMo’s, and the party’s, saintly
silence to all this media mêlée. And rightly so. It should be like that. Macro
scenario has to be seen, and given importance to, first, than the micro issues.
Specially at this juncture. There will be time and personnel to address all the
micro issues of the country and will be duly considered to be taken care of.
Having a cordial relationship with neighbours and setting the ball to roll at
this point in time speaks volumes of the thought to invite the leaders.
No wonder if the same media sets the agenda for the NaNa
bilateral talks. Perhaps, it has only masked the circus that might be going on
to wrest plum portfolios by the partymen. And partywoman.
AAP’s story is long written. Gopinath’s exit was expected.
Rather, not shocking. But Ilmi’s? She seemed to belong there with the
Kejriwals, Sisodias, Bhartis, etc. She didn’t seem to be like Medhas, Yogendras,
Ashutoshs, who will all come out soon. When is Delhi again going for the polls?
And supporters like Balas need not even toil to send in a resignation – they’re
wiped out already. Both from AAP and public memory (Bala. Bangalore Central’s
AAP candidate in the latest LS polls. He was in Infy. Remember?).
The drama continued with the Gandhis offering to resign, and
the partymen rejecting the offer. Why? Ma’am G was also elected CPP head!
It was disgusting to see Abhishek Sighvi and Manish Tiwari
continue appearing as spokesmen, when their party’s washout was thought to have
flushed them out from TV screens. They’re hoped to start work on rebuilding the
party. Behind the scenes, that is.
Wonder what would be IPL’s TRP this year! It’d be worth
learning of that, and the advertisers’ opinion on their investment.
