NDTV - >> "BJP's Dynasty politics"

NDTV has carried out a story yesterday (21 September 2009) that BJP which claims to be a party with difference, with an inherent dispprovement to family-centric politics.. is now fielding 3 candidates from Gopinath Munde family..

I categorise this a biased reporting against BJP based on the following reasoning....

1) It is not the first-time that BJP is fielding son/ daughter of a political leader in elections. In the recently concluded polls. BJP had fielded Varun Gandhi (son of Maneka Gandhi), Manvendra Singh (son of Jaswant Singh), Dushyanth Singh(son of Vasundhare Raje) and son of BS Yeddyurappa (Karnataka CM) etc. If this trend is something, which is not new then why was it occupying the headlines in a national news channell (If not ..to dilute the stance of BJP's philosophy of anti-dynastic/ family-centric politics thereby justifying the Gandhi-brand of politics in India)

2) Yes, BJP's stance is clearly against dynasty and family politics.. that is the reason why it has never allowed the party affairs to get hijacked by the presence of family members.. of any particular leader/ leaders!
Please analyse this statement on the backdrop of these facts....

• BJP is fighting the Maharashtra elections ..as second party to Shiv Sena which is contesting bulk of the seats (BJP is contest only 119 out of 288 seats, while SS is contesting 169 seats).
• Although, Gopinath Munde is a senior BJP leader in Maharashtra , has very limited say in party affairs.. where Nitin Gadkari, the Party President and has the final call.
• BJP has denied ticket to Poonam Mahajan from Mumbai NE and has given it to Kirit Somaiyya (a loyal BJP activist) during recently concluded General Elections 2009.
• Poonam Mahajan was given ticket only from an assembly constituency.. and is not given any office-bearer position in the Party.
• Tickets are always given in BJP on winnability factor. BJP admitted this long back.. that it is against the Dynasty politics.. but in Indian politics Dynasty has become.. so ingrained in the system that almost all the Political Parties are either family/ dynasty/ individual centric (Congress, RJD, DMK, Akali Dal, Shiv Sena, TDP, JD(S), NC, SP, BSP, TC, AIADMK etc) ..
• Although their might be instances of leaders kith & kin getting party tickets.. BJP has always maintained a leadership ( at Central, State and Municipality/ District levels) which is not family/ dynasty centric..

I ask NDTV......... Is this not an exercise for pushing BJP on backfoot....and condoning the Congress/ UPA brand of politics ...which is completely a family/dynasty centric party??

3) Who can forget that the ruling combine has fielded numerous.. candidates.. who belonged to political dynasty... (Sachin Pilot, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Priya Dutt, Milind Deora, Jatin Prasada, Supriya Sule, Azhagiri, Kanimozi and YS Jaganmohan Reddy etc.)... infact if one start to count.. the list will be endless..!!

4) Interestingly.. the dynasty system is so well nurtured that... they all owe their loyalty and aggelience to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi...! Irrespective of how qualified and learned Sachin Pilot is... he will never get opportunity to rule the Congress.. He will always have to work under.. Rahul Gandhi..!!
Recently, after the demise of the YS Rajashekar Reddy in AP, we have seen.. the how the local Congress leadership had taken-up the bhajan activity of YS Jaganmohan Reddy (3 month old in politics) to be the next CM...
The state has witnessed .. 60-70 yrs old experienced congress leaders.. stooping down.. YS Jagan..who is completely out of touch with AP politics (till May 2009, he was based out of Bengaluru managing various businesses...his father and he started in last five years.. Before which he used to do real-estate dispute settlements in Bengaluru.. also he is accused of involving in plotting the killings of YSR's political rivals..) to prove their loyalty to YS Jagan.. Who in turn is stoooping to prove his loyalty to Sonia Gandhi.. and Rahul Gandhi..!!
I ask NDTV......Why such behavior of Congress is not picked up for public debate... Instead.. a trivial cause of Gopinath Munde family getting 3 assembly tickets.. made into headlines and debate topic?

5) One should note that ..the count of the Gopinath Munde family members.. include Poonam Mahajan ...daughter of BJP's Late Shri. Pramod Mahajan.
Also, as mentioned earlier...NDTV conveniently forgot that the same Poonam Mahajan was denied BJP ticket from Mumbai North-East during 2009 General Elections.. even after pressing demand...!

I dont think it needs any serious thought process to understand the difference between.. what BJP is made off.. and what Congress is made off... as far as the Dynasty Politics are concerned...! So, NDTV.. please shun your vicious campaign against BJP..!! I know that you are doing your bit... for the up-coming Maharashtra Elections.. for pleasing your political boss..!! But, please be aware of your public image as well...!! NDTV is no more than.. a ideologically, ethically and intellectually sold out entity... doing greatest dis-service to the nation...in the name of journalism!!

By generalising this topic NDTV (and its news reader, Nidhi Razdan) is blatantly and shame-lessly attempting to bring some scantity.. to the Congress/ Gandhi brand of family politics..!! The logic is simple.. if you have an ugly line... to be made beautiful w/o touching it.... you just need to draw another 'long-ugly' line beside it.. so that people will condone the distressed state of affairs.. of Congresses brand of Family politics..!