Trumpet lost its sound
Looks like the royal blue fox is losing its outer colour and coming back onto its skin shade. Some leaders within BJP have begun to speak about the bad performance of the party and failure of Amit Shah and Modi, in the elections held across five states.
Now all those who thought the fake royal blue fox was an original one and that itself was the royal leader for having spoken against the administrational failure of other parties, been stunned into silence now.
BJP is in a fix whether the party should face the election in the leadership of Modi or not. If the leadership changes, it would mean the party conceded that the performance was bad in the last term. If Modi is continued as the leader, BJP isn't too sure that it can garner votes like last time. At a time like this, union minister Nitin Gadkari has voiced out his opinion rather loudly.
So far, Amit Shah and Narendra Modi took the credit of all successes through the elections in other states. Media would go gaga over the ‘Chanakya Neeti’ adapted by Amit Shah.
It would be projected as though people voted for the best administration that Modi has been giving to the people of this country. Modi and Amit Shah had proactively campaigned in all the five states that voted recently, like they'd do with all other elections. Campaign strategy was designed keeping in mind the results of these states would have an impact on the upcoming lok sabha elections next year.
But then BJP failed miserably in all the states. Amit Shah and Modi who took credit for every victory, have maintained strategic silence this time and have conveniently escaped the responsibility of owning it up. This should have been an occasion for Modi to at least reflect on the lacunae of administrational failures to take stock for the future. Instead of that, Modi is still continuing to lamely blame Nehru for the situation India is in, today and even for his own failures. And instead of accepting demonetisation as a grand failure, he is trying to impose it as a mandatory success through his speeches. Nehru is the only answer Modi has, if one questions him about inflation, economic deficit, increased oil prices, unemployment and massive shutdown of co industries both small and big scale in rural as well as urban areas.
They still don't seem to understand the mammoth statues of Patel or Shivaji or Ram are not any answer to the real time problems people are facing. And it is during this time that Gadkari has said the party chiefs must take the responsibility of failure in performance too.
“If I were to be the party president, and my party didn't do well in the elections I'd take full responsibility of the results” he said in a meeting going over the performance of the party in five state elections, indirectly indicating Amit Shah is responsible for the dismal show. These words are major embarrassment for Amit Shah and Modi too.
This simply means Gadkari is not too happy with eh leadership of Modi and Shah. However, for the first time in recent days, BJP is trying to emerge from the mindset that Modi is inevitable for the party. Many BJP leaders are feeling stifled that they cannot raise their concerns against Modi and Shah duo. If things continue like this, they will soon join Gadkari in his stance. The workers and activists at base level aren't too happy with Shah and Modi that they are humiliating the leaders who struggled to build the party base. All these issues will definitely plague the party in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Dissidence against Modi and Shah has now found space in NDA too. Many allies want another leader apart from Modi to lead the equation. The shadows of Modi's misrule is definitely going to cast its shadow on the next polls.
Since Modi's charisma is waning, the allies are now negotiating to get more seats for themselves. The misunderstanding between Shiv Sena and BJP in Maharashtra makes one wonder whether they'll still go to elections as allies. Sena has always had its dislike towards Modi and now the party is using the dismal results of states to grind the axe further on the PM.
Sena wants the change of guard within BJP. As of now, Gadkari is in consideration as an alternative candidate for Modi. Even Rajnath Singh can make for a good PM with his experience in politics and parliament. Gadkari has charges of corruption on him and this had forced him to step down from big responsibility of being national president within BJP.
Now if he has to be projected as the PM candidate, all those allegations will resurface too. Having been cornered by the failures, Modi has reached the brink of his strategy. As a result he will fall back on the old ways of arresting terror suspects by the NIA.
The agency will reveal more suspects or make-believe terror plots to show assassination attempts on Modi. When the elections come close, we may witness explosions here and there. Even this time, looks like Modi has to resort on attempts on life or terror plot etc to win elections.
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Cong gave 4 names for India’s diplomatic outreach after Op Sindoor, Shashi Tharoor not one of them
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is set to lead an all-party delegation on an overseas mission to convey India’s message of zero-tolerance against terrorism, even though his name was not among the Congress party's nominations for the role.
According to Congress’s communications chief Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju requested the party on the morning of May 16 to propose four names for inclusion in the diplomatic initiative aimed at highlighting India’s concerns over terrorism originating from Pakistan.
"Yesterday morning, the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju spoke with the Congress President and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. The INC was asked to submit names of 4 MPs for the delegations to be sent abroad to explain India's stance on terrorism from Pakistan. By noon yesterday May 16th, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha wrote to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs giving the following names on behalf of the INC," Ramesh wrote on X.
Yesterday morning, the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju spoke with the Congress President and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. The INC was asked to submit names of 4 MPs for the delegations to be sent abroad to explain India's stance on terrorism from…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) May 17, 2025
The Congress recommendation list included Anand Sharma, a former Cabinet Minister, Gaurav Gogoi, Deputy Leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, Dr Syed Naseer Hussain, a Rajya Sabha MP, and Raja Brar, Lok Sabha MP.
The Union government on Saturday announced that Opposition leaders Shashi Tharoor, Supriya Sule and Kanimozhi are among the MP’s who will lead the all-party delegations to key “partner nations” following Operation Sindoor.
Tharoor, responding to Centre's official announcement, said he was "honoured" by the invitation. “When national interest is involved, and my services are required, I will not be found wanting," he stated.
“The all-party delegations will project India’s national consensus and resolute approach to combating terrorism in all forms and manifestations. They would carry forth to the world the country’s strong message of zero-tolerance against terrorism,” the parliamentary affairs ministry said.
The seven leaders heading these delegations are: Shashi Tharoor (Congress), Supriya Sule (NCP – Sharad Pawar faction), Kanimozhi (DMK), Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP), Baijayant Panda (BJP), Sanjay Kumar Jha (JDU), and Shrikant Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena).
