Political instability in Karnataka and Goa is more dangerous for BJP than Congress | The Indian Express

Political instability in Karnataka and Goa is more dangerous for BJP than Congress | The Indian Express

Written by Tavleen Singh |Updated: July 14, 2019 7:35:39 am

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Political instability in Karnataka and Goa is more dangerous for BJP than Congress

If the Prime Minister is sincere about creating a new India, then he will have to create a new political culture. It should be one in which defectors are not welcomed into the BJP as if they were heroes.

If J P Nadda takes a close look at that picture of himself with the defectors from Goa, he might realise that there was nothing to be smug about. And, a great deal to be ashamed about.

It was that picture in the newspapers last week that set me thinking. In it we see the squat, smug figure of the BJP’s working president surrounded by legislators from Goa wearing scarves of saffron and green with a white lotus prominently displayed on them. These were not the colours or the symbol that got them elected, but in this moment of shifting loyalties, they have shifted to a party that till just the other day they reviled as ‘communal’. In this picture, the BJP’s working president and Goa’s Chief Minister look pleased to welcome them into the fold. But, they should be worried. As should Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. They should be worried because the political instability in Karnataka and Goa is more dangerous for the BJP than the Congress party.