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Lies rot. Truth springs anew. What’s new? What’s visible to the eye and heard on the grapevine is this – the knife doesn’t run through the cake anymore. It’s hard rock that has to be pierced to make a way. To end the puzzle, it is not for nothing that the BJP hasn’t been able to elect, sorry, select its new president for so long. Those days are over when Modi’s writ ran unchallenged. There is resistance from within. The RSS isn’t willing to give in to the Modi-Amit Shah duopoly. They want a BJP president who isn’t just a proxy for Shah. 

They want freedom from the suffocating grip. They want a political outfit called the BJP, not a Modi support system. This tug-of-war has delayed the appointment.

The tussle is real and intense. So intense that the RSS has gone so far as to suggest the name of Sanjay Joshi — Modi’s bête noire who was unceremoniously ousted from the political mainstream under what many believe was a sinister conspiracy. 

Joshi, a perfect gentleman, lost face as a fake video showed him in a sexual act with a woman. The RSS knows Joshi doesn’t indulge in such activities. Joshi remained loyal to RSS all this while, silently suffering the ignominy instead of hitting back. Mohan Bhagwat now wants to restore his pride. His name was suggested for the post of president, though obviously not acceptable to Modi-Shah. But the messaging was clear. The very choice was an expression of no-confidence in Modi-Shah dominance. And that this dominance will be challenged now. 

The RSS appears determined to blunt the weapon that enforces diktats like a Tughlaqi firman. A Manoharlal Khattar for Haryana, a Mohan Yadav for Madhya Pradesh and a Bhajanlal Sharma for Rajasthan! Who are these gentlemen? Manohar, Mohan, Bhajan…? Questions will be asked. That’s what has sprung anew. If anybody thinks the truth is frozen in 2014, think anew. Remember, what’s frozen rots. Lies rot.      

Who is responsible for protecting the sanctity of the electoral process? The Election Commission? If allegations of a sinister conspiracy to prepare a curated voters’ list to put the ruling party in an advantageous position is levelled by major opposition leaders, what should the........

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