To save their skins from the ED, CBI, and the Income Tax authorities etc. the safest bet for opposition politicians is to jump into the BJP bandwagon.

There has been a flood of Indian politicians from opposition parties jumping into the BJP camp, which has accelerated after the arrests by the Enforcement Directorate ( ED ) of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Party leaders, and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.

These cut across party lines and states, and almost all got reprieve on entering the BJP ‘washing machine’ and became ‘doodh ka dhula’.

How does one explain this?

No doubt in the past too there were ‘Aaya Rams Gaya Rams‘, but there was never such a massive exodus, and that too towards one single party, the BJP. Even long standing Congress leaders have called it quits, and started saying ‘Jai Shri Ram’.

In my opinion there are two reasons for this :

1. Almost all politicians have skeletons in their cupboards to hide, as they have amassed huge wealth by corrupt practices.

As explained in this article, politics in India requires a huge amount of money, and this can only be obtained by politicians from big businessmen, which the latter will only give for some illicit quid pro quo.

Hence to save their skins from the ED, CBI, the Income Tax authorities, or other government of India agencies, the safest bet for opposition politicians is to jump into the BJP bandwagon.

2. The Congress party had been in power in India for several decades after Independence.

However, after the 1989 general elections to the Lok Sabha, in which Congress lost to the National Front under VP Singh, the position became uncertain as to who would be in power for long in the Centre.

Hence there was relatively less shifting of allegiances by politicians, realising that even if they joined the ruling party of the day, there was no certainty it would remain in power for long.

Now the BJP has been in power since 2014, and it is likely to be in power for long. Having won the 2014 and 2019 general elections, it is poised to win the 2024 elections too, and the only question can be is the extent of its majority.

My own analysis is that this was bound to happen once India was partitioned on the basis of the bogus two nation theory (that Hindus and Muslims are two separate nations).

Partition was ceaselessly and relentlessly demanded by Jinnah and his Muslim League, but ultimately the Congress leaders like Gandhi and Nehru too shamelessly acceded to it, so the latter too cannot be absolved from the blame.

Once an Islamic state, Pakistan, was carved out and created, the inevitable consequence was that the rest of India would sooner or later become a Hindu state. As Newton’s third law of motion states, every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

For several decades after Independence a fig leaf of secularism was maintained in India by the Congress (which was really with an eye on the large Muslim vote bank), but now that fig leaf has been removed.

While still being a dejure secular country, India has become a de facto Hindu country. 80% of India’s population is Hindu, and BJP claims to represent them.

Though Hindus are ordinarily divided on caste lines, when the communal fire is stoked up, as in the Ram Janmabhumi agitation, they tend to unite against the Muslims, who are portrayed by skillful propaganda as terrorists, fanatics, and anti-nationals.

I submit that BJP will remain in power until Partition is undone and India reunited under a secular government with modern minded leaders, but that day is far off.

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Consequently more and more opposition politicians, like rats jumping a sinking ship, will join the BJP, to escape the dragnet of the ED and other government of India agencies.

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