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Unwept & unsung

BJP president L.K. Advani has at last succumbed to RSS pressure and announced that he will demit office. A decade ago, Mr. Advani catapulted the BJP to the number-two position in national politics. The party's leadership of the NDA and six years in power followed. No sooner did the 2004 electoral debacle take place than the witch-hunt started.

The RSS branded the two BJP stalwarts, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Mr. Advani, as spent forces and demanded that they step down. The demand has culminated in Mr. Advani's imminent exit, slated for December. But what is unfortunate is not a single BJP leader has raised a whimper of protest against the RSS. This only reinforces the RSS' stranglehold over the BJP.

Cletus Dias,
Mumbai

The BJP owes its growth to the RSS cadre and not to Mr. Advani and Mr. Vajpayee. It is the work done by the silent RSS workers in the background that has kept the BJP flag flying. Ever since the big two started humiliating grassroot level RSS workers, the BJP's graph started declining. They have only clamoured for power and sidelined sincere workers over the years.

P.K. Gairola,
Dehra Dun

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