Dynastic Policitics + BJP = No Surprise
It is no surprise that there is just one Muslim in the candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections. No serious rapprochement between Indian Muslims and BJP is possible till BJP cuts off its ideological ties with the hate ideology of the Hindutva groups. It is also not a surprise that the party with a difference is having a pre-poll alliance with Apna Dal, a through-and-through casteist party of Kurmis in UP. Political exigencies of BJP calls for such an alliance. And also not surprising is the inclusion of the son of party chief Rajnath Singh as one of the candidates. After BJP inducted Varun Gandhi, its criticism of Congress on dynastic politics became a sham.
So much for the party with a difference!
