A lot of my friends are questioning me why am I critical of Modi led BJP government. Some of them who aren't blind supporters but support the party nevertheless say that Modi and BJP are better than the present available alternatives, Rahul Gandhi or Kejriwal as the duo don't provide any hope for the electorates (India, though a Parliamentary democracy, the elections are mostly run Presidential style of government where the people mostly vote for a person based on his or her charisma rather than party's agenda and policy).
It reminds me of a saga from India's famous epic MAHABHARAT composed thousands of years before Jesus Christ was born. Once the blind King Dhritarashtra was in a quandary. He had to decide to punish four persons who commited a homicide, each one of them from the 4 prevalent castes (a segregation based on profession) - Brahmin, Khyatriya, Baisya and Shudra. The King decided to outsource the task of deciding the punishment to the crown Princes of his Kingdom Hastinapur, his son Duryodhan and his brother's son Yudhishtir.Duryodhan immediately jumped in and passed his verdict - "As the four persons knowingly commited the heinous crime together, all of them should receive the same punishment of death sentence". When Yudhistir was asked the same question he said there will be 4 different punishments for the 4 persons who committed the crime. "Four different punishment for the same crime ? It doesn't make sense to me", exclaimed Shakuni, Duryodhan's maternal uncle and mentor who had no love lost for Yudhishtir. "Yes, and here is why. The Shudra should get 1 year jail term because he is the least knowledgeable of the lot and lacks a sense of judgment without realizing the consequence of his action. The Baisya should get 5 years, because he was more educated than the Shudra, but less educated compared to the Khyatriya and Brahmin, hence should have shown more prudence. The Khyatriya should get 10 years in jail as in spite of more sensible than the Shudra and Baisya he still went on to commit the crime. The Brahmin should get capital punishment. Why ? Because the Brahmin who learnt Vedas and Sashtras (our sacred scriptures) should have dissuaded his other 3 partners from commiting the cold blooded killing. But he played his part by abetting the crime. So he should get the death penalty" - said the eldest son of Pandu.
Satisfied with the answer, Vidura, the Prime Minister of the Kuru court nodded in acknowledgement of the decision passed by Yudhishtir and relayed it to the King. Flipping his blind eyes, a recalcitrant Dhritarastra who was known to be partial to his son Duryodhan, reluctantly accepted Yudhistir's judgement and announced his verdict.
Similar to the Brahmin in Mahabharat, many who voted BJP to power in 2014 thought it will be different from the other party when it came to power after a decade, especially from Congress Party. It was supposed to be the party with a difference, a party which boasts of ideological values and viruses. As it didn’t fulfill the expectations, it deserves the worst criticism (incidentally overwhelming number of Brahmins, including most of my friends and relatives are strong supporters of BJP). Hopefully I drove my point.