Status quo has ben restored and he stays. A small roundup of the resignation aftershocks.
IE asks for a departure from the prevalent method of evaluating historical figures in boolean values, towards a two-by-two matrix. I agree.
When I posted this, the parallel with L K Advani had not yet struck me. I got it later. The Telegraph notes the similarity here and adds a personal touch too - a bacon-loving Muslim and a Ram-temple man who does not have a puja room at home. The article discusses his possible reason for doing what he did and said in Pakistan and rejects the idea that the Jinnah remark was off-the-cuff.
The Hindu does something similar to the ideologies of Jinnah and the Sangh Parivar here. A separate opinion piece asks the question on everyone's mind: why did he do it? It provides two possible reasons : he was afraid of losing the trappings of power (Leader of Opposition is a role with cabinet minister's rank) or he wanted to live to fight another day. I think the first reason is highly improbable.
Editorial opinion seems to be unanimous in saying Advani is compromised. What do they mean - he is still the President of the party and the Leader of the Opposition. No alternative in the far distance. Collective bunkum?
IE asks for a departure from the prevalent method of evaluating historical figures in boolean values, towards a two-by-two matrix. I agree.
When I posted this, the parallel with L K Advani had not yet struck me. I got it later. The Telegraph notes the similarity here and adds a personal touch too - a bacon-loving Muslim and a Ram-temple man who does not have a puja room at home. The article discusses his possible reason for doing what he did and said in Pakistan and rejects the idea that the Jinnah remark was off-the-cuff.
The Hindu does something similar to the ideologies of Jinnah and the Sangh Parivar here. A separate opinion piece asks the question on everyone's mind: why did he do it? It provides two possible reasons : he was afraid of losing the trappings of power (Leader of Opposition is a role with cabinet minister's rank) or he wanted to live to fight another day. I think the first reason is highly improbable.
Editorial opinion seems to be unanimous in saying Advani is compromised. What do they mean - he is still the President of the party and the Leader of the Opposition. No alternative in the far distance. Collective bunkum?
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