As if the Lok Sabha election is very close BJP has started election campaign making tall claim that Kabow valley would be reattached to the state of Manipur if BJP returns to power at the centre. But Parliament election is still far away slated for 2014. Kabow valley is an emotive issue. The valley had become a part of the neighbouring country Myanmar. Getting it back will be possible if India is prepared to launch a full scale war against the neighbouring country. That situation does not arise now. Ours is democracy everybody has the right to utter whatever that comes to mind. But speaking for the sake of speaking does not assuage the wounded mind. India has lost vast areas of land in the North half of Kashmir having been occupied by hostile nation Pakistan. BJP could not do not anything to get back the lost territory when it was in power. Peace loving people of the country do not want war with the neighbouring countries. Therefore political parties are advised not to raise issues that do not have relevance with modern time. BJP does not have even a single MLA in the state legislative assembly. But the leadership of the party takes keen interest in making election related speech and also in visiting the state. Perhaps BJP leaders feel the party will be able to get one seat in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. This hope has been emboldened by the fact that too many political heavyweights had joined the party. More are on the verge of joining the party on the eve of Lok Sabha election. From two members in Lok Sabha after 1980 election the party has shot up higher even to clinging to power at the centre for one term under the banner of NDA. That was a huge leap. But the party at the centre is now in disarray with leadership crisis taking the centre stage. If Narendra Modi is projected as Prime Ministerial candidate of BJP the fabric that ties NDA will be shattered. That word of caution had been sounded by Naresh Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, whose party JD (U) is a unit of the NDA. Likewise Lal Kishen Advani and his close associate will see the other option available if the leadership would rest with Modi. Such party, which cannot project even its leader, will not do well in the election. BJP is not a force in Manipur. The recent state assembly election had shown that. Despite hectic campaigning by the top leaders of the party including film star Hemamalini the party drew blank unable to open even account. Yet there had been a rush to the party from different political parties. With the regional politics becoming a dying movement in Manipur the politicians are on the lookout for a party where they can find solace. BJP became a good absorber. Nevertheless when these leaders joined the party they did not try to grasp the mood of the voters in particular and the people of the state as a whole. One does not win an election by switching side too often.
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