Pranav wrote:Chiron ji, the issue is to what extent the ruling klan are puppets of external forces. For example, Sonia, as per very credible sources, has a history of being on KGB payroll.
Pranav ji, I am just extending this hypothesis further..
What do all men of power desire?? ... More power.. absolute power..
INC under the klan of rajmata has behaved more like Sicilian Mafia who are more like business-minded mercenaries than power-hungry politicians. Even if they are under considerable extent of foreign forces today, how willing are they to overthrow those shackles and amass power in their hands, instead of indirect foreign hands, is the question.
Why was Rajmata forced to become a puppet of external forces? It was most probably after assassination of IG, when RG (sr) was forced into politics out of his peaceful life. It has been a fight for survival for Rajmata and her kids since then. The complex geopolitical factors caused death of her husband as well. Whom was she threatened by? Senior Kaangress leaders who wished the power for themselves, perhaps by competing interests of CIA, MI6 and KGB in 1980's. After assassination of RG (Sr), she went into complete oblivion and took herself and her children away from Indian political scenario.
For some reasons, she entered national political scene. The reasons are
1. Increasing clout of BJP and Vajpayee.
2. Hence need of INC to invoke the name of Gandhi dynasty to maintain their political presence and power.
Why did Rajmata accept this offer is the biggest enigma for me. She knew what mess she was getting into. But, perhaps meanwhile she had perhaps renewed the old contacts and built some new ones (both internal and external) which became the powerful friends of her dynasty. Without this support, she would never have entered the power-mess of Indian politics which was experiencing a major shift away from INC and towards BJP and Hindutva.
This leads us to further question - Who does not want Bhaarat to shift towards Hindutva which will rejuvenate the dormant Bhaaratiya civilization and lead it to resurgence??
One has to understand that Hindutva==Bhaaratiyatva. It is not the jaagir of BJP alone, although in given political scenario, it is BJP alone which actively supports the principle. The external agents must have having their moles in BJP as well, but not in Hindutva. This is because Hindutva, which is same as Bhaaratiyatva, cannot tolerate the influence of foreign civilization which is detrimental to its own rise and resurgence. This is because Hindutva is not exclusive to BJP. I am stressing on this point time and again.
Anyways, taking the story further.... Rajmata, once she entered the political scenario of India, the magic of her dynasty slowly started working. The old IG-designed system was renewed and old investments, political apointees were called upon to do the bidding of the dynasty. Why did they choose to do the bidding after so many years of dynasty's absence in active politics? Either out of sheer loyalty (very unlikely) or something convinced them that old times might be coming again and it is in their best interests to answer the call of dynasty.
This leads us to one more question - What/Who can be influential and powerful enough to bring out old servants out of very long unpaid hibernation?
This coupled with India-Shining Fiasco of Vajpayee govt, led to Rajmata coming to power in 2004. Although, with the help of communists.
Indian communists are class-apart. In terms of following the principles and cadre based organizational discipline, they are equivalent to RSS which shows similar discipline and organization. But, it is very difficult to understand their loyalties. It is easy to banish them as Chinese agents in post cold-war era. But, even if we assume that they are nationalists and wish sincerely for the good of India, the point where they deviate from RSS or in subtle sense INC is that they view India strictly as a political nation-state which came into existence on 15th August 1947 and not as a Bhaarat-a continuously existent civilization-state.
Their ideas of "things good for India" are for this apparent nation-state and not for the more real and subtle civilization-state. Hence, when they advocate something, which in their opinion is ultimate good for India, many times is not. Furthermore, communism, just like Islam, does not believe in national boundaries and advocates universal brotherhood of the workers and communists. This makes them ideal dissemination centres for Chinese propaganda and interests.
Anyways, taking the story further ahead.... Last 5 years have been interesting to observe. The drastic changes in geopolitics of globe and region have started to force upon the dynasty to execute certain steps which will bring India strategically away from communism and socialism. The Indian Chanakyas in MEA and other ministries must have seen this as an opportunity to increase the clout of India as well. It is the
"Ganga Beh rahi hain, haath dho lo" attitude which was displayed by MMS during the entire Indo-US nuke deal process. MMS govt showed the shrewdness of a girl flirting with 2-3 boyfriends simultaneously and extracting things which she perceives as goodies.
Again, it is not only corruption, it is also a matter of perception. Different people perceive different things as good for them (or their country) or bad for them (or their country). These differences in perceptions are exploited by external
pezzonovante for corrupting the individuals. Few of them, who do not believe in Dhaarmic-ness of the means, and end justifies the means, do not mind accepting the money so that they can do some good for their nation. Of course, many of the other corrupt guys are out and out basturds
and sons-of-bitches who do it just for money and do not give a phuck about anything else.
The results in these elections have shown that Rajmata is at the zenith of her power and she is as safe as she can ever be along with all her investments. The point now is, how will she and hence the kids, will move ahead. As I have elucidated earlier, the KGB stuff was need of Rajmata during her Vanvaas. Now that she is safely and soundly back in her palace at Indraprastha without dogged pursuit of commies, will the dynasty show the guts to slowly eliminate the foreign influences or not?
This is based on initial assumption that all men of power desire more power-absolute power. Raaja is the root of Raashtra. Things which are good for rashtra, are good for raja as well. Every raja desires that his influence is supreme in his rashtra and if he has slightest ambition, he works towards achieving that goal. If Raja is like Nero, then he cannot comprehend this basic Raaj-Dharma. It remains to be seen whether the kids behave like Aambhi-Nero or understand the Raaj-Dharma and start the eradication of foreign influence slowly and steadily.
One more interesting speculation. MMS also seems to be a Mahatma Vidur. Does he have anything up his sleeve that will be a pleasant surprise?
The example of transition of power from Nanda dynasty to Maurya dynasty and from Maurya dynasty to Shunga dynasty is extremely pertinent in this case of modern India.
Chanakya used external aid, influence to overthrow Nanda dynasty. He even made Parvateshwara of Kekay (much famed Porus who fought Alexander) as Chandragupta's partner in Magadha's throne. Both Chandragupta and Parvateshwara were 50-50 kings of Magadha for one year after which Parvateshwara was found mysteriously dead - stabbed by a dancer girl. With this move, all the external influences (which helped Chandragupta Maurya to usurp power of Magadha for their own selfish gains) were eliminated and Chandragupta-Chanakya slowly started amassing total power of Magadh in their hands. This included the cleansing of erstwhile corrupt officials which were used by both of them to usurp the power. This is scenario one of Bhaarat's future.
Few generations later, Bactrian greek king Menander invaded India. Greeks which could not cross punjab under Alexander, conquered land all the way up to Mathura due to various social, religious, political factors. The king in Pataliputra was doing nothing, in spite of such pressing aggression. His Chankian C-i-C Pushyamitra Sunga staged a coup and abolished Maurya dynasty, established Sunga dynasty, rallied the army and defeated Menander and drove him beyond Indus and amassed total power in his hands and performed Ashwamedha.. This is scenario two of Bhaarat's future.
In either cases, Bhaarat's interests are saved. They always will be.
long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft that are being purchased for the Indian Navy.