Rahul's Vasundhara nightmare

Exultation is granted to foot soldiers of political parties to unwind. In less than an hour of beginning of counting of votes in Karnataka, 24, Akbar Road office of the Congress woke up to the sound of crackers. The Karnataka verdict even though outcome was known before the Election Commission set the date for votes gives the Congress a little sleep to dream. 

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been quick to credit Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for Karanataka victory. "He (Rahul) took a leading role in the campaigning and worked hard," Singh tweeted. The man in light blue turban is clearly wishing Rahul Gandhi, the boy not keen to become a man, a sweet dream before the little sleep.

However, the quality of dream depends on the longevity of sleep. Still, the dream will set in, with the government rushing in with the Rs 1,26,000 crore (annual cost) Food Security Bill. But little while later, Vasundhara Raje Scindia is set to terrorize the Congress, while turning the dream into a nightmare.

The Haryana and Rajsthan chief ministers Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ashok Gehlot respectively are said to have rolled the red carpet to the son-in-law of 10, Janpath, Robert Vadra, in his land grabbing spree. The scale of land grabbing in Rajsthan is said to be of much larger scale than Haryana.

"The Congress is set to lose Rajsthan. Scindia will make public all documents to implicate Vadra. Therefore, the Congress to avoid the Scindia trap will go for Lok Sabha elections along with state elections or before that this year," said a senior Congress leader.

Indeed, the Karnataka verdict has shown that the corruption is now a major issue. A lot of credit must go to India's Julian Assange, Arvind Kejriwal. The NGO man, that Kejriwal is, would hunt in pack once the Vadra land deals roll out from Rajsthan. 

Additionally, the Jharkhand will go to polls during rains. The Congress has been out of the political ring in this state for quite a long time. Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh are test cases of BJP's good governance. 

Arguably, the "sweet dream" most likely has all the recipe to turn into horrendous nightmare by the time the first cold wind blows down from the Himalaya. 

So, the foot soldiers can enjoy their exultation. But the crowd on the street is being joined by Prime Minister and all, which should be taken for much needed relief after prolonged deprivation of electoral success. 

Not long ago, Rahul Gandhi and his mother, Sonia Gandhi, had gone to Gujrat during election campaign to register their presence. The same was done by Narendra Modi in Karnataka. For Manmohan Singh, the Karnatka verdict is "rejection of the BJP ideology", which was, however, not stated by Modi for the Congress.  

But, Karnataka verdict does call for soul searching even if claim of “rejection of ideology” amounts to Manmohan Singh aiming to hit the moon with his turban.

First and foremost is the harakiri of the RSS in installing the man who did not know the gas in him – Nitin Gadkari – as the BJP president. He came along as a petty trader and went off as a business man not knowing his art.

But all the while the fat man gave the BJP mortal blows with his dubious deals in Karnataka, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. In the 2012 UP Assembly elections, a number of BJP stalwarts, some of whom are now general secretaries, were openly supporting the Samajwadi Party.

The RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had begun oxygen transfusion into the BJP with Nitin Gadkari. The BJP ended up with lung infection. The party is in a curative phase now. It has to take some hard pills. The RSS should first admit that it’s not a doctor specialising in lung infection. And, it should admit that with modest humility.

The doctor is neither the man in his eighties – Lal Krishna Advani. 

As of now there is only one who can cure the BJP of its defeatist ailment. He is from the land from where Advani had begun his Somnath to Ayodhya Rath Yatra, propelling him into the thick of Indian politics.  

Human life begins like sun rise and sets thereafter. Advani is walking into his sun set. The earlier he declares the sun rise for his deserving heir, the better it would be for the BJP to keep the dark cloud away.

The Congress can enjoy a little sleep till then.