1) The Blue-Eyed boy of RSS – Nitin Gadkari
The Blue Eyed Boy – Nitin Gadkari was a former President of the BJP party, a humanist and secular face of the party. He is a soft Hindutva protagonist and a stanch disciple of the RSS philosophy. He is great performer of his tasks. He is known loyalist and a true worker of the party.
He was elected as an MLC in Maharashtra State, many a time. He held various positions and posts in Maharashtra Government. He was Opposition Leader in the Council and a Minister of Public Works in the State.
Modi did not like his praise of Jawaharlal Nehru, Man Mohan Singh and other members of Gandhi family. He did cut the wings of Gadkari when he was removed from National Executive of BJP and also took away other Ministries from him.
He was elected twice from Nagpur Parliamentary Constituency and a Central Minister for Water resources and River Development, Shipping, Rural Development and MSME and Road Transport and High Ways.
He has been an easy-going person and liked by one and all in the Party. His kind of personality does not suit to the likes of Modi. He is being ceremoniously kept out of the contest for the post of Prime Ministership if some untoward situation arises in 2024 as being perceived in the citadels of power in the party ranks and file. Gadkari has been in Plan-B of RSS.
2) The Blue-Eyed boy of RSS – Nitin Gadkari, the film – Highway Man of India
The biopic on the The Blue-Eyed boy – Nitin Gadkari, produced by Akshay Deshmukh Films, would uncover hidden traits of Gadkari. The film- The Highway Man of India is presented by Abhijit Majumdar, written and directed by Anurag Rajan Bhusari. Gadkari’s varied personality as a leader and his tales of experiences are retold in the film in Marathi language. Rahul Chopra played the role of Gadkari. Aishwarya Dorle is in the role of his wife Kanchan Gadkari.
According to Bhusari, Gadkari’s youthful days and personal life is attempted in subtle manner. The crew of the film is from the RSS and also conceived by a senior RSS functionary. The film is slated for release on 27th October, 2023. And a Hindi version would be released subsequently.
It is clarified that the film would be nothing to do with Lok Sabha elections 2024. The BJP was stated to appreciate the film particularly Fadnavis who compared Gadkari with Raj Kapoor.
3) The Blue-Eyed boy of RSS-Nitin Gadkari and CAG Reports
The The Blue-Eyed boy – Nitin Gadkari and his High Way Projects are not free from lacunae. The remarks of CAG on the Bharatmala Pariyojana, Phase-I are revealing. The changes of the project led cost escalation from 13.98 to 23.89 crore per km as against sanctioned pre-construction cost of 8.28 crore per km as against the CCEA approved cost of 1.39 crore per km.
In the case of Dwarka Expressway, the cost paid was Rs 250.77 crore per km against Rs 18.20 crore per km for construction for a 29.06, km way.
In another report, the CAG found that NHAI continued to collect user fee in three toll plazas of Nathavalasa, Chalageri, and Hebbalu during delayed period of construction. This was in violation of rules stating that no user fee would be levied for the delayed period, leading to higher toll collection from commuters.The collapse of an under-construction Chiplun flyover was also reckoned.
4) The after math of CAG report and the ways of the Blue-eyed boy of RSS – Nitin Gadkari
Rumours are galore. Narendra Modi was deliberate in releasing the remarks of CAG to cut The Blue-Eyed boy – Nitin Gadkari to size. The subsequent transfer of the CAG officials seems to have been an eye wash. A kind of cold war is going on in the camps of the RSS and the duo Modi and Shah.
Gadkari’s recent remarks that he would not use banners and serve no tea in his meetings, is a direct thrash on Modi’s way of pomp shows.
After Modi had lost Karnataka, the Organizer, a mouthpiece of RSS, said that mere Modi magic and Hindutva would not win elections .
Desperate Modi, deploying MPs and Ministers to fight MLA elections in many States, is another instance of his decline.
5) The ways and manipulations of the RSS- to coronate the Blue Eyed Boy of RSS- Nitin Gadkari
The RSS wish that Narendra should the epi centre of the organisation of the election but would not like to retain him for the post of the Prime Minister in the event of Modi fails to establish a clear majority to form a BJP government in 2024. The reasons could be that Narendra Modi controls all the election funds of BJP.
An opinion has been shooting up amongst the think-tank of the so-called side -lined stalwarts of the BJP, that Narendra Modi and Amit Shah would not be able to garner support from the harassed and demoralised opposition parties to form a coalition government.
It is known fact that every opposition leader or leaders of the regional parties have been frightened by the duo through court cases, Income Tax raids, Enforcement Directorate notices or Central Bureau of Investigation saga. None of these leaders would evince confidence in the duo of Modi and Shah.
The RSS school of thought is of the opinion that Nitin Gadkari would be able to convince these leaders to come together to form a government in the centre. The RSS would not be able to reconcile in the personalities of Rajnath Singh or Yogi Adityanath because they do not have a pan- India image.
The RSS has lost confidence in Narendra Modi for, he is no longer a vote catcher. His charisma has crippled in the lost ten years. If it needs a replacement, it is none other than Niti Gadkari. It is also argued that Nitin Gadkari would be able resurrect Maharashtra from I.N.D.I.A faction. Gadkari would bring back Sharad Pawar. Uddhav Thakre to its fold and salvage the aspirations of Davendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar.
6) The worsening conditions of the country
The negative signals that are emanated from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh, Mizoram and Telangana are to be comprehended, the BJP would be in loosing many the States. Maharashtra is turmoil. Bihar had already gone from its fold. The entire south India is against the BJP.
The attacks of the Congress Party, rise of I.N.D.I.A and the uprise of Rahul Gandhi, the price rise, unemployment, the Adani fiasco, insecurity among the Minorities, the Tribals, Scheduled Castes, dwindling of institutional set up, dictatorial ways of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, oppression of media, control of the press, etc are going against the government and Narendra Modi.
7) The imminent fightback of the duo of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah -to thwart the blue eyed Boy of RSS- Nitin Gadkari
The duo would not give up their fight. They would fight back with their all might and shrewd minds they have been made of. They would not easily hand over the baton to the The Blue-Eyed boy – Nitin Gadkari and his band of followers. They would pre-empt all attempts to scuttle them. The process of eliminations had been going ever since Narendra Modi’s coronation. Some of the octogenarians had been put into the den of Margdarsnhak Mandal (Advisory Council).
8) Look at the following eliminations that had already been carried out by Narendra Modi:
i) Atal Behari Vajpayee was ceremoniously added to the Marg Darshak Mandal along with L.K. Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi.
ii) Arun Jaitly – He could have been a great challenger to Modi but his death was a great solace to Modi
iii) Sushma Swaraj – She died in 2019. God gave Modi another kind of amnesty since one more challenger of his thrown, left for abode.
iv) Venkaiah Naidu – Modi intelligently proposed his name for the Vice President of India and thus ended his nurtured ambition once for all. He reluctantly accepted the offer and did not mince a word, since he was a disciplined party worker throughout his political life.
v) Shivraj Singh Chouhan- A silent disciple. He is senior to Modi. An admirer of Advani, the nearness of which did not go well with Modi. Modi finds him difficult to subdue. The ensuing State and elections will decide the fate of Chouhan.
vi) Yogi Aditya Nath – Modi did not want to install him for a second time and was adamant about replacing him with his cronies, whereas Yogi was determined to go for the second time. Almost an internal war had erupted between the two. Modi conceded finally and declared him as the candidate for the post of the Chief Ministership. Grudges and grumbling remained.
Modi is now is waiting for a miracle to happen so that Yogi might not eliminate Modi from the contest for the post Prime Ministership the aftermath of 2024 election, in case Modi fails to get his decisive numbers.
vii) Rajnath Singh – Rajnath Singh and L. K. Advani were behind the scenes elevating Modi for the Prime Ministerial candidate of the BJP. There is no love lost between the two and more so, Modi, who always keeps him in mind when he looks at his seat. Modi waits for an opportune time to cut him to size.
viii) Ravi Shankar Prasad – A lawyer, an activist and a senior Member of BJP. He has been a high-profile politician and hence did not fit into Modi’s scope of things and was ruthlessly removed from the cabinet, to his dismay and disdain.
ix) Prakash Javadekar – His study growth was a wrong signal to Modi. He was not nominated to the Rajya Sabha and he was also side-tracked. He is in charge of Telangana State.
x) Vasundhara Raje Scindia – She was Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 2009 to 2019. She was made a Senior Vice President of the Party when the BJP lost elections to the Congress. She has been in hibernation since she has been side-lined by Modi, fearing that she might be a challenge to his position.
Second-grade leaders have been promoted to counter her. She refuses to be down-grade and is now a front-runner for the post of the Chief Minister of Rajasthan but Modi is inclined.
xi) Raman Singh – Three times Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and a six-time Presently Vice President of BJP. After losing the Government to Congress, he has been in oblivion. Modi did not entertain him much due to the reasons best known to him and no secret that anybody should come in Modi’s way
xii) Subramanian Swamy – A fire-brand politician, economist of par excellence, a Parliamentarian, a fighter on almost all issues on the earth and a Hindu nationalist. A prolific writer. He has got a Doctoral Degree in Economics from Harward University.
His high academics and professionalism are an eye sore to Modi who does not dare to gaze at him. He could be a trouble – maker to Modi any time and hence, he has been able to keep him away from him so far but how far is a question to be answered in 2024.
xiii) Yashwant Sinha – A former Finance Minister and an External Affairs Minister, Sinha was one of the prominent members of the BJP. He quit BJP in 2018 when he was Vice President of BJP, dissenting its policies. He gave a reprieve to Modi lest he ought to have been thrown into the Marg Darshak Mandal. He was a united opposition nominee Presidential election held in 2022.
xiv) Maneka Gandhi – A self-styled animal lover and widow of the late Sanjay Gandhi, a six-time Lok Sabha Member from Pilibhit, Ontime from Aoynla and from another time Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She has been keeping quiet for some now. Modi apprehensions are that she may embark on his personality assassination anytime and he is keeping her aloof.
xv) Varun Gandhi – A Scholastic Politician. Maneka Gandhi’s son, a two-time Lok Sabha Member from Pilibhit and a one-time Member from Sultanpur. A poet, a columnist and writer and, a controversial politician due to his fierce remarks on Indian Muslims, and the youngest General Secretary of the Bhartiya Janata Party. Modi thinks that he may create trouble for him anytime. So, he is keeping him away.
xvi) Sumitra Mahajan – A former Speaker of Lok Sabha and a six-time Member of Lok Sabha and was the longest serving women member of Parliament. She is not given her due by Modi.
xvii) Sundry leaders umpteen. To mention a few – Uma Bharati, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Shahnawaz Hussain, etc. All these leaders are in oblivion searching for their lost glory. Modi is known for his vindictive and destructive ways throughout his career. Whoever comes in his way is sure to be trampled upon by all his means at his disposal.
9) The Conclusion on The blue eyed Boy of RSS- Nitin Gadkari
The BJP and the RSS are equipped enough to throw any challenge at the duo Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Both these organs are playing a watch and wait tactic till the results of the ensuring State Elections and the Lok Sabha elections 2024 when they will act. The RSS has started a behind the scene-act of promoting the Blue Eyed Boy – Nitin Gadkari..