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By Sujay Mehdudia
Political observers are of the view that the serious remarks against the two agencies, which fall under the jurisdiction of the BJP-led Central Government, have not gone down well with the leadership and higher-ups in the Government. In fact, the sudden outburst of Mr. Khurana against the functioning of the two premier law enforcing agencies is being interpreted as a sign of his "frustration'' and a pointer to the failure of the BJP campaign to take off against the Sheila Dikshit Government. What has dented the BJP offensive against the Congress Government is the almost normal situation on the water and power front as compared to last year. In fact, even the BJP MLAs and leaders admit that the situation on the power front is good and not many are complaining. This has punctured the BJP agenda which is finding it difficult to launch itself into the election mode and motivate the party cadres to come out on the streets and agitate. "Mr. Khurana should have restrained himself from launching a broadside against the CBI and Delhi police. This would not only put him on a confrontation course with the Central Government but also show the party in poor light. It is a direct indictment of the Vajpayee Government and reflects the serious infighting and factionalism within the party,'' a senior leader remarked. Interestingly, what Mr. Khurana has sought to put across is that Congress leaders were pressurising the CBI and the Delhi police not to act against the Delhi Congress leaders against whom cases of corruption and wrongdoing had been registered. It is not the first time Mr. Khurana has spoken out against the CBI and Delhi police. His rivals within the Delhi BJP have lapped up this issue and conveyed to the higher leadership the constant outbursts of the Delhi BJP president against the Central Government and its agencies which they alleged marred the image of the Central Government and the party as well. In fact, partymen are peeved over the party's failure to present a development-oriented action plan for the Delhi Assembly elections due later this year. The repetition of the same old issues and inability to come out with a focused document is not helping the party cause, they feel. An impression is gaining ground fast that the BJP is struggling to find its foothold among the electorate and the continued poor performance of the Vajpayee Government is likely to be a big factor in the Assembly polls. And to top it all, the sudden protests on the Conditional Access System (CAS) has further frightened the party which feels that this could badly affected its standing among the middle and upper middle class category. Similarly, it was felt that the decision to make power, water and corruption the main election planks had failed to take off as the water and power situation was better and the BJP was on the defensive as far as corruption was concerned. "The number of scams relating to corruption that have rocked the BJP-led Central Government has dented our bid to make corruption as the election issue. The focus will have to shift to growth and development issues rather than looking at negative shades of the rivals,'' another senior BJP leader stated.
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