Parties and politics
Gone are the days when political morality and ideological fidelity mattered in Indian politics. Political opportunism has come to be seen as part of the game in politics. Ajit Pawar’s switchover to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance cannot be looked at in isolation from the BJP’s attempts to weaken secular and regional parties.
The BJP may have given Ajit Pawar the guarantee that the turncoats will get immunity from corruption cases, but the Shindes and the Ajit Pawars of the world cannot escape being seen as political pawns in the hands of the BJP.
