Date: 6th October, 2015
Dear Nitish Ji and Sushil Kumar Modi Ji,
I write this letter with extreme disappointment.
I am disappointed to know that you both have chosen to not contest
in the ensuing Bihar election. I am sure a lot of Biharis share this feeling.
Nitish Ji, you have been the Chief Minister of the State for the
last 10 years and claim that it has progressed considerably under your rule.
You also claim that the election will be fought on the issue of development. Why
then such an aversion to contest election and put yourself to the scrutiny? You
are considered to be one of the popular leaders in Bihar and remain the most
preferred CM choice (going by media reports). Is it not a great disservice to
the institution of popular democracy by becoming Chief Minister (which you will
in case the Mahagathbandhan forms the government) via the route of Legislative
Council? For a leader of a party that is going to contest only 101 seats in the
State, a lack of time is an indefensible argument.
Sushil Modi Ji, you paint an even sorrier picture. You are a leader
of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a probable CM candidate. Now BJP advocates
for a constitutional amendment so that the Prime Minister can come only from
the Lok Sabha and not the Rajya Sabha, as Dr. Manmohan Singh chose to do. If we
apply the same yardstick to the states, it leads us to believe that a Chief
Minister should be a member of the Legislative Assembly and not Legislative
Council. Does it mean that Sushil Modi has opted himself out of the CM-ship contention
in case the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is in a position to form the
government? You should come clean on it. Your decision to contest would also
have given people an opportunity to vote on your record as the Deputy CM of the
State for 7 years. Considering the fact that a galaxy of Central and State BJP
leaders of party are involved in the election campaign, the ‘lack of time’
argument is not a valid defense.
Wouldn't it be correct to conjecture that the assembly election result
of neighboring Jharkhand is bearing heavily on both of your minds where all
the former Chief Ministers responsible for political instability and poor
condition of the State were rejected by the voters? I feel so because both of you are responsible in reducing Bihar to a laboratory for your personnel lust and in the name of governance both of you misruled Bihar for a decade without any iota of concrete development.
The usefulness or its lack thereof, the State Legislative
Councils will be a matter of a separate discussion. It must be kept in mind
that only 7 out of 29 Indian states have legislative council. When 6 out of these 7 states are successfully ruled
by an elected chief minister, why both of you are disrespecting the idea of elected
representation in Indian democracy? Basically it shows your fears and I can see a fear of defeat on your face. The popular belief in a large section of Biharis is that both of you will lose your political position after this election. If you both feel that you are popular among Bihari voters, please declare your
candidature. Still not too late as the election is yet to begin.
Since Nitish Kumar Ji is already the CM candidate of the Mahagathbandhan, he must contest and win the election to have the moral authority to rule (provided the Alliance gets the majority) and Sushil Modi Ji must either contest the election to strengthen his claim to the CM post (in case NDA gets the majority) or declare that he is not in the race.
I am looking forward to your filing of your nomination paper.
Regards,
Abhishek Ranjan
A proud Bihari
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