The BJP and The Congress

Hostage-takers extend deadline indefinitely

This flip-floping by the kidnappers makes me wonder, are they realted to John Kerry? But seriously, from the looks of it, it seems that the abductors are just drunk on power. They are getting a kick out of the fact that a country like India is appealing to them, through various shekihs and tribal heads. Why doesn't India just use the time it has managed to get to pounce on them, run a military rescue mission?
This situation makes me nostalgic about the time that BJP was in power. Not that they would have done anything about it. When it comes to action, both the parties are the same. But the BJP knew how to manipulate the media. They were pros at that. This hostage drama is already in its third week, I think, and the official statements emerging from the govt seem to be all business. The statements that they make all say that the situation is delicate, and everything possible is being done to secure the release of the hostages. The US is out of the equation as far as securing the release of the hostage is concerned. And there has been no statement from the PM about the situation.
Now, if the BJP had been in power, the leaders would have been making statements over all the media channels. L K Advani would have said that he sees a Pakistani hand in all this. Atalji would have shaken his head dismissively and said that such things should not happen. And the FM (whoever it would have been at that point in time) would have show himself boarding the first flight to US, to secure its help in the entire situation. No need to bother about going to the Gulf for help. Bade bahiya US is there to help us. And then Pakistan would have made noises about US siding with India, and how this is not good for the US-Pakistan relations. The VHP and the Bajrang Dal would have already threatened to go on a strike unless the Indians were not released immediately. Messers Modi, Togadia and Shinghal would have had a field day with this. Its all that predictable, really.
To quote the Riddler from Batman Forever, 'The difference: showmanship'. And, ladies and gentelmen, is the difference between the Congress and the BJP. Ideoligies be damned.
And Spiderman 2 didn't release this week, so no movies this week.