The new time and new order

The old gives way to new. This is the new mantra of this political season. Top two political parties, Congress and BJP have started practicing this impossible act, with great success. Though there is little heartburn here and there. First the BJP; Narendra Modi, the party's star nominee for the top post, has brought the party from the sidelines of obscurity to the national debate. He has made BJP a formidable force, singlehandedly. Though, it's not been easy task. Initially, he had to battle within the party. His position was much like of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who captained a team having lot of star players.  Lal Krishna Advani, the Prime Minister in waiting, has been a constant source of headache for the party. With a mass following like his, and half a century old relationship with the party, handling him was always a tough ask. Modi was attacked left, right and centre by his adversaries from inside and outside the party. And that was expected too. Murli manohar Joshi, Jaswant Singh and Sushma swaraj had a different world view about party and affairs of ticket distribution. It seemed that BJP was very not respectful to there elders. But at the same time, the natural corollary was to sideline all voices of dissent, that poses trouble to Modi. If NDA comes to power, Modi wants a situation, where he remains the only source of power. Power command remains with him. Probably, party was thinking about the post election scenario. That's is what is debated over the past few weeks. Now the Congress, where change of wind is all evident. Shift of power has already taken place. Sonia Gandhi, has slowly and surely brought Rahul in the position of command, where he calls the shots. If tickets of distribution is any indication, Rahul Gandhi has come of age. He has deftly sidelined all the old guards. He has made them contest elections, knowing fully well that they will loose. So that they can bring his loyalists on the key position. That's a wise move indeed, given the fact that congress is facing incumbency factor after remaining in power for two consecutive terms. Change is order of the day. If both the principle parties don't change, it will surely loose the ground. Nice that they have woken up.