That Sushma Swaraj — BJP’s adarsh Bharatiya nari, loyal party soldier and formidable parliamentarian who as leader of the opposition put UPA 2 repeatedly on the mat — is now the target of a social media attack from her own party, is astounding. The fundamental power shift in the BJP is clear: the Vajpayee-Advani old guard is on notice, the ruling party has an aggressive new identity.
Opposition politicians and ‘liberals’ are routinely attacked, but for the first time a senior ruling party politician has been put through horrendous public humiliation by her own camp. Swaraj waged a solitary war, revealing her marginalisation in the Modi-centric BJP.
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