For six years Dr Swamy has been consistently maligned for a crime that he never committed. Despite Dr Swamy's contributions, he has suffered due to the disinformation campaigns of vested interests. Through social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter, false narratives are created to fool people about Dr Swamy.
One such example of 'false narrative' was the toppling of Vajpayee government in 1999. It is true that Dr Swamy had a political alliance with Jayalalithaa during that time, however, blaming Dr Swamy for the fall of government is exaggeration. In reality, ex-Congress MP, Giridhar Gamang had voted against BJP in the 'No Confidence Motion'; It was Gamang's vote that brought down Vajpayee government. Even though Gamang's membership was under suspension, yet under some dubious reasons, Congress managed to caste his vote against BJP.
Therefore, singling out Dr Swamy for such a collective act is unfair. For a long time, this single episode has been blown out of proportion to play down Dr Swamy's contributions for Hindutva and anti-corruption. The sole aim is to keep Dr Swamy away from any important portfolio (particularly MoF). Because assigning him a good portfolio means strong action against corruption, which will result in cleansing of 70 years mess in the system.
Vested interests have constantly fed and programmed BJP leadership to think that giving responsibility to Dr Swamy will cause problems to high command. These forces have not only spread, but nurtured such rumours in the minds of BJP leadership. Of course, the senior leaders have fallen for the trap owing to their own weaknesses.
One must not forget that Dr Swamy worked as 'Minister of Law and Justice' during Chandrashekhar's tenure as PM. He was also assigned a Cabinet rank position during PVN Rao's tenure. Therefore, ideas such as 'Dr Swamy not being a team player' are highly misplaced and deliberately fed.
While these vested forces have succeeded to keep Dr Swamy at bay, it is the general public which loses out on quality leadership. Given the extent of Dr Swamy's contributions, his elevation within the party ranks is essential for nation's development. His exclusion is not his loss but country's loss.