When there was no BJP, there was SP. Hindus, especially the upper sections were harassed by vote bank politics of COngress. What more can you expect than revolt in terms of BJP. Congress is virtually responsible for the ILL fate of this country, from past 125 years. Or else we still would have great eminent leaders like Patel, Shastri alive for some more years.
Firoze Gandhi is a Muslim, and its not surprising for Nehru family to be in appeasement to that community.