The News Minute | October 17, 2014 | 10.57 am ISTThe BJP rode to power on a wave of massive anti-incumbency directed against the Congress and the popularity of the then prime ministerial candidate of the BJP Narendra Modi. This was facilitated by a massive media campaign (both social and mainstream) and also the quirks of India’s first-past-the-post electoral system.Pointing out the failures of the Congress (real, exaggerated and imagined), the BJP promised several things – it would bring back black money in 100 days, it would bring in “minimum government, maximum governanceâ€, build a Ram temple, reduce price rise, remove corruption.Whether or not the BJP or its prime ministerial candidate intended it, is debatable, but for the supporters of the party and more importantly supporters of Modi, there was a feeling of “It’s our man in the government now, all is well†when the results became clear.Now however, as the practicalities and legalities of due procedure catch up, many BJP and Modi supporters have been caught off guard, as the party and its leaders appear to be saying and doing things that don’t quite match with their images in the minds of supporters. Here are some such actions and statements which have left BJP and Modi supporters just a little confused. Black money: Rajnath Singh had claimed that the BJP would bring back black money within 100 days. That deadline was crossed quite some ago. On Friday, the government told the Supreme Court that it cannot disclose the names of Indians who had accounts in countries with which India had a double taxation avoidance agreement. The Congress’ alleged inaction on the matter had only fueled BJP supporters’ expectations.Quite possibly, people expected that a Who’s Who list of black money abroad would be published once the new government came in power, but the government’s current actions have appear to have thrown supporters off-track.Appointment of Arvind Subramanian as Chief Economic Adviser:Arvind Subramanian’s appointment has come as a surprise to many given his past criticism of Modi, the Indian budget, and also the government’s actions over recent Word Trade Centre negotiations. If that was not all, he was also perceived to be close to former finance and home minister P Chidambaram. If people are not surprised that a man who was critical of both Modi and his government was given such an important post, then they are praising both for being magnanimous.Diwali, crackers and culture: Bursting crackers has become synonymous with Diwali. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has asked people not to burst crackers because the loud noise lead to burns and ear injuries. He said that cultural arguments cannot be used to justify people’s suffering and that bursting crackers was not a part of Indian culture. Most people just do not know what to make of this.Aadhaar: Many BJP leaders have called the Aadhaar card a threat to national security and in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections, the party had said that it would review the Aadhaar card. Now, however the central government’s online attendance surveillance system called the Biometric Attendance System has been making use of the Aadhaar cards. Those who do not have an Aadhaar number need to register with the UIDAI.De-classification of Henderson reportIn a post on on the BJP website March 19, 2014, as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley wrote: “ to keep these documents ‘top secret’ indefinitely may not be in larger public interest. Any Nation is entitled to learn from the mistakes of the past. The security relevance of a document loses its relevance in the long term future.â€Once in power, as Defence Minister, Jaitley said that even “disclosure of any information related to this report would not be in national interestâ€. The report is important as it examines India’s military strategy during the 1962 war with China. In March, the BJP had said that the country deserved to know if the “Himalayan blunder of 1962 (was) in fact a Nehruvian blunder?â€