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From BJP’s election preparations it appears that the party has already mentally accepted defeat in the forthcoming elections. It seems that it has been cowed down by the propaganda of anti-Hindu forces and conceded that Hindutva is communal and that it must compete for votes on a purely “secular” (as defined by the UPA constituents) agenda and give no room for being seen as a “communal” party. By doing so it is only inviting contempt from its original constituency who were already disgusted by the BJP led NDA government’s evident spinelessness in addressing issues of core concern to the vast majority of Hindus. If the BJP leadership thinks that it will have a better chance of winning allies by watering down its commitment to the Hindu cause it will end up only as a pale shadow of the Congress.
Here are some points which the BJP leadership will do well to ponder over:-
What are the sections of the citizenry that the BJP can reasonably expect to support it. The Muslims are clearly out. So also would be the followers of the rabidly Tamil Parties in TN and the reds in WB and other Naxal infested regions as well as the Christists in Orissa ,Andhra Pradesh and elsewhere . It is only the Hindus on whose support the BJP can hope to come to power. But will they support it? The experience of the recently held elections in Delhi should have been an eye opener. If the BJP fights the election on the issue of development, the voters will have to choose between two parties promising to deliver the same product. The BJP will be unable to match the powerful propaganda of the Congress (howsoever false or exaggerated its claims may be) and there is no way it can convince the electorate (except in Modi’s Gujarat) of delivering a superior performance. Its traditional constituency –the Hindus will then have no option other than supporting good candidates of other parties or to refrain from voting altogether.
Last update : 26-03-2009 17:13
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