aug 25th, 2009
it's not as though anybody in the bjp gives a flying f*** about a long-dead mohammedan.
this whole thing is shadow-boxing and passive-aggressive behavior.
the fact is that a lot of people think advani and rajnath singh need to take the blame for two consecutive election losses, and that they should fall on the sword and resign.
since they refuse to do so, all sorts of other, irrelevant matters are brought up as proxy issues. the turmoil won't go away until advani and rajnath quit. but they're acting like the legendary mrs. barnacle-limpet, the house-guest who came for the weekend and stayed on much past her shelf-life.
[incidentally, there's a small detail in the akhand-bharat hypothesis. if we get the old territory of hindustan back, the mohammedans there will make life miserable, point out the 'realists'. the 'dreamers' assume implicitly that mohammedanism will collapse and these people will return to the hindu fold.]
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Shadow-boxing it is - but Advani and Rajnath are the ones who made Jinnah into an issue when there was none. notice they have not said one word about yashwant sinha'e letter for an introspection
it is clear now that the BJP was not a united party for the last 5 years. it is a miracle they still managed to get 116. they have something to build on, but they have to get rid of their Don Quixote and his Sancho. problem is that nobody in the BJP will challenge them. if they do - they will simply be knifed
whatever happens - to quote BB King - The Thrill is Gone!
I am not sure the BJP leadership needs to be blamed for party defeat. It is the people of India who have voted the wrong party. It is they who will suffer going into the future.
I cannot understand what else BJP could have done to win this election. We live in a period where people think it is uncool to be a BJP supporter. I believe this was a result of the global bull market of the past 20 years of which substantial effect was felt in India.
This global bull market and false economic prosperity has now ended. The people in India still think the days ahead in future will be as good as they were in 2007. They are going to be in for surprise. As the effects of the global economic slump begin to be felt in India, the mood will start to change. When everyone realizes their situation is not what it used to be, they will realize they were wrong in choosing the leaders they did.
We need time until that happens. The BJP needs to position itself for such a time.
chitrakut -- i believe EVM fraud was a big factor -- and the people's will is not reflected in the results.
it's not that the bjp's ideas are bad, the babu-neta-media nexus in india has successfully toxified the discourse so that we have groupthink of the first order.
with EVM fraud, and with certain moles feeding the kkkangress all details of what the bjp was doing, there was no hope.
nevertheless, the perception is that "bjp failed". therefore there has to be ritual blood-letting, and the massacre of a few sacrificial lambs. best is to sacrifice the top leaders and start afresh. "the king is dead, long live the kind" is a ritual with a purpose -- a clean break with the past.
I agree with the EVM fraud concept. I cannot trust any congress government to do the right thing. With a congress government, there has got to be some kind of corruption going on. Today even the supreme courts in India are corrupt.
I also agree we need newer leaders in BJP. But we need mass leaders who can pull votes from people like Modi, not media friendly people like Shourie. Being able to speak well on TV really means nothing. Its the true character of our leaders that matters. People do not realize this. And instead vote "secular" people they think can speak well and are acceptable to the west and to islamic countries. As we all know these secular people do us hindus no good and really need to be kept voted out all the time.
It is my firm belief that everything that has a beginning also has an end. Particularly if the foundations they are build on are questionable. The anglo-saxon economic system was regarded as the ultimate economic model even as early as 2 years ago. It is on its way to the dustbin of history. I am sure the babu-neta-media nexus in India will also share the same fate.
"the king is dead, long live the kind" is a ritual with a purpose -- a clean break with the past."
Sounds like a good idea. They should go ahead and get new young leaders. Maybe Varun Gandhi could be groomed to become a leader. I like him.
The litmus test for membership in the BJP should be the stance of members on the Godhra Incident. Anyone who felt that Modi needed to be removed as the CM of Gujrat in 2002 needs to be thrown out of the party today.
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