tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post116969239651518965..comments2024-03-24T12:52:31.153+05:30Comments on Shadow Warrior: Cong losing sleep over BJP’s ‘silent march’ in KarnatakaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1169695385031169012007-01-25T08:53:00.000+05:302007-01-25T08:53:00.000+05:30Folks,May I suggest that the roots of this polariz...Folks,<BR/>May I suggest that the roots of this polarization (in recent times at least) go a little further back. The one event that sticks in memory is Uma Bharti's flag ceremony in Hampi (remember when S M Krishna said you cannot unfurl the National flag at Hampi as it was not - you guessed it - 'secular')<BR/><BR/>I think that event more than anything started the polarization process. Rajeev - hate to say it but i think the article you posted overstates the case. The Sangh Parivar is still organisationally weak in Karnataka. If people vote BJP it's because Kannadigas (and I would dare to venture that even some Muslims amongst them) are probably more conscious of their Hindu-ness than most in the South (I can hear the Tamil Brigade coming to lynch me - I mean no disrespect guys - I just mean that the Kannadigas are more conscious than most)Ghost Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356705865349053471noreply@blogger.com