12-21-2008, 08:35 AM
Muppallaji,
Please don't be in a box and argue a case. There can be no compulsion to support a loser.
I might vote for a BJP guy if I am convinced that he would stand up for the Hindus all the time and not turn himself into a commodity that is bought and sold, or misuse his position like the one who smuggled ladies out of the country. If there is such a principled guy I might not even look if he is a BJP or not. But that will be about individuals. However it is a party that counts to stake power in a constitutional democracy. Unfortunately in the last 60 years of Congress/secular rule all we see is that people especially the politicians have been turned to be more and more corrupt apart from many other faults. If that is all that the secular democracy can bring about then it may be time we boldly give it up and pursue somethong radical.
This problem of corruption and anti-Hindu constitutionalism cannot be addressed by voting in an election where we are destined to lose. The solution is elsewhere. If we keep that in mind then we know how much we rely on election alone.
Someone once argued with me that majority of the Hindus do not like Hindutva. He was almost suggesting that the Hindu zealots give up and take to sanyas. My answer to him was that Hindus would bring every one to Hindutva either before or after seizing power. So, may I say, hold your principle in tact and keep your options open.
Please don't be in a box and argue a case. There can be no compulsion to support a loser.
I might vote for a BJP guy if I am convinced that he would stand up for the Hindus all the time and not turn himself into a commodity that is bought and sold, or misuse his position like the one who smuggled ladies out of the country. If there is such a principled guy I might not even look if he is a BJP or not. But that will be about individuals. However it is a party that counts to stake power in a constitutional democracy. Unfortunately in the last 60 years of Congress/secular rule all we see is that people especially the politicians have been turned to be more and more corrupt apart from many other faults. If that is all that the secular democracy can bring about then it may be time we boldly give it up and pursue somethong radical.
This problem of corruption and anti-Hindu constitutionalism cannot be addressed by voting in an election where we are destined to lose. The solution is elsewhere. If we keep that in mind then we know how much we rely on election alone.
Someone once argued with me that majority of the Hindus do not like Hindutva. He was almost suggesting that the Hindu zealots give up and take to sanyas. My answer to him was that Hindus would bring every one to Hindutva either before or after seizing power. So, may I say, hold your principle in tact and keep your options open.