12-14-2007, 03:24 AM
If development is the criteria then MP should be a win-win for BJP. However, I do not think there is base for BJP on the lines of Gujarat.
It is important for the BJP to do social engineering on the lines of Republican party here. Once you create a base, then try to cling on to that even at the cost of alienating the opposite base. This was not realized after the first term and went after expanding the base.
Examples of conslidating base is NTR in AP and Modi in Gujarat. BT in Maha is trying but he is lacking his charisma beyond Mumbai.
It is important for the BJP to do social engineering on the lines of Republican party here. Once you create a base, then try to cling on to that even at the cost of alienating the opposite base. This was not realized after the first term and went after expanding the base.
Examples of conslidating base is NTR in AP and Modi in Gujarat. BT in Maha is trying but he is lacking his charisma beyond Mumbai.