07-20-2008, 01:28 PM
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--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> t is imperative for the BJP to try and squeeze the upper end of the Congress base and, simultaneously, consolidate its standing among the middle castes. These are social challenges that require both tactical flexibility and an aggressive campaign to win over Congress voters. Some of this flexibility was in evidence during the run-up to Tuesday's trust vote but there was also alarming indications of the all-familiar internal subterfuge that the column has alluded to in past weeks. If the BJP doesn't succeed in persuading enough Congress voters from the upper and middle castes and the middle classes to switch sides in the General Election, India may well end up with a Third Front-led Government. For L K Advani, Tuesday's vote will be a step -- albeit an important one -- in the campaign for the hearts and minds of Middle India.
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--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> t is imperative for the BJP to try and squeeze the upper end of the Congress base and, simultaneously, consolidate its standing among the middle castes. These are social challenges that require both tactical flexibility and an aggressive campaign to win over Congress voters. Some of this flexibility was in evidence during the run-up to Tuesday's trust vote but there was also alarming indications of the all-familiar internal subterfuge that the column has alluded to in past weeks. If the BJP doesn't succeed in persuading enough Congress voters from the upper and middle castes and the middle classes to switch sides in the General Election, India may well end up with a Third Front-led Government. For L K Advani, Tuesday's vote will be a step -- albeit an important one -- in the campaign for the hearts and minds of Middle India.http://www.dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?m...t&counter_img=1