Advices To BJP Party

[ramana]

X-posting on BJP's dilemma from BRF by RajeshA

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<b>What is wrong with Hindu right?</b>

o violence against Christians and Muslims <b>(threat to minority rights and security)</b>
o unsophisticated ham-handed opposition to Conversions <b>(threat to right to practice and preach)</b>
o pushing issues of 'correcting history' by treading on other people's toes like the Ram Mandir issue <b>(aggressive revisionism)</b>
o claim of monopoly on nationalism based on conformant worldview <b>(exclusivism)</b>
o overemphasizing cultural issues, thereby increasing social tensions, and diverting attention from other vital national issues <b>(factor for instability)</b>

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<b>Until the 'Hindu Right' does not do enough work in remolding perceptions on the above,</b> either

o through <b>change in behavior</b>,
o through <b>political repositioning</b>,
o through <b>apologies for or at least acknowledgment of past actions</b>,
o through <b>media suaveness</b>,

<b>it would have a hard time getting the votes of the Hindu Center, regardless of the richness and relevance of Hindutva's message.</b>
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