05-22-2009, 03:28 PM
Muppalla
The voting figures this time do not justify the poor performance of the BJP led front only due to Muslim votes going over to the Congress. There are a number of actors that have contributed to the creation of the present situation. The first amongst them is the infighting within the BJP. You may have noticed that after the election results were out, the party could not decide on a alternative leader to fill up the post of Leader of Opposition. To avert a free for all Shri Advani was forced to continue in his post. Do you think such examples will bring the party more votes in the future elections. Can the people of India trust such a political outfit for governing the nation of more than a million people for a full five years.
It is indeed a sad state of affairs. Now take the way BJP campaigned during the elections. It brought up issues that have absolutely no mass appeal or concern. One such example is the money in the Swiss Banks. This is not a new issue and has been heard of intermittently many times in the last 25 years. Therefore, it cannot agitate the minds of the voters on the eve of the general elections. Then from within the ranks of the BJP , a section started projecting Narendra Modi over the head of Shri Advani as the future Prime Minister of India. Such talks should not have taken place openly while the campaign is on. Thirdly, when Shri Varun Gandhi got into a controversy, the rest of the BJP leaders gave confusing statements, some welcoming the statements while others on the defensive and giving vague answers. It clearly indicated that they were in mood to antagonize the minority community. There is nothing wrong in their stand but the manner in which they reacted gave a strong indication of the confusion within the BJP on the whole issue and the stand that it wants to take.
The BJP thought that its image as the Party that will safeguard the interests of the Hindus will sail it through the elections. It is yet to re3alise that in the India of 2009 such dry items in the agenda cannot bring them to power. The voter wants forward looking agenda for the betterment of the masses. t will again miss the bus if it does not transform itself before the next general election.
The voting figures this time do not justify the poor performance of the BJP led front only due to Muslim votes going over to the Congress. There are a number of actors that have contributed to the creation of the present situation. The first amongst them is the infighting within the BJP. You may have noticed that after the election results were out, the party could not decide on a alternative leader to fill up the post of Leader of Opposition. To avert a free for all Shri Advani was forced to continue in his post. Do you think such examples will bring the party more votes in the future elections. Can the people of India trust such a political outfit for governing the nation of more than a million people for a full five years.
It is indeed a sad state of affairs. Now take the way BJP campaigned during the elections. It brought up issues that have absolutely no mass appeal or concern. One such example is the money in the Swiss Banks. This is not a new issue and has been heard of intermittently many times in the last 25 years. Therefore, it cannot agitate the minds of the voters on the eve of the general elections. Then from within the ranks of the BJP , a section started projecting Narendra Modi over the head of Shri Advani as the future Prime Minister of India. Such talks should not have taken place openly while the campaign is on. Thirdly, when Shri Varun Gandhi got into a controversy, the rest of the BJP leaders gave confusing statements, some welcoming the statements while others on the defensive and giving vague answers. It clearly indicated that they were in mood to antagonize the minority community. There is nothing wrong in their stand but the manner in which they reacted gave a strong indication of the confusion within the BJP on the whole issue and the stand that it wants to take.
The BJP thought that its image as the Party that will safeguard the interests of the Hindus will sail it through the elections. It is yet to re3alise that in the India of 2009 such dry items in the agenda cannot bring them to power. The voter wants forward looking agenda for the betterment of the masses. t will again miss the bus if it does not transform itself before the next general election.