06-08-2009, 05:29 AM
<b>BJP avoids LS poll debacle analysis</b>
June 7: Lok Sabha poll verdict has left the BJP so dejected that the partyâs central leadership has decided to do away with the otherwise much needed "introspection" on why the verdict went against the partyâs expectations.
The partyâs next national executive â first after the poll debacle â is scheduled for later this month and it is unlikely that it will turn into a "chintan shivir". Though the issue will be taken up, it is unlikely that there will be any serious or major debate on the partyâs performance. The central leadership, it is learnt, is also "avoiding" the chintan shivar" as it is in "intends to evade the wrath" of party cadre. The saffron workers had been complaining of being "completely ignored" throughout the campaigning process.
"One of the major grudges the party cadre has is that central leadership was relying more on technology than its own workers, who were busy doing the ground work for the last five years," said a senior BJP functionary. The party also has "no answers" for why it "failed" to check internal fighting, which was also one of the main reasons attributed by party insiders for the 2004 poll debacle. While a "chintan shivar" after the 2004 poll debacle was held in Maharashtra, the BJP, it seems, is unlikely to analyse reasons this time and take corrective action.
Though there is no word from the partyâs central leadership on the "introspection" issue, sources said it is also because RSS is now playing an "important role" in how the party should function. The RSS, it is learnt, has already formed a team to find out why the party lost, when even the RSS cadre was involved in the campaigning. The big brother of the sangh parivar has asked its cadre to assess why the BJP failed to attract electorate, rather than relying on the BJPâs feedback on the issue.
The RSS, it is learnt, also wants changes in the organisational structure of the party. For this, some of the RSS members are likely to be deputed in the BJP. In this regard, names of RSS national executive members â Indresh Kumar and Dattarey Hosbale â are doing the rounds in the party circle. Also, a major section of the party leaders now want "image makeover" of the party from "Hindutva to secular" image.
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June 7: Lok Sabha poll verdict has left the BJP so dejected that the partyâs central leadership has decided to do away with the otherwise much needed "introspection" on why the verdict went against the partyâs expectations.
The partyâs next national executive â first after the poll debacle â is scheduled for later this month and it is unlikely that it will turn into a "chintan shivir". Though the issue will be taken up, it is unlikely that there will be any serious or major debate on the partyâs performance. The central leadership, it is learnt, is also "avoiding" the chintan shivar" as it is in "intends to evade the wrath" of party cadre. The saffron workers had been complaining of being "completely ignored" throughout the campaigning process.
"One of the major grudges the party cadre has is that central leadership was relying more on technology than its own workers, who were busy doing the ground work for the last five years," said a senior BJP functionary. The party also has "no answers" for why it "failed" to check internal fighting, which was also one of the main reasons attributed by party insiders for the 2004 poll debacle. While a "chintan shivar" after the 2004 poll debacle was held in Maharashtra, the BJP, it seems, is unlikely to analyse reasons this time and take corrective action.
Though there is no word from the partyâs central leadership on the "introspection" issue, sources said it is also because RSS is now playing an "important role" in how the party should function. The RSS, it is learnt, has already formed a team to find out why the party lost, when even the RSS cadre was involved in the campaigning. The big brother of the sangh parivar has asked its cadre to assess why the BJP failed to attract electorate, rather than relying on the BJPâs feedback on the issue.
The RSS, it is learnt, also wants changes in the organisational structure of the party. For this, some of the RSS members are likely to be deputed in the BJP. In this regard, names of RSS national executive members â Indresh Kumar and Dattarey Hosbale â are doing the rounds in the party circle. Also, a major section of the party leaders now want "image makeover" of the party from "Hindutva to secular" image.
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftn...-analysis-.aspx