06-08-2009, 08:44 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-ravish+Jun 8 2009, 08:59 AM-->QUOTE(ravish @ Jun 8 2009, 08:59 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Virenji,
Some of the interpretations of my stance on various issues are totally incorrect, if I may respectfully submit to you. It is not that I have supported any of those characters and outfits that you have very kindly quoted as examples.
In clear language as per my perception ( I may be wrong) the following are the reasons why these developments have taken place.
1. <b>Naxalite movement of the present day in certain pockets of the country is a result of a feeling among certain section of the population in that area that they have been economically exploited in the past. So they want to bring about a change in the system through violence and terror.</b> What I wanted to convey on this issue is that by simply using force , we cannot bring to an end this problem. <b>We have to bring in social justice and speedy economic development of the affected areas.</b>
2. <b>On Malegaon, it is not impossible for a few Hindu individuals to undertake such a terror attack. Our system is no doubt full of many flaws but it has come to such a state where the State will stage manage allegations against senior Army Officer without any firm basis.</b> Regarding delay in the completion of investigations, it is nothing special in this particular case, <b>The entire investigation and prosecution machinery is slow and hence it is taking time.</b>
3. <b>On the result of the elections, the BJPâs result has not been upto its expectation and that of the Congress has been beyond its own expectation. It is due to a combination of factors .</b> Each commentator and political leader has their own theory on the outcome of the election results.I am no great expert on the subject but I expressed what I saw and felt. Just to recapitulate, <b>I am of the view that religion and ideology did not play a determining factor in deciding the fate of the various candidates. Factors like development, programme and good governance in the form of welfare measures undertaken by the Government in power did play a deciding factor. I still feel that the influence of the West on our society will increase in the years to come and therefore the relevance of religion as a determining factor in making oneâs political judgment will continue to shrink. This is not because religionâs importance will get reduced in oneâs personal life. It will be because increasingly the voter will distance his political decisions from his own religious beliefs.</b> So the BJP as a political party will have to re adjust its poll strategy.
In conclusion, I still would like to maintain that the outcome of the 2014 elections will indicate whether I am wrong in my prediction or correct.
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Ravishji, I havent addressed any posts in particular to you to date. I agreee completely with the bolded parts of your post. One thing is PVNR garu in his speech to US congress in 1993 said that he looks forward to the day when "Politics will become immaterial to the voters of India as their economic and social well being will not be dependent on it (politics)." So in a way what you say is another way of what he was saying in the poltico-religious sphere.
Some of the interpretations of my stance on various issues are totally incorrect, if I may respectfully submit to you. It is not that I have supported any of those characters and outfits that you have very kindly quoted as examples.
In clear language as per my perception ( I may be wrong) the following are the reasons why these developments have taken place.
1. <b>Naxalite movement of the present day in certain pockets of the country is a result of a feeling among certain section of the population in that area that they have been economically exploited in the past. So they want to bring about a change in the system through violence and terror.</b> What I wanted to convey on this issue is that by simply using force , we cannot bring to an end this problem. <b>We have to bring in social justice and speedy economic development of the affected areas.</b>
2. <b>On Malegaon, it is not impossible for a few Hindu individuals to undertake such a terror attack. Our system is no doubt full of many flaws but it has come to such a state where the State will stage manage allegations against senior Army Officer without any firm basis.</b> Regarding delay in the completion of investigations, it is nothing special in this particular case, <b>The entire investigation and prosecution machinery is slow and hence it is taking time.</b>
3. <b>On the result of the elections, the BJPâs result has not been upto its expectation and that of the Congress has been beyond its own expectation. It is due to a combination of factors .</b> Each commentator and political leader has their own theory on the outcome of the election results.I am no great expert on the subject but I expressed what I saw and felt. Just to recapitulate, <b>I am of the view that religion and ideology did not play a determining factor in deciding the fate of the various candidates. Factors like development, programme and good governance in the form of welfare measures undertaken by the Government in power did play a deciding factor. I still feel that the influence of the West on our society will increase in the years to come and therefore the relevance of religion as a determining factor in making oneâs political judgment will continue to shrink. This is not because religionâs importance will get reduced in oneâs personal life. It will be because increasingly the voter will distance his political decisions from his own religious beliefs.</b> So the BJP as a political party will have to re adjust its poll strategy.
In conclusion, I still would like to maintain that the outcome of the 2014 elections will indicate whether I am wrong in my prediction or correct.
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Ravishji, I havent addressed any posts in particular to you to date. I agreee completely with the bolded parts of your post. One thing is PVNR garu in his speech to US congress in 1993 said that he looks forward to the day when "Politics will become immaterial to the voters of India as their economic and social well being will not be dependent on it (politics)." So in a way what you say is another way of what he was saying in the poltico-religious sphere.