03-08-2012, 06:10 PM
The performance of the BJP in UP , which is the largest State in India indicates that it could not impress the electorate with the strategy adopted by it to fight the elections. The same has been the case with the Indian national Congress.
The electorate has gone in for a political formation that it felt will bring in accelerated economic development of the State. In doing so they have gone in for voting a regional party to power with absolute majority. It reflects that there was a clear thinking amongst the majority of the electorate and they have exercised their franchise accordingly. They had two choice before them , either to re-elect the outgoing BSP or o vote in the SP . Obviously, they had not been happy with the BSP and hence has gone in to vote for the SP.
The explanation being given in certain quarters that the minority community has voted solidly behind the Sp is the cause of their landslide victory does not seem to be totally true. One has to accept that the majority of the voters cutting across religious and caste consideration have voted for the SP, otherwise it would not have been possible for the party to get an absolute majority. One has to admit that the lineup by the opponents of SP in UP elections was formidable. Both the national level parties and the BSP had deployed considerable resources and yet could not achieve much success. The tragedy with the two national level parties is that they become over confident before going in to fight the elections.
Coming back to the BJPââ¬â¢s poor performance, one can only say that the time has come for the party to give a serious thought as to what should be its strategy to fight elections in important States of India .Its sole reliance on the hardcore Hindu votes is not going to yield any positive results. The Mandir , core Hindu values etc are no longer going to be the deciding factors in the future elections. Secondly, the younger generation leaders having a clean image should be allowed to take up the leadership in the State level, so that they can give a dynamic image of the party. It is high time that the old guards should make way for the younger generation to take up the party leadership.
The electorate has gone in for a political formation that it felt will bring in accelerated economic development of the State. In doing so they have gone in for voting a regional party to power with absolute majority. It reflects that there was a clear thinking amongst the majority of the electorate and they have exercised their franchise accordingly. They had two choice before them , either to re-elect the outgoing BSP or o vote in the SP . Obviously, they had not been happy with the BSP and hence has gone in to vote for the SP.
The explanation being given in certain quarters that the minority community has voted solidly behind the Sp is the cause of their landslide victory does not seem to be totally true. One has to accept that the majority of the voters cutting across religious and caste consideration have voted for the SP, otherwise it would not have been possible for the party to get an absolute majority. One has to admit that the lineup by the opponents of SP in UP elections was formidable. Both the national level parties and the BSP had deployed considerable resources and yet could not achieve much success. The tragedy with the two national level parties is that they become over confident before going in to fight the elections.
Coming back to the BJPââ¬â¢s poor performance, one can only say that the time has come for the party to give a serious thought as to what should be its strategy to fight elections in important States of India .Its sole reliance on the hardcore Hindu votes is not going to yield any positive results. The Mandir , core Hindu values etc are no longer going to be the deciding factors in the future elections. Secondly, the younger generation leaders having a clean image should be allowed to take up the leadership in the State level, so that they can give a dynamic image of the party. It is high time that the old guards should make way for the younger generation to take up the party leadership.