It is apparent from the recent showdowns that BJP is aggressively leaving behind the Hindutva agenda and marching on towards "Development" and "Governance" agenda. Great! I always wanted to see this in Indian political parties.
First party that ever created a sort of cast based vote bank is Congress. Obviously, other leader took the clue and then followed the Mandal and Mandir. It was a milestone move when Manmohan Singh opened up the market when he became the Finance Minister in Narasimha Rao government (Though BJP claims Manmohan Singh stole their agenda, Singh's execution of the idea was remarkable given the circumstances) .
From the wins at Rajastan, Madhya Pradesh and Utharanchal, BJP thought it would be fair to contest an election nationwide on Development and Governance agenda and we know the outcome! I guess it was a communication problem with BJP. Another problem could be the internal ideological tussle between BJP and RSS. Whatever the case may be, BJP was successful in communicating the development and governance agenda at a state level, but was not successful at a national level is what my feeling.
Other strong pieces of evidence that strengthen my arguement is the showdown with Uma Bharati, Madanlal Khurana, Yashwant Sinha... Needless to say they were also voicing against the party top leadership.
Kudos to BJP, rather NDA for sticking with its agenda of development and goveranance. How it actually gets implemented is to be seen in the coming days!
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