Sachin wrote:pankajs wrote:1. Absolutely with you on leaders who work. Hindutva works if there is an atmosphere of fear but not otherwise. A.370,etc give leaders a halo/trust but not votes on an empty stomach.
100% true. There were bye-elections in Kerala today. 5 seats. The Congress gets 3 and commies gets 2.
The BJP gets ZERO. There were multiple issues including caste conflicts and wrong selection of the candidates. The Sabari Mala temple based issue has now died out. Unless the commies try some other mischief, the Hindu devotees are never going to see a threat there. The commies have learnt their lessons. I don't think they will try further tricks in Sabari Mala, and they are doing door to door campaign apologising for the inconvienences caused to Hindu devotees (who vote for commies). So if status quo gets maintained there, and commies retain their vote bank; then BJP would be in the back benches for years to come. At least in KL, BJP leadership is considered as some one to make benefit of some one else' miseries.
IF one were paying attention one would have learned that lesson looooooooooongs back!
If Ayodhya demolition is the benchmark of "decisive" action that our Uber-Yinduvadi's demand of Modi/BJP, then one must also ask what kind of dividend such an action fetched? Just recalling the BJP's fortune post that action is enough for us to draw the right lesson about Yindian/Yindu politics.
As I have stated before, a party needs to work on the day to day issues of the people, earn their trust, turn them into a long-term supporter, get their buy-in and ONLY then will you get the opportunity to implement SOME of you core agenda.
If one forces their agenda on the people, they get thrown out and the decision will get reversed in no time or will be hollowed out over time. Better to go slow, implement what is possible and occupy the space to prevent its reversal till it becomes part of the background.
The reason Modi is unbeatable is, unlike our uber-yinduvadis, Modi understands the dynamics, has the commitment, the patience, the intelligence, the courage and the luck needed to get many stuff done.