while I fully agree, we are , again, defending or playing in our own turf within our "borders". The fight has to be taken inside the minority groups. PLay one against the other. Favor one against the other. Rifts, splits, defection and create sieves for disenchanted to fall into Ghar Wapsi lap.Sachin wrote: ↑06 Jun 2024 11:00 Missed it in my earlier long whine/post. This time around Congress had a very slick social media mechanism rolled out. Twitter was pretty much hijacked by INC handles. In fact social media was once sighted as the reason of thumping BJP victory in 2014 and 2019. Mauni Baba had his corruption scandals and INC did not have much social media presence. BJP utilized the social media to the hilt. But that same gusto was not seen this time. We must also know that; 25-30 years old who got influenced via social media of 2014 would now be 35-40 years old. What social media campaign worked in 2014 may now work now (example; Facebook is irrelevant now, Instagram is the in-thing).
All put down; BJP did not have a well thought out plan to face 2024 elections. Over confidence, too much reliance on Modi all took them down. As I said earlier, in places where BJP took a drubbing (KA) or was eager to make a strong push (AP, Orissa) they did a jolly good job.
If BJP needs to be in a strong position; I feel they should have a very good plan to:-
1. Handle demands of reservations (example; retain it, but make sure that only Hindu SC/ST are eligible, converts and religion wise reservation not allowed).
2. Alleviate fears of forward caste Hindus, or think about tax reductions for the huge Hindu middle class.
3. May sound evil; but come up with schemes which target Hindu poor, Hindu SC/ST communities and then Hindu middle class. This will help the United Specturm of Hindu votes to come back.
But I do feel there is a strong correlation between regaining economic might, self sufficiency, and pride in the civilization before we take this fight into the other turf.