Showing posts with label RSS. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

There will be no trouble

UPA hopes there will be no trouble once the verdict is out but is leaving little to chance, says B&E’s Pramod Kumar

UP Congress has cautioned the party High Command about the political tactics that might be adopted by the BJP to cash in on this emotive issue. The BJP might try to polarise voters in ensuing election in Bihar.

Pressure is mounting on the government to act in a decisive manner. The Congress is of the view that if peace is disturbed, the BJP will try to derive political mileage. The ruling coalition is already worried over alleged failure of the government in tackling inflation and it does not want to concede any more political ground to the Opposition. The onus now rests on Chidambaram. Intelligence chiefs have warned that Azamgarh, Mathura, Kashi, Bhopal, Indore, Raipur, Delhi, Nagpur, Gorakhpur and Ranchi are among the more sensitive areas. The Prime Minister wanted to know about preparations of the Home Ministry regarding UP's demand for 400 battalions of paramilitary forces.

The Home Ministry, in its reply, has said that it is ready to send 40 battalions of paramilitary forces and 15 units of Rapid Action Force. The government has also sought reports from home secretaries of different states. They have been told to remain vigilant and be ready to handle any situation.

Amid all this, the RSS has already started chanting Hanuman Chalisa in temples across India. The chanting will reach a crescendo on September 16. The BJP has called off its planned Jammu conference.

However, the apex body of the BJP is not in favour of a direct confrontation on the issue of building a temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. It has even advised its front organisations such as VHP and Bajrang Dal to maintain peace even if the court delivers a verdict in favour of the Waqf Board and allots Hindus a piece of land near the disputed site. They have also sent overtures to Muslim groups to consider giving up their claims on Mathura and Kashi.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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Saturday, January 5, 2013

PARTY TROUBLES: BJP

Sharad Gupta investigates what led to the failure of BJP and what is stopping it from being a success

The BJP won 19 out of 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka and 10 out of 11 seats in Chhatisgarh. It along with its ally JD (U) won 32 out of 40 seats at stake in Bihar. What was special about BJP’s strategy in these states? “All these states are ruled by the BJP and people voted for good governance. Likewise, people voted for Congress’s state government’s good work in Delhi, Haryana, AP et al,” says UP BJP leader Kalraj Mishra.

BJP may not practice caste politics in states like U.P. and Bihar but the caste factor helped it win many seats in Karnataka. Lingayats are the dominant community in central and north Karnataka and Chief Minister B. S. Yaddyurappa is the most popular leader of the community. BJP in Karnataka has become more a regional party headed by Yaddyurappa than a party controlled from its Delhi headquarter or the Nagpur-based RSS bosses. Yaddyurappa was given a free hand in selecting the candidates.

In contrast, Chhatisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh riding on his popular scheme to provide rice at Rs. 3 per kg, ensured that the party organisation and the RSS were kept in good humour. He not only heard out the most grassroot of RSS workers but has also appointed them in his government. “We haven’t forgotten that workers are backbone of the party. This is why in Chhattisgarh, at least 10 workers were active at every pooling booth”, says party’s Raipur chief Rajiv Agarwal. Singh has rewarded RSS pracharks, Saudan Singh and Ram Pratap Singh – both state BJP organising secretaries – by nominating them to the Rajya Sabha.

But in states like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, where the first two are ruled by the BJP and the third was lost to Congress by a narrow margin in the Assembly polls. Gujarat results were more baffling because Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity was on an all-time high and unlike Assembly elections, there was no rebellion from within the ranks of the party and the RSS.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

I just can't wait to be King!

Not a single seat won yet, but the PM candidates are ready

The final outcome of 15th Lok Sabha is still unclear, but, in his eagerness, L. K. Advani had already passed a proposal of becoming future PM six months ago in an NDA meeting and even started meeting titans of industry. However, with the assembly poll debacle in Delhi and Rajasthan; the confidence of the saffron brigade has ruptured. On the other hand, Left parties, who were aggressively pushing for Mayavati as future PM, now, feel that it is quite difficult to build a consensus on Behanji.

An internal survey by BJP and RSS reflected that the party might get 96-106 parliamentary seats in the coming Lok Sabha elections, much below the former tally of 113 seats. Even upper house members of the party were advised to participate in the coming elections to improve poll prospects. But the real drama unfolded when former VP Bhairon Singh Shekhawat showed his desire to participate in the upcoming elections.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri

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