[Reader-list] On why Singh, Shourie and Sangh should learn Photoshop?

[A.K. Malik]

Hi Rakesh,
           I am appalled at what BJP is doing now a days.So long as personal egos and interests thrive more than that of Party's, nothing much can be done.My take on your suggestions for BJP:
1. I think why Advaniji stuck to the post of leader of opposition,apart from his continuing his lifeline in politics, was perhaps to avoid an infighting as to who should in BJP take up the job.
2.The second -rung leaders like Arun Jaitely and Sushma Swaraj are there because of their oratory skills(which are really commendable) rather than their mass appeal or Lok Sabha seat winnablity.
3.Whatever BJP may do Muslims will not trust them easily and Congress will always be able to fool Muslims in voting for them whatever name you may call it.
Regards,

(A.K.MALIK)


--- On Tue, 8/25/09, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] On why Singh, Shourie and Sangh should learn  Photoshop?
> To: "Taha Mehmood" <2tahamehmood at googlemail.com>
> Cc: "Sarai Reader-list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 9:52 PM
> Dear Taha
> 
> The demise of the BJP in this manner should be certainly
> condemned because
> of two reasons:
> 
> 1) With exception to Modi, Advani and some other bad
> people, there are
> others in this party who do realize the importance of
> Muslims to win
> elections, as also the importance of social schemes and
> right of poor to
> have entitlements (albeit with other civil right
> violations). This will at
> least ensure they try to do well.
> 
> For example, statistics show that the three states which
> did exceptionally
> well in the NREGA scheme as per 2007-08 data were actually
> Rajasthan, Madhya
> Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (all BJP ruled states for a scheme
> brought by a
> central govt headed by the Congress), as per official
> figures. Only Andhra
> Pradesh had done decently well which had a Congress govt.
> 
> Therefore, while ideologically I don't agree with them, on
> certain things
> there is a common consensus.
> 
> 2) Most importantly, they are the counter to the Congress.
> The Left can also
> take the Congress, but it is confined to only three states.
> The BJP with a
> wider national reach is the party which is supposed to
> fulfill its duty of a
> constructive and a responsible opposition to a govt., which
> is now found to
> be mired in so many schemes that it seems even prostitutes
> are better than
> the corrupt ministers of this govt. (at least prostitutes
> only sell their
> body under duress or force, whereas these ministers have
> sold their life and
> soul  as well as the lives of rest of us for their
> petty gains to corporates
> or cheaters).
> 
> These should have been exposed properly, and the fact that
> BJP is now
> involved in such exercises is itself a sham. In my belief,
> the BJP should
> actually undertake three major activities:
> 
> 1) Ask Advani to resign as Leader of Opposition. Let it be
> led by M.M.Joshi
> at the moment, or ask someone else. It's ridiculous that
> when the verdict
> means a rejection of a person as the PM, he acts as the
> shadow-PM, which is
> what the Leader of Opposition is in a sense.
> 
> 2) Some of these second-rung leaders are totally useless,
> for they don't
> have the capacity to win elections on their own. Do Arun
> Jaitley and Sushma
> Swaraj have the guts to win elections from any Lok Sabha
> seat themselves?
> And then they are found questioning the ability of Manmohan
> Singh to do the
> same. They should concentrate on their future, or better
> leave politics.
> 
> Therefore, the second-rung leaders should instead be people
> who can at least
> win elections of Lok Sabha, for only they can understand
> the connect between
> issues as elites see and their connect and appearance on
> the ground, and
> participate in an enabling way to ensure the problems are
> put up and
> presented in a proper way, as also their possible
> solutions.
> 
> 3) Not many remember that Congress actually avoids the
> topic of Muslim
> appeasement, as it did even in last elections, for the sake
> of 'not
> alienating Hindus'. If as what Rajen jee says, RSS is not
> against Muslims,
> then BJP & RSS should simply launch a joint campaign
> where they clearly
> state that they are not against Muslims and believe in
> their growth. They
> should apologize for what happened post-Godhra (they have
> apologized for
> Godhra), and clearly state they want to start on a clean
> slate. They should
> also decide that while ideologically they don't trust the
> Muslims very much
> (if it is the case), it shouldn't result in any
> law-and-order problem which
> targets Muslims, or a state policy which discriminates
> against Muslims in
> any manner.
> 
> This can give the Muslims a position of the BJP where
> special schemes may

> not be launched for them but they won't be targetted for
> petty election
> victories. Even if the BJP ensures this, they win the
> battle half-way. And
> controlling the VHP and the Bajrang Dal is no big deal when
> they indulge in
> violence.
> 
> They can still continue to bicker, fight and create
> tamashas in front of
> others. Or they can think about their own future.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rakesh
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