Sunday, May 24, 2009

Reviving BJP - Points to Ponder

Reviving BJP - Points to Ponder

*** Some suggestions and points to ponder for BJP ***

Pl. stop comparing yourself with the Congress(I)

Avoid knee-jerk reactions, especially at election-time

For example, the demand for bringing back money deposited in Swiss banks came across as a last-minute effort as the flip-flop on Varun Gandhi.

Define what the party stands for – This is an URGENT Task

Where is the party’s second-line of leadership?

Develop a pan-India base

Develop a Winner’s Psychology

Be ambitious. If you cannot think you can win, you will never win. Top sportsmen and sportswomen know this. The BJP would do well to internalise this.

Redefine the debate

Redefine Dharma – It is *not* religion. BJP must be for Dharma not for Religion.
Redefine “Secularism”. Redefine “Communal”.
Change the parameters of the debate.

Where is the BJP’s answer to Rahul Gandhi?

Dharma is NOT the “politics of religion”

Good governance does not run counter to “Dharma”; In fact it is part of “raj-dharma”.
As is secularism.
The party needs to redefine the debate

Concluding Comment, courtesy Radha Rajan (writing on 1st April ’09):

The vision, the courage and the wisdom to stand alone are interlinked and cannot be sequenced. Therein is the wisdom.