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From tu-tu-main-main to tu and main

This election saw me perform a new task for my party’s campaign. In addition to running L.K. Advani’s communication office, I started representing the BJP in television debates. I quickly realised how unprepared I am for this medium of communication, which makes two demands, especially during e ....Read more

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Kulkarni- a multi-faceted disaster for the BJPBy: Rajendra K. Gupta | Tuesday , 12 May '09 0:44:31 AM Reply | Forward Kulkarni is an imbecile; a sanctimonious, pontificating cretin. He was the architect of Advaniâ€™s ill fated pilgrimage to Pakistan to homage to Jinnah. The only reason Advani eventually survived that was the TINA factor; but is a measure of Advaniâ€™s capacity for poor judgment that he continues to let this albatross, Sudheendra Kulkarni, hang around his neck. TV debates are about facile answers and scoring quick points. A party spokesperson also needs to know what to say when. Kulkarni is a multi-faceted disaster for the BJP!

Tu and mainBy: VS Malhotra | Monday , 11 May '09 19:02:31 PM Reply | Forward Mr. Kulkarni is right when he says that a lot of time is unnecessarily wasted in attacks and counter attacks in debates on political issues. So, for example, when the party presently sitting in the opposition asks the present party in power as to why in the past five years it has not made any effort to bring back the black money lying in the Swiss banks?, the usual response of the governing party will be "Jab aap satta mein thei tab aap nei quion naheen iss black money ko bhaarat laane ki koshish kee?" Now this is just wasting time of the participants of the debate as well as that of the T.V. Channels and that of the viewers. A responsible reply to such a question should detail the steps taken in this regard and if no steps have been taken we should be frank enough to tell the true position adding that the point raised by the opposing party has been well taken and the needed steps will be taken at the earliest and we will soon come back to you on this point. The "jab aap satta mein the" type of respone has become almost universal answer ever ready to be put to use. This must be stopped by mutual agreement. In my opinion this will be one example of the use of the "tu and main" approach to solving our political problems.

Utopian !!!By: Raju Suryavanshi | Monday , 11 May '09 14:02:46 PM Reply | Forward For the last two decades Indian voters are in no mood to give power to any single party, however young it is or old. The masses in India have been wise enough to understand the similiarity in planks and non adherence of the parties to it,when they came in power. On the other hand the largest and larger political parties bed with regional parties somtimes appear stronger in their regions.This bed sharing boosts regionalism and a feeling of supiority of regional belonging.The UPA-NDA presently doing nothing but wooing the parties on common dice who have vast idealogical differences,in order to do so lots of adjustments are done and its ultimately creat dismayic situations in the society. Unhesitently given promises about reservation to certain caste creats drift between the communities-catses.People are fed up of this illgitimate bed sharing of political parties. They want parties to be sensible and work on common programm on national develoment.Will BJP-CONG.underestand?Its too utopian.

Quite PossibleBy: Wilson | Sunday , 10 May '09 10:06:16 AM Reply | Forward If Cong and BJP emerge as two large parties, they can work out to govern 2.5 yrs each. The first single largest party will get to form the governemnt with outside support of the other for half the term. The next half term would be vice versa. But this will be possible if both parties shed their rigid agenda of playing with religion. Both can have a program only for development and leave other things. This way not only there will b a stable govt but will also keep away all smaller parties who have no other objective other than money and power. Try out and shed ur political difference for the sake of the nation.

Only in dreams!By: Ramesh Kapoor | Sunday , 10 May '09 4:30:10 AM Reply | Forward A very good thought, but most unlikely to be fulfilled. In 'you' and 'me' relationship, who will be the commander-in-chief. BJP/NDA or Congress party/UPA. With all those brickbats and kick-ups who is smarter among the two, thus who can bow to the demands of the other. If NDA and UPA are redundant, past relationships will come to haunt both the BJP and or Congress party. With sychophants in the latter being too strong, and power hungry, they will never sustain such relationship. No point in wasting time in this union.