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The politics of hurt

If you were looking for unexpected insight into the troubles of the BJP, you need look no further than L.K. Advani’s response to the spirited, and on-the-mark, attack on him by Manmohan Singh. His response was a mendacious distinction to the effect that while his attacks on Singh were not perso ....Read more

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CPR must find ways to reach out to people with its ideasBy: C.Sanjay | Sunday , 19 Apr '09 6:35:37 AM Reply | Forward When we 'thinking people in their 30's' try to understand our political system and political parties, often we get carried away by BJP and its propaganda machine. One simply because most of us dont understand in full about congress and its origins beyond bits and pieces we learned from stories of freedom struggle. However after reading Ram Chandra Guha in his brilliant "India after Gandhi..." it helps getting to the correct perspectives. And more, it helps understand why so many 'thinking' people like CPR's Mehta often make sense which we dont see ourselves in right context. Mr.Mehta, you have always been thought provoking and interesting in your analysis. This one came right at the time when we just concluded our discussion why Modi may not be repeatable beyond Gujarat unless he gives impressive makeover to himself and convinces us for that, and why its high time BJP put itself in correct order or loose our Gujarati votes. Only one problem is, though its true we are judging Congress against the ideals it claims itself to be holding and we look for some rescue and new ideas in to BJP, we endup with BJP probably because we hope something new from them against our almost life time (we are in our 30's so its like since beginning of time for us) of hopeless progression by congress to be party which neither never delivers nor inspires confidence in ourselves as a nation.We just hope congress and BJP evolves or inspires our politics towards a permanent UPA and NDA formations center of left and center of right formations respectively in our polity and all political parties live under that umbrella formations.Not necessarily agree with all but still most of them, glad to read your articles Mr.Mehta.

Loose connectionBy: Vinay | Saturday , 18 Apr '09 3:33:33 AM Reply | Forward Loose connection in the author's head... no doubt... Mangalore incident was not done by BJP... it was done by SRS...SRS is anti BJP..they had fielded 83 candidates against BJP in assembly elections... Muthalik has openly criticized yediyurappa... get your facts right first.... i can see good development in Karnataka already but its too early to call...

Wonderful Article!By: Raj | Friday , 17 Apr '09 2:26:18 AM Reply | Forward And offcourse BJP supporters carrying same feelings, IQ and ED wont like this article... and will start playing vistimhood :P.. Kudos, Pratap Bhanu Mehta!

Sycophancy is ideologyBy: Devendra Patel | Thursday , 16 Apr '09 8:28:36 AM Reply | Forward For Congress, sychophancy, appeasement

Biased ArticleBy: saurav | Thursday , 16 Apr '09 2:22:01 AM Reply | Forward Wow, another journalist writing a secular article. what about the scores of rupees staked by the congress MPs in Swiss bank account. Why is there no mention of that?. what about the lack of terrorist defense mechanism from the congress for the sake of vote banks?. why is there no mention of that?.Manmohan singh cannot even win a single seat from any part of India, what kind of a leader is he?. He has no mass base, No party appeal in his own party and no public support. Please do not compare the PM Manmohan singh with Narendra Modi. Modi has a strong base in Gujarat. Over the past few years, his popularity has spread to entire North India and even in states like Tamil Nadu attracts large crowds for his speeches. This is called leader who can inspire Masses of people.Even some Muslims of Gujarat like the way Modi has brought development in Gujarat.Can we say the Prime Minister is having this type of public support which Modi has?

MEdia sucksBy: Anil Kumar | Wednesday , 15 Apr '09 23:46:37 PM Reply | Forward The momnet congress speak mud slingign becomes kosher.. Sonia callign maut ka saudagar was fien till Modi respondend in kind.. I do agree wiht him about one thign though.. this I am hurt tsentiment never helps.> Act like Modi give them as good as they give you..Ask manmohn singh why he is acting like a liar.. pretending ignorance when Quttrochi;'s bofors kickback gets released or Tytler gets clean chit

Is communalism worse than terrorism?By: Bhavananda | Wednesday , 15 Apr '09 19:13:47 PM Reply | Forward One must remember that public intellectuals like Dr. Mehta are products of the socialist era. So, its difficult to comprehend someone growing up in those days to drop the baggage and intellectually come out of the clout.I think his article is a well concealed one. But, he practically gave it away when he stated something like "Even if we grant Modi substantial credit for Gujaratâ€™s economic success ... ... ". Please pay particular emphasis on the first two words, "even if" and these words came out inadvertently. He's in disbelief (and probably resents) that a *communal* politician has set an example of developmental politics that none of the secularists could do. And this is why I call him to be from the socialist era with the intellectual baggage.

completely skewed articleBy: Shashank | Wednesday , 15 Apr '09 18:20:17 PM Reply | Forward the double standards against BJP in the media is not comprehensible to me. Why is it that attack by MMS is considered good and that by LKA/modi mud-slinging. longevity of Congress retaining power is not a virtue by any means , seeing the recent Indian History.

BJP's plightBy: Vishal | Wednesday , 15 Apr '09 17:56:03 PM Reply | Forward Well put Mr.Mehta. The BJP can learn from this article and change its way of thinking and operating. What with the misguided policies of the Congress for past 5 years it should have been a shoo in but is struggling, perhaps even more than the Congress party. Another piece of advise i might profer is that they should try to manage the media better. Most media is biased against them so they can try to learn a thing or two from the Republican Party in the US. Media there is closer to the Democrats but still the Republican party atleast has a Fox news and most radio stations to back them.

Congress has no ideologyBy: Ajay | Wednesday , 15 Apr '09 13:25:19 PM Reply | Forward Congress has no ideology other than vote bank politics. We do not need leaders who are bestowed leadership because they are born in a family. we need leaders with vision and acumen to lead. I think congress is also communal and it is no longer a party that it was before independence.

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