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“Hamare yahan pravakta bahut ho gaye hain. Keval akhbar mein naam dekhne ke liye aur television mein chehra dekhne ke liye aatur rehte hain (We are having too many spokespersons in the party these days. They want to see their names in print and see their faces on television),” said Advani, speaking on the birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
“They (this new breed of leaders, who are ever willing to hold forth as 24/ 7 spokespersons) don’t realise or understand the values that Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Deendayal Upadhyaya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee stood for, and the sacrifices that they made for the ideology and the party,” said the senior BJP leader.
A large number of BJP leaders have held forth on reasons for the party’s election defeat, in the media, in the recent weeks, while other leaders have written to the party leadership on the party’s defeat, some of which found their way into the media.
With the BJP at the crossroads, and two competing strands of thought, broadly understood in terms of Hindutva and moderates in the party, Advani also cited Mookerjee’s life and times to stress the need for “alliance building”. “Mookerjee once said that he would have changed the country if he had four or five Deendayal Upadhyayas. He was also acutely aware of the need to end the hegemony of the Congress, a reason why he floated a 21-member anti-Congress alliance, called National Democratic Front, way back in 1952. Our own alliance — National Democratic Alliance — formed under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1998 was named after it,” said Advani.
Citing the examples of Mookerjee and Communist Party of India’s Hiren Mukherjee, who Advani said were the two best parliamentarians in the first Lok Sabha, the senior BJP leader said “today’s leaders perhaps didn’t believe in studying after joining politics”.
Crediting Mookerjee with ensuring the positive changes in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Advani, however, asked the party cadre not to lose heart after the recent defeat. “We have 116 members in Lok Sabha with 58 first timers; 47 members in Rajya Sabha; and state governments in eight states. Our defeat then was not that big. We had, after all, only two members in the Lok Sabha in ‘84,” said Advani.
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As usual comments coming from socalled minority/Muslim guys are abominable and vacuous.They are born and brought-up in debauchery where humanity and its decency has no place.The amount ofpure and spontaneous malevolence is beyond imagination.Its indeed strange to observe how much hate they carry in their minds against not only Hindus but a political Party,BJP,which is foolishly misinterpreted and propagated by malicious opponents.These fools have given in to the morbid forces which inflame and perpetuate animosities endangering peace and unity in the nation and among communities.These forces are/were top agenda of Congress and not BJP.They can be sure that with vulture's pray and crows cry won't bring death to elephant and if the fish wish death of seagull it doesn't come either.The BJP which might have changed names but its philosophy and agenda will ever remain the same.It will be the only Party to rule and make India a great Nation,prosperous and united.
congress is the best of all parties.they are the one who can rule the country n make best of it.i think bjp cant rule because they themselves have a lot of misunderstanding n they fight for the seats.bjp will not form the government.
Congress won elections in those states where its party or coaliation partners were in power. It shows that some manhandling of EVM was made to win election. As far as the BJP is concerned it will bounce back sooner or later. It is a major respectable and disciplined party which is in power in many states and all the government run by BJP are working efficiently with communal harmony. Gujarat is an excellent example of Good Governance. Hope Modi will be the next PM of this country.
Top few readers have made idotic comments, I feel pity for them as they do not see the overall picture of this country and by that 2 line statment one make out these people How narrow is their thinking. BJP is National Party and will come out strong. Time for mourning is over and now the party has to reorganize
Aged leadership is a reason for the defeat of BJP in the last election. BJP has many reasons to list for the defeat but aged leadership is No 1. it means Adwani himself was a negative point in electioneering. Blaming others are easy, but self criticism is hard. Adwani always forget this matter. I f I have a chance in 2014, that is what in the mind of Adwani.
It's shame on this outdated, out fashioned and out lawed moron.No body trusts him even in BJP.Every alternate person in BJP/VHP/RSS SPITS VENOM, WHEN THEY OPEN MOUTH.HE IS THE MAN RESPONSIBLE OF COMMUNAL DIVIDE IN INDIA.STILL HE IS DREAMING OF BECOMING PM.IF ANY OF PSEUDO HINDUTVADI'S HAVE GUTS, LET THEM NAME THE FUTURE PM??/???SOONER OR LATER THE BJP WILL BE DISSOLVED LIKE HINDU MAHASABHA, JANSANGH AND JANATA PARTY.
Now its not too much left for BJP...Its days are numbered...So be prepared BJP to dig out your own graves.
Dear Valued Readers, Believe me or not, BJP will be torn into pieces on the same line as that of earlier Janta Party. One person is Prime Minister-in-Waiting, another person declared Prime Minister-in-Waiting for 2014 and so on. Whereas people of India decides who should become Prime Minister by vote, but this party???? Just amazing.
if he belive of hinduthva?why he dose not mention about amarnath,ayothya in election compine?as same varungandhi?
ADVANI IS AN IDIOT. BECAUSE OF HIM AND RAJNATH, BJP LOST THE ELECTIONS. IF BJP HAS TO SURVIVE THEY HAVE TO BURY HIM AND HIS CHRONIES. LET YASHWANT SINHA. JAITELY TAKES OVER.
Maybe Adbvaniji is intending to say that he should be the sole spokespersonSo that he can pursue the red herring created by him recently re susceptibility of EVMs and push for the demand to revert to ballot papersAdvani is medeival He took the country back by decades with his Rath Yatra and spearheaded the Babri Masjid attack He recently came back with his cheeks bruised after attacking Manmohan Singh preelection He thought thats the best way to win the election.... on hate and venomSorry Advaniji Its time to retire You have been defeated squarely by am man who is infinitely superior to you. Men of your ilk are best kept on an easy chair The less you talk the better The less you act, the best
With all great respect from a non BJP person like me to you Advaniji, I need to say that you had the opportunity and did not deliver. No matter what all your ad-hoc spokespersons are saying, you did not live up to the image that the general public wanted to see. Simply that's it...
Advani is spot on.Too many cooks spoil the broth.He allowed half baked policies to flourish like wild fire, and now the party is on track to complete incineration,and self destruction. The price of bigotry is very high.The ebb and flow of civilzation in India has continually shown peace and harmony prevails through service to humanity and not wining elections on religeous platforms