On Tuesday 23 Jun 2009 8:45:58 am lukhman_khan wrote: > ""Will it boomerang by BJP losing even its hard core hindu votes too, now > that they are wooing muslims who still wont vote for them, come what may.""
Who exactly is this "core Hindu" who is supposed to vote for the BJP? The expression core Hindu is sleight of hand, or perhaps "sleight of words" that is used retrospectively to describe the BJP voter. If you vote for BJP you are core Hindu. That definition is a sort of taunt at Hindus who do not vote for BJP: "Since you have not voted for BJP you are NOT core Hindus. You are an Italian, Christian, Muslim sympathizers" It is this fiddling with semantics that helped screw the BJP. It is one thing to win support. It is a different matter to mock and taunt those who do not support you as being unpatriotic, anti-nationa, non nationalist, paseudo-secular. This is what I found the BJP and its constituency doing. shiv
