On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan < [email protected]> wrote:
> > It is surprising that many think that the Congress victory is a mandate > against hardline Hinduism (and therefore the BJP). Congress ran a more > grassroots campaign, better candidates, and overall was the party the > masses > could identify with. > Indian citizens, especially the majority group are getting smarter, they preferred congress because they have started to realise that this party's (unlike others) democracy rests upon the principles of majority rule in addition to appeasement of minorities. So, peace and better economy in the long run. Protection of human rights of all its citizens is one of the elements of Indian democracy. So, makes me ponder, how one single party which is openly intolerant to a part of its own citizens group is now a major party in the largest democratic country in the world. !! *In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “intolerance is itself a form of * *violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit".* johnson
