On Wednesday 24 Jun 2009 9:49:03 pm Nikhil Mehra wrote: > I completely disagree that the RSS tried to distance itself from the BJP.
This is post-election http://www.deccanherald.com/content/8188/rss-bjp-give-up-hindutva.html > RSS to BJP: Give up Hindutva > Nagpur, PTI: > Monday, June 15, 2009 > > Criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its “inconsistency” in > toeing the Hindutva policy, senior RSS ideologue M G alias Baburao Vaidya > on Sunday said the party should give up the policy as it has “failed” to > attract the common man. > > > Narrating the history of the then Jana Sangh which later converted into > the BJP, Vaidya, in his weekly column in local Marathi daily Tarun Bharat, > said the BJP had adopted Gandhian socialism, but could not stop itself from > being labelled as a communal party. > > After the 1984 general elections drubbing, the BJP again started chanting > Hindutva. > > The BJP came close to power, but could not sustain its strength. The party > leaders had no patience and almost forgot Hindutva and its basic > principles, the former RSS spokesperson said. > > “The party came to power again (in 1999), but after losing it in 2004, it > again turned towards Hindutva. The BJP mentioned Hindutva in its election > manifesto in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, but it miserably > failed to attract the common voters and citizens in the country,” Vaidya > said. > > “The BJP has failed to convey the real meaning of Hindutva to the people. > Probably, they thought not deemed to climb the pedestal of power with the > Hindutva line. Hence, the BJP should now dissociate itself from Hindutva,” > he said, but added, “If the BJP gives up its Hindutva line, it will > automatically snap its umbilical cord with the Sangh.” > > However, he said, it would not have any impact on the RSS. > > The BJP would have ample opportunities to get a modern outlook, Vaidya > added. > > “If BJP gives up Hindutva, regional parties like the Trinamool Congress, > Biju Janata Dal and the Telugu Desam Party will rush to it and internal > bickering in the JD(U) will also end,” he said. shiv
