One school of thought is it is not. Essentially LK Advani has thrown the gauntlet at the RSS to get out of BJP. And BJP (or at least those having allegiance to Advani / Vajpayee) wants to chart its own path independent of RSS. The reason being, while BJP will continue to be nationalist, it wants to free itself of the rabidity of the VHP and many of the arcane ideas of the RSS. What they realized in their short time at leading the government is that for the party to move forward, it needs to liberate itself from any kind of idealogy and focus on governance and economy.
But then it is a sorry state of affairs when politicians have to go all the way to Pakistan to get the fealty of Indian Muslims. Laloo with his Lahori aloo did it to great effect. Rajiv Gandhi brought Benazir to Lucknow. Worse even LKA has had to do it. The entire Indian political class has not given up the two nation theory. And then they denounce Jinnah. Incidentally, calling Jinnah was not just a Hindu sin, it seems it was a secular sin too. The Congress / Nehru Gandhi parivar came out strongly against Jinnah. God forbid, historians in India find out really how much Nehru was instrumental in partitioning India. --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this another one of those 'daam borhwa' > resignations ( resignation > to increase stature)? > > Any bets :-)? > > BTW, what exactly did LKA say about Jinnah that sent > the VHP and RSS > on the warpath ? Did calling him a secular patriot > amount to a Hindu > sin, or was there something more to it ? > > cm > > > BJP sinks deeper into crisis > MOHUA CHATTERJEE > > TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, JUNE 09, 2005 12:56:12 > AM ] > Surf 'N' Earn -Sign innow > NEW DELHI: The crisis in the BJP deepened on > Wednesday evening with L > K Advani rejecting out of hand an appeal by senior > BJP leaders to > reconsider his resignation as party president. > > He insisted that it would not be possible to do so > as BJP had not > moved to defend him against criticism over his > remarks on Pakistan > founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. > > The BJP delegation which called on Advani to > present him a > resolution that urged him to take back his > resignation found the > leader in an unrelenting frame of mind. > > "What is new in this resolution? It is very much > the same as what > you had to say yesterday," he is understood to have > told the " > leaders, most of whom are seen as his proteges. > > Continued...Next >> > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
