As the commentators before rightly concluded, BJP's victory has more to do with other parties' follies than their own communal campaign. In fact, the BJP lost two important state elections immediately after the Babri demolition. In Karnataka at least, there was absolutely no communal campaign this time (at least in the heartland, may be covert and a little overt in the coastal regions).
However, it is not that the BJP won because the 'neo-liberal' 'India shining' guys voted en masse. The BJP's victory cuts across caste and region. The party won close to two thirds of the SC seats and almost half of the ST ones. Their victory was comprehensive in all regions (in fact the only region they did worse than expected was in the coastal region, their original stronghold). In Bangalore, infrastructure concerns dominated, of course. The farce played out by the JD(S) in the name of keeping away communal forces first, and in bed with the communal forces later caused only revulsion. Best regards, Murali -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't want to hear. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
