[Reinventing itself, BJP’s dilemma news analysis
Neena Vyas The Hindu Friday, May 29, 2009 Can it ignore youth factor?
NEW DELHI: As the Bharatiya Janata Party braces itself for facing Parliament after its electoral defeat — and before that it has to choose its leaders in the two Houses — a problem staring the party in the face is how to re-invent itself and get rid of dead wood. A leader recently expressed the dilemma: “We have to decide whether we want to be a political party or the Archaeological Survey of India.” The suggestion was the party should decide between modernising itself in tune with a new generation of Indians and continuing to protect old monuments in the form of persons or ideas that were clearly outdated.]
Who would have imagined that by insisting on digging the foundation of Babri Masjid, BJP was digging its own grave? [TNM]
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