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>[bJP News] Team Advani charts revival of BJP

>Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:39:13 -0800

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>Team Advani charts revival

>Sanjay Singh/ New Delhi

>The Pioneer

>February 28, 2005

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>Team Advani has delivered. The tested organisational war horse of the BJP has

>once again been able to weave his magic. But its not yet time to begin

>celebrations.

>

>The excitement of revival of the NDA in two states; Bihar and Jharkhand, as also

>the possible impact of poll outcome in the power structure within the ruling

>UPA at the Centre, remained muted on Sunday. The BJP-JD(U) is closest to a

>majority in Jharkhand and has been able to defeat the Lalu-Rabri regime in

>Bihar, emerging as the single largest group in the state.

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>The NDA would stake claim to form the Government at 10.30 am on Monday and the

>newly elected MLAs would meet later in the afternoon to elect their leader. BJP

>leaders are already in touch with a number of elected independents and have

>reportedly got assurance of support from the two All Jharkhand Students Union

>MLAs elected and three independents, giving a majority to the NDA. It is,

>however, ironical that in neighbouring Bihar even as the mandate is against

>Lalu-Rabri regime, it has left a huge question mark as to who should take over

>the top slot in the state.

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>A spectacular performance, considering the fact that the party or the alliance

>did not even have an outside chance in both these states till three months ago.

>The BJP seemed to be heading to nowhere after an unexpected defeat in

>Maharashtra Assembly elections.

>

>The party had to turn to "charioteer" LK Advani, hoping that he would manage to

>rework the "magic mantra" the way he did after 1984 parliamentary elections.

>But the ground situation was different in the post-1984 era and political

>conditions in 2004-5.

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>Mr Advani himself had conceded that this time the challenge was more difficult

>as the party had to cope with aspirations of workers and its social

>constituency.

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>His reputation, if not anything else, was at stake in these elections and

>popular verdict has restored it to him. The unilateral decision to project

>JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial candidate was a part of the

>"smart strategy" and the results indicated that it yielded dividend. The

>proposal was worked out by two general secretaries Arun Jaitley and Pramod

>Mahajan and vice president Sushil Kumar Modi and got an instant clearance of Mr

>Advani.

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>An otherwise flamboyant Arun Jaitley preferred to begin his task on a low key in

>Bihar and finished with a certain elan. Party general secretary Rajnath Singh

>worked silently in Chhattisgarh without any hype and has done it again in

>Jharkhand. The idea to send Pramod Mahajan to Bihar to assist Mr Jaitley and Mr

>Ananth Kumar to Jharkhand to help Mr Singh worked well in the end.

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>Team Advani has performed but whether it has won the series will get clear in

>the days to come.

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