Guest guest Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 >bjpnews (AT) bjpfriends (DOT) org >bjp-l (AT) bjpfriends (DOT) org (BJP Discussion Group) >vaidika1008 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com >[bJP News] Team Advani charts revival of BJP >Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:39:13 -0800 > >Team Advani charts revival >Sanjay Singh/ New Delhi >The Pioneer >February 28, 2005 > >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. > >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. > >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. > >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. > >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. > >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. > >Team Advani has performed but whether it has won the series will get clear in >the days to come. > > > > >------------------------------- >This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.