Are Organization Elections Strengthening the Party ?

by praveenshankarkapoor on Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:05 am

APPEAL TO BJP LEADERSHIP - PLEASE SUSPEND THE ONGOING ORGANIZATION ELECTION & DEVELOP A HEALTHY ORGANIZATION. Make Strong MANDAL PRESIDENTS, instead.

Dear All,

Namaskar. We the BJP family have lost some more elections although I, for one, never expected any miracles to happen. In fact, if you may recall my letter posted on 19th October, I had analyzed many a reasons why BJP lies in shambles today. I just wish to add two things to it today itself because tomorrow may be too late. Perhaps this could be last from me on this issue.

Before I start - I wish to emphasize - Our Decline Starts The Day We Start Ignoring Facts or Refuse To Hear Suggestions.

Elections to State Assemblies are over and how we fought them is quite well known, the results are there, speaking volumes of our work & rapport amongst people. Please lets not fool ourselves by saying Raj Thackery damaged us. Raj Saheb was always a vocal member of alliance till a couple of years ago and its so strange a Party that has 826 M.L.A's country wide can not assess what alliance works & we as a political party closed all doors with Raj Thackery. We so strongly oppose Pariwarwaad but we fall prey to a Pariwar Feud.

In Haryana strangely we allied with none and see where are we today.

On the contrary we must recall in 2009 Lok Sabha election a right timed alliance in Assam we performed so well that we won Guwhati where if you all may recall Hon'ble Prime Minister is a voter. A right alliance failed the Prime Minister's vote.

Yet every thing apart I wish to congratulate Mr. Gopi Nath Munde, Mr. Nitin Gadkari for saving grace for BJP whatever way they could for a party that is currently rudderless. I have closely seen politics since 1979, I may not be a very big player yet for last 3 years I have analyzed things quite rightly and understand Gopi Nath ji & Nitin ji were working in extremely suffocating condition and need to be appreciated.

Now let us move to my second issue for the day.

Friends, with in a party that has been repeatedly loosing elections, one another election is going on, a organizational election. This is one election for which we have ample master strategists with in the party.

Friends, most of you may not be aware BJP every 3 years has a organizational election, we project it as proof of our internal democracy but sadly this one election has damaged BJP most in last 10 years - the animosity that develops with in BJP after every organizational election gets reflected in every election be it of a Municipality, State Assembly or Parliament.

Actually what happens is these organizational elections create a divide between active party workers down to Booth Level, party gets divided in groups within and like in every election ONE GROUP WINS. Till say 1998 the Party had Leaders who ensured that Consensus Office Bearer Teams were formed reflecting all groups but unfortunately it all changed once the Party came to power at Center.

All of a sudden a party that was cadre oriented became power center oriented. Atlast I can honestly say since 1999 Lok Sabha Election, I have not seen one general election "we all fought" - what happens is people till ground level keep saying JISKO MANDAL PRESIDENT BUNAYA JAO WOH HI VOTE DILWAYEGA. I have seen workers throwing back Unchecked Voter Lists on the face of Senior Leaders at last minute or demanding "prohibited things" all through voting day. How do we expect such workers to get votes ?

Sitting Councilor say in Vidhan Sabha election - HUM KYUN ISKE LIYE KAAM KAREN JISNE TICKET DIYA WOH JEETWAYGA or ISNE MERE ELECTION MEIN KAUN SA KAAM KIYA THA JOU MEIN KARUN.

Situation is so pathetic that even in Lok Sabha elections M.L.A's & Councilors, District or Mandal Office Bearers refuse to work for the party nominee due to Group loyalties.

Its time the party leadership accepts this truth and finds a solution to it.

I for one have a suggestion for Senior Party Leaders - PLEASE SUSPEND the ORGANIZATIONAL ELECTION Process. We in this country often hear at crucial junctures a talk of National Govt. I suggest its time the Leadership develop a NATIONAL PARTY ORGANIZATION. What I wish to say is that - you all within the party know about talented people within the party make a party organization from MANDAL, DISTRICTS, STATE & NATIONAL Level through CONSENSUS.

Lets bring up a organization that is not lopsided - we need to understand till we have strong Mandals we can't expect a come back in national politics.

Hope every one in Party remembers that there was a time when Senior Most People in Party headed Mandals and they had guts to scold even a Party M.L.A. or M.P. unlike today when Mandal Presidents are just Back Room Boys of Groups who are publicly scolded by all & sundry including local Councilors.

I know people like me don't matter at all in a big party like B.J.P. but for once I sincerely pray to SAI BABA to make my leaders think on developing a healthy organization.

Regards

Praveen Shankar Kapoor

Why BJP is not hitting hard at Congress ?

by praveenshankarkapoor on Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:53 pm

Dear All,

Hope you all had a great Diwali celebration & I wish this Diwali Pujan brings prosperity to all.

Friends, I am writing this post to raise a debate that may sound strange but its really essential in BJP's interest - ARE YOU AS A BJP SYMPATHIZER SATISFIED WITH THE WAY PARTY's LEADERSHIP IS PERFORMING ? DO YOU FEEL PARTY's NATIONAL LEADERS HIT CONGRESS WHERE IT HURTS ?

At least, I am not satisfied.

This forum's cover quotes Hon'ble Advani ji saying " JOURNEY CONTINUES FOR US." A electoral defeat doesn't mean we get stuck but then sympathizers or ground workers can't raise a campaign. They can help spread a campaign but only the National Leadership can raise a campaign.

It is here I find BJP Leaders totally letting us down. Since the Lok Sabha debacle we have won a number of Bye Elections to State Assemblies, for example in Delhi BJP has won 3 of 5 M.C.D. & 1 of 2 Assembly Bye Elections.

What is more important is that Congress lost the other Assembly Seat too and most shockingly the DWARKA Seat BJP Won was with Congress for last over 15 years & was vacated by Mr. Mahabal Mishra on being elected to Lok Sabha.Similarly, Congress lost OKHLA too after 15 years after the incumbent Mr. Parvez Hashmi was elected to Rajya Sabha. Yet we find BJP missing from the Political Arena of Delhi & similar is true for entire country specially from the two major states Maharashtra & Haryana which went to polls recently.

In Haryana party was not visible much but in Maharashtra I firmly believe BJP would perform really well thanks to local leadership efforts & the poor ground realities in Maharashtra state be it Marathwada or Vidharbha regions.

Friends, if we love BJP & sincere to help rebuild the party its time we analyze what ills BJP ? When I try analyzing my observation is that BJP seems indifferent & missing from the arena because BJP National Leadership remains silent on crucial issues, to me it seems BJP National Leaders have got detached from State Politics or General Issues - they seem to be in a dilemma that - NEXT LOK SABHA ELECTION ARE TOO FAR WHAT IS THE USE OF RAISING ISSUES NOW or say WHY SHOULD WE TAKE TROUBLE WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT VOTE FOR US, LET PEOPLE SUFFER NOW.

Strangely, we do not look like a National Alternate why ? Because we don't speak on crucial issues - ABNORMAL Continuing INFLATION, EFFECTS of RECESSION, CHINA's ILLEGAL INTRUSION ON OUR TERRITORY & ECONOMICAL FRONT too and we don't even speak on crucial issues like in Delhi we as a party have failed to attack both Central & State Govt.'s for their failure in Commonwealth Games 2010 Preparations or related issues which can affect India's relations with the Commonwealth movement even.

The corruption going on in NREGA Scheme all over the country specially in Uttar Pradesh seems to be a non issue for the party.

The party remains silent on crucial national issues & seems to be vision less on international issues.Its not that our leaders don't speak on issues but its so routine & our agitations appear so dramatized that people seem to be disenchanted towards BJP.

Its time BJP National Leadership comes out of stagnation and starts a movement because the Message of 2009 Debacle is very clear - People did not vote for Congress because they were satisfied with its performance, they Voted Congress Because THEY DID NOT SEE AN ALTERNATE IN BJP. What I wish to stress is that now when people go to vote they not only assess the ruling party's performance but also the role of principle opposition party during the period.

2014 may seem far but in between there shall be crucial Uttar Pradesh & Bihar assembly polls and a weak performance would make Target 2014 illusive too. In between we need to concentrate on Andhra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Orrisa as every extra seat matters. Only a strong concentrated National Leadership can do this some thing that is missing.

My views my sound strange or unpleasant to Leadership but I firmly believe this is what is going on in the hearts & minds of millions of Party Sympathizers & Workers.

I shall appreciate forum's feedback.

Regards

PRAVEEN SHANKAR KAPOOR
Delhi.
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