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To: ratan lal who wrote (5617)8/17/1999 12:21:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 12475
 
Ratan:I noticed that too,I guess it is due to the perception that Congress is a 'secular' party and BJP not. I believe if BJP can shed this perception of being 'non-secular' a majority of them will also come to their fold is what I am thinking.

Anyway for what it is worth I have sent couple of emails last year to Mr.Vajpayee urging him to persuade his party apparatus to promote a secular ideology instead of projecting themselves as muslim-haters and such and judging from their manifesto this time around the religious thing is downplayed to a great extent.If they come through on this front I am sure they can easily win majority of the seats and may be even form a government own their own without having to resort to the coalition business with such imbeciles as the 'Fat mama from Chennai',besides exclusivity is not good politics especially in a country like India where we have a lot of minorities of different hue and makeup,to be successful a party should be all inclusive is my take on it.



To: ratan lal who wrote (5617)8/17/1999 12:32:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 12475
 
Ratan: Speaking of the poll, I am intrigued by the fact that 14% of the Muslims and 22% of Christians are for BJP,I find this most interesting.