I see issues on both sides. In the pre-2024 election times BJP began to take its core Hindu voters for granted, to appease Muslims. Target of 400 couldn't be achieved without, generally hostile to BJP, support of a big chunk of Muslims. Overconfident leadership was quickly brought down to ground by the voters, giving them good lesson.
Sangh, failed on its part in a rather bigger way. Instead of nourishing and preserving Hindu culture, Bhagwat went on to expand the definition of Hindu to include everyone. Instead of taking a high moral ground and force BJP to course correct, Sangh itself forgot its own vision and mission.
It is good that BJP didn't get 400, otherwise they would have gone beyond Congress to do appeasement politics and would have probably expanded the scope of Waqf as well.
Both the orgs made a mistake of not sensing the under-current of Hindutva in the nation. BJP being a political party can still make a come-back. However, Sangh, a custodian of ideology, stands to lose more.
For the BJP Sangh is for piggy ride. When the going gets tough the BJP cosies upto RSS for their cadre support. Unfortunately both organisations are led by personalities who wish to gain from each other rather than push respective agenda.
I see issues on both sides. In the pre-2024 election times BJP began to take its core Hindu voters for granted, to appease Muslims. Target of 400 couldn't be achieved without, generally hostile to BJP, support of a big chunk of Muslims. Overconfident leadership was quickly brought down to ground by the voters, giving them good lesson.
Sangh, failed on its part in a rather bigger way. Instead of nourishing and preserving Hindu culture, Bhagwat went on to expand the definition of Hindu to include everyone. Instead of taking a high moral ground and force BJP to course correct, Sangh itself forgot its own vision and mission.
It is good that BJP didn't get 400, otherwise they would have gone beyond Congress to do appeasement politics and would have probably expanded the scope of Waqf as well.
Both the orgs made a mistake of not sensing the under-current of Hindutva in the nation. BJP being a political party can still make a come-back. However, Sangh, a custodian of ideology, stands to lose more.
For the BJP Sangh is for piggy ride. When the going gets tough the BJP cosies upto RSS for their cadre support. Unfortunately both organisations are led by personalities who wish to gain from each other rather than push respective agenda.
Very interesting perspective.
Very interesting and insightful perspective.