Bengaluru: Karnataka BJPUnder the scanner for the past few days following her dismal performance in the May 10 polls, she is expected to overhaul her state leadership and form a strong coalition to revive the party’s electoral prospects for next year. Will take forward the Hindutva agenda. Parliament Election. Political observers believe that the party failed to make an impact in the recent assembly elections as it remained soft on Hindutva ideology.
While the party is trying to give equal importance to all major communities in the state as part of its reconstruction exercise, it is quite likely that it will use the Hindutva agenda to boost its chances.
Speaking to TOI, senior functionaries of the RSS and the BJP said: “Till such time a mass leader emerges from our ranks, which may take five to ten years, the party will stick to its core ideology of Hindutva.” There is a possibility. It is a difficult state for us to have a single agenda despite it being Karnataka.”
In view of such a possible policy reboot, the BJP is looking towards right-wing leaders like its national general secretary CT Ravi, Union Minister of State for Agriculture. Shobha Karandlaje and former Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar. speculations are being made Sunil KumarEdiga, who represents the OBCs and is also close to the Sangh Parivar, could be the preferred choice.
Sunil, however, dismissed the speculation and said that he was not in the race for the post of party president, reiterating that caste-based politics is not the true ideology of the BJP. “We are already facing serious shortage of leaders in the state unit. We need to change our caste-based stand and stay true to our Hindu and Hindutva ideologies,” he said.
While the BJP has been branded as a party of Lingayats and Brahmins, the JD(S) has projected itself as a Vokkaliga outfit. On the contrary, Congress has emerged as the biggest beneficiary of caste politics by keeping all the communities in its fold. Given this political reality, the BJP has come to realize that its brand of caste-based politics in Karnataka can take it tantalizingly close to the majority mark, but never beyond it, even if it is caste-based. Don’t skip the matrix completely. Woven into the socio-political fabric of Karnataka.
“Caste matrix will remain at the core of electoral success, we cannot ignore it. For example, if Basavaraj Bommai is elected the leader of the opposition, automatically we will have a leader from the Vokkaliga community who will take charge.” [of state president]BJP state general secretary N Ravi Kumar said.
While the party is trying to give equal importance to all major communities in the state as part of its reconstruction exercise, it is quite likely that it will use the Hindutva agenda to boost its chances.
Speaking to TOI, senior functionaries of the RSS and the BJP said: “Till such time a mass leader emerges from our ranks, which may take five to ten years, the party will stick to its core ideology of Hindutva.” There is a possibility. It is a difficult state for us to have a single agenda despite it being Karnataka.”
In view of such a possible policy reboot, the BJP is looking towards right-wing leaders like its national general secretary CT Ravi, Union Minister of State for Agriculture. Shobha Karandlaje and former Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar. speculations are being made Sunil KumarEdiga, who represents the OBCs and is also close to the Sangh Parivar, could be the preferred choice.
Sunil, however, dismissed the speculation and said that he was not in the race for the post of party president, reiterating that caste-based politics is not the true ideology of the BJP. “We are already facing serious shortage of leaders in the state unit. We need to change our caste-based stand and stay true to our Hindu and Hindutva ideologies,” he said.
While the BJP has been branded as a party of Lingayats and Brahmins, the JD(S) has projected itself as a Vokkaliga outfit. On the contrary, Congress has emerged as the biggest beneficiary of caste politics by keeping all the communities in its fold. Given this political reality, the BJP has come to realize that its brand of caste-based politics in Karnataka can take it tantalizingly close to the majority mark, but never beyond it, even if it is caste-based. Don’t skip the matrix completely. Woven into the socio-political fabric of Karnataka.
“Caste matrix will remain at the core of electoral success, we cannot ignore it. For example, if Basavaraj Bommai is elected the leader of the opposition, automatically we will have a leader from the Vokkaliga community who will take charge.” [of state president]BJP state general secretary N Ravi Kumar said.