We've too many spokespersons these days, says Advani
Express News Service
Posted: Tuesday, Jul 07, 2009 at 1142 hrs IST
Updated: Tuesday, Jul 07, 2009 at 1142 hrs IST
New Delhi: Caught in the throes of a vigorous debate after the party’s debacle in the recent general election, senior BJP leader L K Advani, in an apparent reference to the intra-party feud, on Monday cautioned against the growing trend of “every second leader in the party willing to hold forth on virtually everything to see their name in print and face on television”.
“Hamare yahan pravakta bahut ho gaye hain. Keval akhbar mein naam dekhne ke liye aur television mein chehra dekhne ke liye aatur rehte hain (We are having too many spokespersons in the party these days. They want to see their names in print and see their faces on television),” said Advani, speaking on the birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
“They (this new breed of leaders, who are ever willing to hold forth as 24/ 7 spokespersons) don’t realise or understand the values that Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Deendayal Upadhyaya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee stood for, and the sacrifices that they made for the ideology and the party,” said the senior BJP leader.
A large number of BJP leaders have held forth on reasons for the party’s election defeat, in the media, in the recent weeks, while other leaders have written to the party leadership on the party’s defeat, some of which found their way into the media.
With the BJP at the crossroads, and two competing strands of thought, broadly understood in terms of Hindutva and moderates in the party, Advani also cited Mookerjee’s life and times to stress the need for “alliance building”. “Mookerjee once said that he would have changed the country if he had four or five Deendayal Upadhyayas. He was also acutely aware of the need to end the hegemony of the Congress, a reason why he floated a 21-member anti-Congress alliance, called National Democratic Front, way back in 1952. Our own alliance — National Democratic Alliance — formed under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1998 was named after it,” said Advani.
Citing the examples of Mookerjee and Communist Party of India’s Hiren Mukherjee, who Advani said were the two best parliamentarians in the first Lok Sabha, the senior BJP leader said “today’s leaders perhaps didn’t believe in studying after joining politics”.
Crediting Mookerjee with ensuring the positive changes in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Advani, however, asked the party cadre not to lose heart after the recent defeat. “We have...
Comments
» Shame on RSS/VHP:'S HINDUTVA AND ADVANI'S CULTURAL NATIONALISM:::::::Rapes never reported by Taliban, Maoist, Alqaeda .
Posted by Concerned citizen on 2009-07-08 03:18:11.197464+05:30
BJP stooges have come down to the lowest level of civilization. As such they are overdozed with urinecola.Fascist RSS, Rapist VHP, Lier BJP , its leaders and followrs, admirers are the sick morons.What best can be expected of Urinecola drinkers and Ling worshippers!If you want to do some service then go to Pilgrim centres and work to eradicate spread of AIDS.Romesh sharma and other anonymous writers must accept the facts of JOGINS,Nude Parade in Renkhamba and Uma Bhartis affair with GovinaAcharya, Vijaya rAje Scindy's mouth Kiss.After All RSS/VHP/BJP supports the Gay relationships, what best can be expected of these Junglees?
» Advani
Posted by Avinash on 2009-07-07 23:35:15.773912+05:30
It's a big joke that LKA talks about the values of SP Mukherjee, ABV etc. I think first of all LKA himself has not understood those values, otherwise he would not be running after the PM's chair and hurling (childish) abuses on the personality of MMS, that itself shows that he belongs to what catagory and what kind of values he practices.
» Advani is right !
Posted by DR.KANDHAHAR CHOR MAAKI LOUDA on 2009-07-07 18:23:17.584707+05:30
He may be right. There appears to be a competition in every party, except perhaps CPM.
» Dear Advaniji, please drown yourself and your party in chullu bhar paani
Posted by DR.KANDAHAR CHOR on 2009-07-07 18:00:02.911208+05:30
Dear Advaniji, please drown yourself and your party in chullu bhar paani because your kaali kartuts have reached new heights.
» Where were you at time of elections ?
Posted by Upendra Watwe on 2009-07-07 19:30:25.82993+05:30
Looks you were campaigning for some other party while living safely in a BJP stronghold, thats why you want the leader to drown himself and the party.
» Spokes Persons
Posted by Veer Sain on 2009-07-07 17:59:50.128753+05:30
Advaniji is right and he himself belongs to that category. His disgracefull utterances against the PM had costed BJP votes. He will be better off keeping mum for some time and do some introspection. And to Vajpayee fans, find a life beyond Vajpayee and move on.
» Let us Admit, Advani is not a leader with Mass apeal
Posted by John on 2009-07-07 16:57:12.937621+05:30
Advani cannot be compared to the leaders with enormous mass appeal like Vajpayee or Mahajan. Inability to project a leader who is acceptable to the majority lot is also a failure from BJP's side. Advaniji may be a very good leader, but BJP need a more common face similar ti that of Vajpayee or Mahajan, if they are to win mass appeal again.
» BJP
Posted by NIRANJAN on 2009-07-07 16:47:53.050236+05:30
ITS TOO BAD THAT BJP CAN HANDLE NEITHER BEING IN POWER NOR OUT OF POWER!
» malpractices in elections
Posted by ysm on 2009-07-07 16:15:49.037824+05:30
what about the gains in uttrakhand,punjab,gujrat,west bengal,up etc where congress is not in power and EVMS were used.what about 2004 and 1999 when bjp was in power.
» Too many spokesperson in BJP
Posted by Luv Kumar Shinghal on 2009-07-07 16:01:29.031212+05:30
I agree with Shri L K Advani and hope the messag is given to the leaders
» spokeperson!
Posted by swaminathan on 2009-07-07 15:27:59.762543+05:30
BJP's presence to be increased in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra and W.B.They shuld not target a community but target the party which pleases them. Tell the other community how the party bias the minorities for vote and others are deprived. Once the majority understands BJP acan sweep the votes which they want.II grade laders are to wait. Let rajnath. yaswant know south of vindhya no boby knows them.
