Posted on 05/13/2004 5:52:23 PM PDT by ambrose
POLL-GU-VHP
Disdain for Hindus; Muslim appeasement led to BJP defeat: VHP
AHMEDABAD, MAY 13 (PTI) In a stinging criticism of BJP and its allies, Gujarat unit of VHP today said the saffron party has been rejected by the masses for showing "disdain for Hindu agenda" and policy of "Muslim appeasement".
"The results are an eyeopener for BJP-led NDA coalition which has shown utter contempt for the Hindu agenda. They crossed all limits of Muslim appeasement, which has been outrightly rejected by the masses", VHP general secretary Dilip Trivedi said in a statement reacting to Lok Sabha poll outcome.
Trivedi said, "the BJP had left no stone unturned in pleasing the Muslims to garner votes by promising jobs to two crore Urdu teachers, financial assistance to madrasas and propogating that masses in Pakistan also want Vajpayee as the the Prime Minister of India".
However, Congress must remember that it was the same Muslim appeasement that had brought down its government in the past, he added.
Looking at articles prior to the election, it appears that BJP/VHP was making a heavy and sustained effort to win over Muslim voters. Surprise surprise, guess what happened? The Muslims still voted like Muslims, but BJP/VHP's base was demoralized and turned off on election day..
Hey, Kerry thinks we should negotiate with these people through the United Nations.
This election result is a bright spot for Christians in India. The BJP party was nationalistic Hindu and anti-Christian. There has been far more persecution of Christians under BJP than previously under the long reign of the Congress-I party. Hopefully this will turn around now that Congress-I is back.
GOP made the same mistake in so many lessons, such as in 1998.
The VHP(world hindu council) had no real role in the election campaign-the BJP&VHP are affiliated to a larger Hindu organisation called the RSS(national volunteer corps) -where the BJP can be considered the political arm&the VHP the SS.The VHP has no qualms about spitting out vitriol against anyone&everybody beit muslims,Christians or even BJP functionaries on the charge that they are not "hindu" enough-The muslims may have voted like muslims-but who can blame them-they did so for bare survival for the VHP has been at the fore-front of violence against them,christian missionaries,liberals ,playwrights&what not-in other words they do the dirty work of the RSS&BJP.
DID U KNOW-that VHP has a more sympathetic support base in the USA&the UK than in India&gets massive donations from there
Makes sense. India is a Hindu nation and deserves to remain that way. BJP at least tried to keep the Islamics under control. Now it is party time again for the Islamics.
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