The history of Hindu centric politics
The All India Jana Sangh Party was founded in Delhi in 1951 and since 1921, a strong Hindu front was created to counter the Muslim-dominated politics of the Congress. In the first general election, the Jana Sangh got 3.06 percent of the votes and three MPs including Dr. Mukherjee were elected. The Jana Sangh was given the status of a national party. A 'National Democratic Alliance' was formed in Parliament under the leadership of Dr. Mukherjee. The Akali Dal, Republican Council, Hindu Mahasabha, Tamil Nadu Workers' Party, Commonwealth Party, Dravidian Kagham, Loksevak Sangh and 38 MPs (32 Lok Sabha and 6 Rajya Sabha MPs) were in this alliance. Thus, the president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Dr. Mukherjee, was the first informal opposition leader in the country.
Although the Jana Sangh had the strength of mostly hardline Hindus, it was difficult to have a party that only included Hindus to do politics on a national level. Still, the momentum that the Jana Sangh made in the early days was remarkable.the Bharatiya Janata Party was founded in 1980 by Lal Krishna Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee from the Jan Sangh Party, and an attempt was made to change the party from being a Hindu-only party to being an all-religious party. while working as a party at the national level, a tremendous effort has to be made to accommodate all religions, castes, and sects, and for that, the core values of the party have to be sacrificed. In the early days of the BJP in the 1980s, they had to face such a situation, but by overcoming this and on occasion, by holding fast to their principles and not hurting public sentiment, Atal ji saved that time. In the early days of the Congress, this organization was built by Hindus and despite the fact that the Congress party was a Hindu party, the Congress tried very hard to erase that identity and as part of that effort, it divided its own votes by formulating a Muslim-centric policy. Even today, in the last days of the Congress, Congress workers are seen struggling with its principles and ideology. These Muslim-centric policies, confused like soldiers running wild in a war, can be seen going to extremes for the sake of the policy.
Fortunately, when the Jan Sangh was transformed into the Bharatiya Janata party even though the hardline Hindus got a platform, the top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata party seem to be taking full care that while doing politics at the national level, they make their policies wisely at the state level and maintain their power in all the states.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has learned the clever trick of using Hindu votes only when elections are approaching, and it is clear that Atal Bihari Vajpayee's teaching that Hindus are hardline and superior in principle and loyalty is slowly fading away.
It seems that the Bharatiya Janata Party is falling short somewhere in adopting a strict policy in protecting Hindus, be they Bangladeshi Hindus or Pakistani Hindus. The senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party need to pay more attention to this and it is necessary to do Hindu-centric politics, economics, and social work, only then will this tide of Hindu votes remain in their favor, otherwise it will not take long for the Bharatiya Janata Party to become the Congress.
Although the Jana Sangh had the strength of mostly hardline Hindus, it was difficult to have a party that only included Hindus to do politics on a national level. Still, the momentum that the Jana Sangh made in the early days was remarkable.the Bharatiya Janata Party was founded in 1980 by Lal Krishna Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee from the Jan Sangh Party, and an attempt was made to change the party from being a Hindu-only party to being an all-religious party. while working as a party at the national level, a tremendous effort has to be made to accommodate all religions, castes, and sects, and for that, the core values of the party have to be sacrificed. In the early days of the BJP in the 1980s, they had to face such a situation, but by overcoming this and on occasion, by holding fast to their principles and not hurting public sentiment, Atal ji saved that time. In the early days of the Congress, this organization was built by Hindus and despite the fact that the Congress party was a Hindu party, the Congress tried very hard to erase that identity and as part of that effort, it divided its own votes by formulating a Muslim-centric policy. Even today, in the last days of the Congress, Congress workers are seen struggling with its principles and ideology. These Muslim-centric policies, confused like soldiers running wild in a war, can be seen going to extremes for the sake of the policy.
Fortunately, when the Jan Sangh was transformed into the Bharatiya Janata party even though the hardline Hindus got a platform, the top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata party seem to be taking full care that while doing politics at the national level, they make their policies wisely at the state level and maintain their power in all the states.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has learned the clever trick of using Hindu votes only when elections are approaching, and it is clear that Atal Bihari Vajpayee's teaching that Hindus are hardline and superior in principle and loyalty is slowly fading away.
It seems that the Bharatiya Janata Party is falling short somewhere in adopting a strict policy in protecting Hindus, be they Bangladeshi Hindus or Pakistani Hindus. The senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party need to pay more attention to this and it is necessary to do Hindu-centric politics, economics, and social work, only then will this tide of Hindu votes remain in their favor, otherwise it will not take long for the Bharatiya Janata Party to become the Congress.
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