What next, Development or Hindutva?

Modi favours development

The hardcore hindutva is likely to make a comeback if mood of sant samaj is anything to go by. Ram mandir, uniform civil code and article 370 which catapulted NDA to the power in 1990s, are all set to return to the Indian body politik. The could be many ifs and buts within the NDA but BJP is left with no alternatives.

Many in the BJP would not buy this logic that development plank should be done away with, which is, in fact, paying rich dividends irrespective of party lines, ideologies or the state.

The  third time Gujarat chief chief minister, Narendra Modi, who came to power in the early 2000s riding on a popular Hindu wave almost negated the Hindu agenda preached by Sangh Parivar and most prominently by the VHP.

The religious amalgamation of alkali dal and BJP is tried and tested over the years but they came back to power on the promise of development overdose.

Who could be better example than Nitish kumar or vikas purush, as he is popularly named by his friends and foes.

There could be umpteen example, where development became rule of the game. One can slightly tweak with them but one can't change the formula.

Then where BJP stands? On the question of ideology, leadership and likely path it's going to take in months to come.

Off course, there would be immense pressure from the sangh  on the BJP to adapt tried and tested formula of Ram mandir. Easier said than done, it's fraught with the risks of being alienated. NDA has to weave a cohesive coalition and widen it's network. And Role of BJP would be watched keenly by the forces opposed to Them. How their Mahakumbh moments is going to be?