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  1. DK, an extract from a recent article of mine Here is a brief on all important political parties in India and their voter bases (in brackets): BJP (religion), Shiv sena (religion, dynasty), INC (Muslims(religion)), dynasty), Muslim Leagues(religion), Akali (religion), SP (clan, dynasty), BSP (Dalits), DMK, AIDMK (Dravidian Identity, parochial.), - JD(U), YSR Congress, TMC, Biju JD, are all parochial. AAP is a relatively new party and the Left as an ideology is almost extinct in India. Only a couple of parties from these have a national identity, so essential to grow, develop and be counted in the elite Nations of the world. All parties are obviously pursing diverse politics by cozying up to their respective voter bases. None of these parties are really “secular” unless “secular” refers to only wooing Muslims. So, secularism falls flat on its face even before Indian politics is discussed. Gaining and staying in power is the ultimate aim of all political dispositions. Except for two, the BJP and INC, no party can boast of a real national presence. While regional parties come to power in the federal states with a parochial agenda, it has always been a worry for India in the past few decades as to who will rule at the Centre. “It is time we Indians, stopped fooling ourselves with this misplaced sense of secularism. Except pity, all other emotions including tolerance are a two-way traffic, unless as they say one wants to “play politics”. But then on the final count in India, as elsewhere in democracies, politics is a game ultimately played with people’s emotions. The Nation does not progress on emotions. The delivery of progress and development to the people is the only long-term sustaining factor. Yet in a diverse and very big democracy like India, the Nation has to have an emotive rallying point. initiated by a majority of like minded people and carried by all citizens. A simplistic example is the way the nation is moved by cricket. For one of the only surviving ancient civilizations like India, falling back on the still valued ideals and ideas of those times is in no way anti “secular”, if it can unite a nation with a bit of tolerance and understanding from the “minority”, so to speak. “ Tailpiece: Again, I say… Leave I N C to professionals
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