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Outlook
Snap ties with the RSS:
Abandon shrill, negative rhetoric:
Give up the Hindutva orientation and the temptation to indulge in minority-bashing:
Transform into a right-wing party similar to the conservatives in the US:
Loksatta
Convert the party into an alliance of regional interests:
Present the governance model:
More space: Sushma Swaraj arrives in Parliament after the BJP’s recent defeat
Present a modern face: Besides Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, the BJP has to project more faces that are modern. It is not just a question of promoting youth; the party's future will be determined by the sort of young leadership that will emerge from the churning. If the party is able to present an appealing image, it will attract talent. Once the honeymoon period is over, the UPA dispensation in Delhi could begin to seem like a privileged club, open only to dynasts, politicians' offspring and the well-heeled. If, by then, the BJP can get its act together, jettison ideological baggage and present modernity, it will be very much in the game again.
