http://www.cocomment.com/comments/doubtinggaurav Copyright 2007 coComment.com 2009-11-25T03:51:38.653+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/images/logo4rss.gif http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=doubtinggaurav&conv=47873&comment_id=76932 Gaurav Apollo, Isn't it a bit unrealistic to hope that India will have a genuine right wing party all of a sudden. In fact in past India has some form of right with Swatantra Party and even Jan Sangh not to mention right in Congress. But they were overwhelmed by the left. The reason for this is obvious, the gist of socialism is "Robbing money is a moral act" and "Poverty is a virtue to be feted", it provides an excuse to the masses to shift the responsibility and consequences of their action onto others. Considering human nature socialism will always have an edge over capitalism in a democracy. By the way it is inaccurate to call Sangh Parivaar socialist, even though one of ideals of BJP is Gandhian socialism (!), as their aim was not distribution of wealth but protection of certain industrialists they were in fact protectionists (which I do not approve of). Atanu, It is unfortunate that Indian academia and polity is infested with scums like communists and socialists. Unless they are weeded (excuse me for the butchering of language), Indian public will continue to be seduced by siren song of socialism Regards 2006-05-25T13:04:22.773+02:00 2006-05-25T13:04:22.773+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=doubtinggaurav&conv=47873&comment_id=76904 Gaurav Apollo The analogy is incorrect. While BJP did oppose reform in 1991, during its tenure (i.e from 1998 to 2004), it shifted to pro reform position. Despite opposition from Sangh parivar, NDA government took measures to open up different sectors (telecom for instance). You should also keep in mind that this was accomplished while balancing 24 partners. In contrast to this under so called reformer the process of reform has stopped and in some cases (oil price control)even reversed. You should also consider that Indian public remains overwhelmingly socialist in outlook. A populace which considers entitlement and mai baap sarkaar as its birthright doesnt endorse free markets in a night, but NDA did try in that direction. In fact "India Shining" campaign while being clueless was overwhelmingly pro poor Regards 2006-05-25T12:26:54.539+02:00 2006-05-25T12:26:54.539+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=doubtinggaurav&conv=28315&comment_id=59773 Gaurav Test 2006-05-06T22:38:44.114+02:00 2006-05-06T22:38:44.114+02:00