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Indian politics would be dull if there was no BJP. It is only with the BJP in the 1990's that India for the first time had an effective opposition party, very important for Democracy, and an alternative government to the corrupt aimless somewhat sinister Congress Party.
Of course you can argue that the other great Democracy, Japan had one party ruling the country for 60 years, under the LDP......But the Congress Party is no LDP, and Indian bureaucrats don't measure up to their Japanese counter-parts.
It is the Japanese bureaucrats who played the primary role in Japanese post war success.
For that reason it is very important for INDIA to have an alternative party to choose from, even within a coalition framework.
So I urge the BJP to get its act together for 2014. The BJP needs to look to the future strategically, beyond their feet if they can as soon as possible. They need to reduce their links with the RSS as their philosophy will NEVER work in India (It will be a disaster)....and thus attempt a reincarnation of the Vajpayee style of government which sets broad horizons, under the cosmopolitan leadership of Arun Jaitley.
