After much deliberation, the BJP has finally zeroed in on five factors which it claims could be responsible for the party’s debacle in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha poll. Of these, two are related to the role of the party’s main strategist, Arun Jaitley.
This exercise, however, did not include questions about the party leadership at the local, state and top level or any questions about its ideologies, such as, Hindutva.
The BJP had earlier set up a central team to analyse the reasons for their poll debacle. The names of the team members were not revealed to mediapersons or outsiders.
However, as a result of the series of leaks from the party — first of the letters of protest from some of its leaders and then, the leaking of details of the discussions at the closed-door national executive meeting — the names of the three committee members came to the fore.
The committee has reportedly added new members. So now, apart from Bal Apte, Ram Naik and Thaver Chand Gehlot, Chandan Mitra, Ram Lal and Murlidhar Rao would also be on the committee.
Central leaders have formed teams and each has been assigned a state. Every team has been handed a questionnaire.
BJP leader Shanta Kumar will be sent to Delhi, where the BJP suffered severe and successive defeats, while Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Kaptan Singh Solanki will be sent to Rajasthan to conduct the exercise. Ravi Shankar Prasad and Kiran Maheshwari will be sent to Uttar Pradesh, while Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Kiran Ghai will be sent to Jharkhand.
The teams will collect the information from various states and give the feedback to the central committee, which will compile, collate and examine the feedback and then draft a report based on it. The report is likely to be discussed at the ‘chintan baithak’ which is slated to be held some time after the Parliament budget session beginning July 2.
Questions BJP will ask people How was the election management in the state?
How was the election campaign, publicity and strategy managed and what were the issues taken up and the issues that actually mattered?
What was the organisational preparation of the party like?
What were the expectations of the party as compared to the results?
Any suggestions?
