{"id":4095,"date":"2007-03-29T11:55:20","date_gmt":"2007-03-29T11:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2007\/03\/communal-and-populist-politics-only-way-get-elected-india-now\/"},"modified":"2007-03-29T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2007-03-29T11:55:20","slug":"communal-and-populist-politics-only-way-get-elected-india-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2007\/03\/communal-and-populist-politics-only-way-get-elected-india-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Communal and populist politics the only way to get elected in India now?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I guess the best way to win.. even for good people now is to appease the minorities and start shouting in support of the common but do nothing!! Even Naidu has started talking of reservations for the Muslims!!<\/p>\n

I sincerely believe that just like the Churches in the US are playing a strong part in its politics, similarly the numerous Gurus and Pandits and temples should also play a part and sound the normal man on how much trouble these short sighted and thoroughly communal idiots are going to wreak on our nation\u2026 for a long term!!<\/p>\n

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Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu has promised to take a re-look at reforms and implement Muslim reservations as the party enters its silver jubilee on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I guess the best way to win.. even for good people now is to appease the minorities and start shouting in support of the common but do nothing!! Even Naidu has started talking of reservations for the Muslims!!<\/p>\n

I sincerely believe that just like the Churches in the US are playing a strong part in its politics, similarly the numerous Gurus and Pandits and temples should also play a part and sound the normal man on how much trouble these short sighted and thoroughly communal idiots are going to wreak on our nation… for a long term!!<\/p>\n

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Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu has promised to take a re-look at reforms and implement Muslim reservations as the party enters its silver jubilee on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-india","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nIs Communal and populist politics the only way to get elected in India now?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I guess the best way to win.. even for good people now is to appease the minorities and start shouting in support of the common but do nothing!! Even Naidu has started talking of reservations for the Muslims!! 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