Nitin Gadkari

Many are surprised by the “lack of wisdom” of the BJP in choosing its next President. Many have blamed Raj Nath Singh for the failure of BJP in the last parliamentary elections. Both groups are wrong. Indian electorate has limited understanding of the history of India, and its political and socio economic realities. Poor judgment by national leaders in trusting Nehru’s personal integrity and his commitment to the Indian democracy is the first reason for this tragedy. We cannot ignore the fact that Nehru systematically made it a priority to control, guide and direct Indian National Congress and the nation into making it an empire for his descendents. His daughter and grandson did nothing better to change the situation. On top of it are the sycophants whose absolute subservience to the leadership which made the Congress Party anti people.

India is a complex society. Integrating that society is not an easy task. Public opinion has a definite role in integrating social behavior. Media also has a role and responsibility in this context. Judiciary and law enforcement agencies have a superior role, because they have knowledge and experience in matters related to social conditions, social transformation, individual behavior of people and group behavior of individuals in the society. Societies with common objective, in which individuals and groups with definite knowledge in their allotted fields perform their role, function without conflict.

In the name of secularism, governments both at the center and in states are discriminating Hindus. On the one hand government confiscates temple collections and distributes to help Muslim and Christian causes. On the other, the government is pampering minorities by way of various appeasement programs at the expense of the majority population. We must find ways to stop government discrimination against our lives and faith in the name of secularism. People can not control governments’ action except by stopping donation to temples, which will in turn hurt Hindu causes. Hindus don’t have right to protect Muslim and Christian influences spreading around temples or disallowing illegal business activity like slaughtering or selling meat in temple premises. However, Hindus rarely participate in any business activity in and around Churches and mosques or distribute literature in those premises.

Saugato Banerjee’s writings show that he has a perfect understanding of the social, cultural, religious and political future of India. His knowledge of the demographic history of India and his forecast of the future demographic characteristics is accurate except with slight difference. My conclusion is that his forecast is a fait accompli. I can cite several reasons for that conclusion.

Demographic perspectives

Let us now consider the demographic characteristics of those countries.

1. India has a population of about 1.17 billion, out of which Hindus are 80.5%, 13.4% Muslims. India’s ethnic groups are 72% Indo Aryan and rest others. About 25% are classified as Dravidian.
2. Pakistan has a population of 176.2 million people out of which 95% are Muslims and 5% others. More than 37% of its population is under the age of 14 years. Pakistanis, most of who were Indio Aryans are no longer so. They are Sunni 75%, Shia 20% divided into Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 13.
3. In Bangladesh, the population is 156 million people out of which 83% are Muslims and 16% are Muslims. Ethnically they are all Bangla. 4.