The New BJP - Nalin Mehta

Comprehensive book on History and Growth of BJP - gets us a insider view of Party s guiding principles, Electoral Politics, Changing Narratives, Success areas of Current Era of Modi Shah, Conjoint role of Other organisations of Sangh especially the RSS. Book is built on data of candidates across legislative and party positions summarised as Mehta Singh Social Index, Analysis of Nature and frequency of topics of discourse by the various parties  through traditional and social media routes in objective manner resulting in Narad Index. Adding to these Objective analysis are anecdotes, Interviews and Speech Excerpts. 

In its attempt to be Objective book is less perceptive except in very few places  1)Where it clearly links current faultlines with Origins of Sangh  2)Reasons for Rise of woman power in BJP 3) It rises a open academic question on Contours of Third Indian Way against polarities of Capitalism and Communism else where in the world. 

Using Objective Analysis, Book charts BJP s growth as a Rurban and Rural party , Growth in its Women cadre base, How it blended Technology, Cadre Addition , Welfare Politics and Organisational Structure changes in tune with times, Influence of Sangh& RSS and BJP s success story in Karnataka ,NE and if it can be repeated in other southern states. 

Arrival of the Political Automaton

Targeted Welfare kept as a Wheel, Extensive use of Technology for Cadre and Voter enrolment to travel along, Virulent Narratives to keep the Speed, Smart and Stoic enough to take diversions and remain hungry to reach newer spaces. Book details working of this automaton and a template for any party to emulate. This template in way ensures perpetual power for whoever runs it, add to this complying institutions and Media to this, Perpetual Power is a byproduct. 

Another area where this book provides additional light is on Woman voters and Cadre. On Objective view Woman voters are significant reason for BJP s success. Government s welfare wheel runs along Women s life cycle from Birth, Education, Career till Old age, Add to this a perceptive point on  impact of virulent male image like Modi creates in Women Minds. In normal opinion matters it is difficult to establish certainty of what women think and in political milieu it remains all the more elusive. 

Due to its Conjoint position Sangh is able to take stance of varying degree of seriousness separating BJP and other Organisations like RSS, but at same time provide a pipeline of cadre to BJP party and Government. RSS emulating church in its attempt to wrest social control from Church in Northeast, Imma e Hind and Indian Church party are interesting way to look at things. 

Reading the book will make us little wiser we have better stones to pick and hurl at each other now in our everlasting debates or pastimes rather.