India’s Emergent Middle Class

An echo for what we are doing as part of Friends of BJP can be found in an article in today’s Hindustan Times by Ashok Malik:

These are disparate groups but they are waiting to be welded into an all-India constituency. This is India’s emergent middle class, a much larger demographic than anything the country has seen. In 2009, the idea was too radical for the national parties. In the next two years, the Congress and the BJP must prepare.

Friends: We have made the start with our focus on Middle India. We would love to get ideas from you all on how we can keep the movement going beyond May 16? What do you think we should do?

Comments

13 Responses to “India’s Emergent Middle Class”

  1. SURAJ BALIGA on April 16th, 2009 12:21 pm

    well firstly we must not disband our group post election..we must meet bi-annually on republic and independence days’s and review the performance of the govt and provide it our inputs…we must emerge as a pressure group so that every decision that the govt takes or intends to take will surely keep us in mind…also we must focus our efforts in engaging the media and form a pressure group against biased reporting and call their bluff on their face..all in all this elections must be just the beginning and we must all ultimately evlve this INITIATIVE into a MOVEMENT of middle class INDIA of EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT GOVERNANCE…

  2. preetham on April 16th, 2009 12:30 pm

    I am all for this , Starting a social network website was a cool idea.

    1) Time has to come to pull youth to the correct history of India, and we should just push it through just like that, we need to debate with his communist morons who had misused the India History council to make India feel inferior about them. and also try to strip India from it’s Hindu past.

    2) Also constantly expose the Congress government failure( at the moment congress is surviving because of the Media suppress truth and suggest false)

    3) The Friends of BJP should be used to rope in the youth from all fields and make them field proud that we do have good politicians, so that it should ward off cynicism

    4) Friends of BJP should organize at local level on national issue so that the people can push their mind to think that they do have a big country to leave and not just a city.This should revolve around Hindutva(which is not derogatory)

    5)Please tell the truth about the Italian waiter and her son who are all out to destroy the nation’s treasure( The Hindu Mindset). Indians cannot be ruled by foreigners even after one thousand year and specially not by people who are close to the POPE for harvesting souls

    All the best of Friends of BJP.

    Jai Hind

    Hope BJP wins

  3. Balaji on April 16th, 2009 2:59 pm

    Two things are desperately needed by the Indian right.

    1. A CATO like institute to espouse classical liberalism ala free market principles.
    2. A CPAC like convention where right wing forces will meet each year to share their year’s achievements. Not just BJP and Sangh Parivar organizations but also organizations like Rama Krishna Math, Vegetarian groups, classical liberal groups etc.

  4. Media Professional from New York on April 16th, 2009 3:22 pm

    Rajdeep Sardesai, Sagarika Ghose, Barkha Dutt, N Ram, Prannoy Roy, Karan Thapar, Vir Singhvi etc are some of the dangerous traitors living and writing in India. They are dangerous for America, Europe and the rest of the world too in the long run.

    Indians need to expose and discredit these media terrorists.

  5. A.P.Iyer on April 16th, 2009 4:18 pm

    Great. On a different note the voting percentage in Phase 1 seems rather low and that is a very worrying sign. Remember, that more the voting, greater the BJP chances and less the voting, more chances for the likes of congress (this is based on past trends). It happens because when voting is less it is typically the middle class who has not voted.

    Please spread the word among friends and family everywhere to vote at all costs.

  6. Ashok Aggarwal on April 16th, 2009 9:34 pm

    To day big problem for middle classs is to dream career jobs for their children which have been taken away by Mayawati, Ram Bilas Paswan and Jagjiwan Lal etc.

    We desire the agenda of BJP should be to dismiss quota system for these parties to save the General Category otherwise there will be more chapples for BJP leaders.

  7. Rejith Nair on April 17th, 2009 1:38 am

    I profoundly influenced by this innovative approach by a group of professionals who are not the pseudo nationalists. Instead of banking on dynasty idols and their sycophants, BJP is telling the Indians that our country not belongs to a political family and their shrewd, crooked divided and rule politics. Dirty appeasement politics is at its peak. We hope for much needed change. We need self respect and cultural identity that is being lost because of well calculated strategy and its actions by certain western oriented politically biased immature India media and its political mentors in Delhi, bunch of shadowy NGOs headed by double speaking dubious intellectuals and their fund managers in western world.

    I firmly believe, by supporting a nationalist political party I am not against any of my fellow citizens who belong to any other religion, caste, creed and my aim is not to demolish any mosque or cultural identity of any other religion as always being painted by family run media outfits and pseudo secularists in our country. As a nationalist, I am bound to treat all my fellow citizens equal with due respect,courtesy and love.

    We need progress oriented, honest and disciplined leaders like Shri LK Advani, Mr.Narendra Modi, Mr.Arun Jaitley, Mr.Arun Shourie etc to take forward India to the path of development,prosperity and to self dependence.

    We need to educate the illiterate section of educated Indians that India is fast loosing its cultural identity, our morality, self respect, self dependence and our national security. As a professional I would very much like to be part of this initiative. Vande Mataram!.

  8. Virendra Singh on April 17th, 2009 10:48 am

    This is a wonderful movement to rope in the class of people who are in the dormant state politcally. It takes a few drawing room or casual gathering to discuss the topics, issues and impact it has on the people in general or on their loved ones, to move and shake them.
    This is a good medium and also effective to reach a broader mass.

    Virendra Singh

  9. Badrinarayanan Srinivasan on April 17th, 2009 6:23 pm

    Please start a channel for yourself and report what the Christian New Network / Islamic/Isaiah broadcasting Network [CNN/IBN] ignores systematically

    Remember in Tamila Nadu if DMK has a channel , So does the ADMK with its own channel.

    This way if one abuses the other , the other return the favour in same way. If one exposes the other, the other exposes the former tit-for-tat systematically. This ensures that each other are in check and people get both sides of the story.

    Today in india we get only a anti-hindu , anti-bjp and anti-Hindustan story

    These congress men live on our tax money. Have free current free telephone calls free cars free housing…..

    This cannot happen in countries like USA or UK or Canada where accountability is high

    I sincerely request BJP to support or create its own media channel. This will help many youths to get the correct idea

  10. vijay. on April 17th, 2009 9:23 pm

    Hi Dear friends,
    As a staunch supporter of BJP ,here are few inidcators post poll 2009:
    This means for educated class to communicate with each other and their only common thread in this question being the BJP should never be disbanded.
    Who knows one amongst so many friends of BJP can become a great party worker pr a person who can also substantially give great ideas like one Mr .R K Mishra who is brain child behind this website itself.
    Next this entire support of BJP must be carried throughout next 5years or till next elections whenever it is held.
    Let this be a movement rather than anything,just like what JP did in 1975 ,this website can do this slowly but surely.
    Set the house in order,no infighting,get back the old discipline for which the party was known for.
    Be confident and attack the opposition like you did earlier, you have all answers for their questions as well.
    Above all use some means to havea media to project your positive image
    Wish you all the best

  11. Mohan on April 19th, 2009 8:27 pm

    Response to ‘Year Zero, a great political tool?
    19 Apr 2009, TOI online’

    With a ‘no-nonsense’ attitude, that comes naturally to Sree.L.K. Advaniji , he as our next PM will lead the BJP government and move India in the right way, fast. It is irrefutable fact that India’s Hindutva past in Vedic knowledge was indeed such that makes ” the past always appears brighter” in India atleast; for it ( the Vedic times )indeed was that of a people who had superior intelligence and refinement. Our various shastras, Vedas are irrefutable evidence. To make our people achieve this ‘Vedic temper’ is a must and the BJP is committed to this cause as evident in the BJP manifesto under heading ‘ DEFENDING THE CIVILISATION’. No other party has this on the agenda. The Congress at best will try to make their Times Roman, Italic.

    However so that this move to add the best of past glory to our current times does not ‘’loses touch with present reality” the remaining part of the Manifesto and nationalism inherent in the BJP will move India forward.

    Without “rushing to the future” BJP realizes that the future is one present moment at a time, whilst preparing the nation with its solutions for the future. Moving India forward in terms of its economic, and overall quality of life we have so many templates which can be applied , where necessary from our friends in the west particularly the USA. The BJP can and will hopefully implement best practices and consultants from the USA for example in infrastructure, so that the new roads are as per international roads in systems and qualities. Here there is no point in reinventing the wheel. These systems will be applicable on a national basis as much as in banking or the railways. Similarly in all other ministries there is scope and a need. All this because, if we are moving forward, is it not best to follow the leader and be sure as to where we want to move forward. We will be leapfrogging forward, into the future in a time tested way at least in these matters.

    Forward in ‘present reality’ and a return in the intellect of our Vedic times along with the Incredible and Unique Indian challenges all-round which has no peer or template, throws up the challenges on us .The BJP has the right background and uncompromising national
    Fundamentals, intellect, leadership and will address these next dimensions. These are additional dimensions. It is here that the world will follow us too .It is here that we will be of immense advantage to the world at large to address their challenges. Vote BJP as these challenges are best in the hands of BJP and Sri. L.K.Advaniji.

  12. Gireesh Daga on April 20th, 2009 12:32 am

    1)Make available the Adv songs and poems(Suno jara, utho jara Etc) for dialer tones and ringing tones also.
    2)Please crete a suggestion box.
    3)Please invite and encourage articles in Hindi.
    4)Start same movement in other Bhartiya languages also.

  13. Bhavananda on April 20th, 2009 5:09 am

    The most prominent thing that can be done after May 16th is to set up permanent liaisons in all educational and professional institutions to streamline the process of pro-BJP political activism. This way young professionals can be tapped into social work. It needs to be done in a systematic way so that when the impetus of politicking is over, this movement goes on.