Rule or Govern Mr. Vajpayee!!

Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee has asked his partymen to learn from left how to get re-elected. The purpose of re-election for him is to rule. In this context he said, "People praised our work but did not renew their mandate to rule."

I don't agree with you Mr. Vajpayee that the purpose of getting elected and then re-elected is to rule. First, getting re-elected is not the end but means to achieve the end, which is providing good governance. Second, people elect their representatives and not their rulers. Third, people want their representatives to collectively govern the affairs of the nation in an effective, efficient and transparent manner.

The art to getting re-elected is not aping the left but providing better governance. The unfortunate part here is that majority of people and parties, left or right or middle, ask people to cast a negative vote against their opponent. If you think that BJP asked for a positive vote then I would say that it was asked in a negative manner. This negative aspect of BJP electioneering had hurt the people in some manner and result was the defeat of BJP.

It is further unfortunate that BJP has not been able to draw right lessons from its defeat. With this negative mindset, Mr. Bajpayee, BJP will never get re-elected.