Advani to go to the Barrack way !

I got a chance to look at Advaniji's website , a cool one that too !

http://www.lkadvani.in/eng/

I couldn't help notice that a lot of lessons seem to have been drawn from the Obama campaign .

Some similarities that I noticed

• Campaign Donations
• T-shirts Vs Advani's book
• Links to videos on Youtube
• Blog Vs. Forum in the Advani website.

Interestingly while the Obama website is all "blue" , the Advani website consciously avoids the "Saffron" colour . Perhaps , an indication that the BJP is trying to shed its Hindutva image knowing pretty well that the Congress is going to heavily play the secular card in the coming elections . The ISSUES category in the website has a whole section on Cultural Nationalism where a lot of attention has been paid towards projecting the secular image . Really interesting !

But sadly they seem to be openly supporting the Telangana issue , obviously , an aim at getting a huge chunk of those votes . I do not have much background on the Telangana issue yet . I need to read up on it a bit more . But , personally , the feeling that I have is that there is no need for separation into another state . Telangana , is not exactly what you would call resource-rich . It is one of the driest regions of Andhra Pradesh . So the rationale originally expressed in the Chhatisgarh , Jharkand , Uttaranchal cases does not hold good here . Andhra is not exactly as big as Bihar , UP or MP either . Why does Telangana have to secede away from Andhra then ? I need to perhaps read a bit more about it and put up a post one of these days .

Coming back to the website , the rest seems to be the usual rhetoric ! These elections are going to be a real political treat to watch . Advani has made the first step . Sonia and Prime Ministerji , are you watching ?