IT IS IN A NECK DEEP CRISIS

The six years reign of BJP clearly demonstrated its neo-liberal tendencies. Although these policies benefited only a few giant Corporates, the BJP had the audacity to claim that India was shining and went into the campaign with that slogan for the 2004 elections with the so-called feel good factor as a additional catch word. However, the under privileged and poor who were literally mocked by this slogan rejected this thesis totally and the BJP was badly humbled in the 2004 elections. After the debacle, BJP was unable to distinguish itself from the Congress in terms of economic policies as it was perceived to be even more neo-liberal than the Congress which atleast trumpeted the Aam-Aadmi slogan as a catch word and had the gumption to admit that India was not shining. With its ideological sheen already worn off with its flip-flops on the dear issues it projected, it could not present itself a viable alternative with the economic policies being even more pro-rich than the Congress.