Civilising the BJP

The BJP may appear confused in its present moment of crisis but it can little disassociate itself from the Hindutva movement that was responsible for its attaining national prominence in the early 1990s. Those hoping for the BJP reinventing itself as a new right-of-centre party may well be disappointed, for it is the BJP that needs the RSS organisational structure and the committed cadres of the Sangh parivar more, especially during election time.