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BJP TODAY<br />

December 16--31, 2004 - Vol. 13, No. 24<br />

Dear Colleagues,<br />

'Stand like a rock against anti-Hindu forces'<br />

Meeting of the National Executive<br />

Ranchi - November 24-26, 2004<br />

Presidential speech by<br />

Shri L.K. Advani<br />

I welcome you all to this meeting of the National Executive here in Ranchi.<br />

This is the first meeting of the National Executive after the National Council assembled in<br />

New Delhi on October 27 and formally elected me as the <strong>Party</strong> president.<br />

It is taking place in the aftermath of two state assembly elections and before three<br />

upcoming state assembly elections.<br />

Outcome of recent assembly elections<br />

The results of the assembly polls in Maharashtra were truly disappointing to all of us. On<br />

the basis of performance, the Congress-NCP combine least deserved a renewed mandate,<br />

just as, judged by the criterion of performance, the NDA certainly deserved to win a fresh<br />

mandate. We thus see a certain disconnect between performance in government and<br />

performance in elections. I am not saying that such disconnect exists in every election.<br />

Nevertheless, it is a phenomenon that deserves a serious study.<br />

It appears that lack of proper and sustained coordination between the BJP and the Shiv<br />

Sena, our alliance partner in Maharashtra, at various levels was one of the principal<br />

reasons for our defeat in the elections. We should learn the right lessons from this in<br />

evolving our strategy for the forthcoming elections.<br />

I wish to congratulate our unit in Arunachal Pradesh for their impressive performance in<br />

the recent elections. Contesting on our own, we won 9 seats in the Assembly. We had<br />

also won both the Lok Sabha seats in the state. This shows the keen desire of the people<br />

of the North-East to see that the BJP emerges as a major political force in the region, to<br />

serve as a resolute defender of national unity and as a champion of peace, development<br />

and social harmony.<br />

Three crucial elections ahead<br />

In the months to come, we will face three crucial elections in Bihar, Jharkhand and<br />

Haryana. Our objective in these elections is clear.<br />

Jharkhand: In Jharkhand, we must strive to win a fresh mandate. Despite all the odds,<br />

our government here has performed fairly well. Indeed, many of the difficulties it faced<br />

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