THE QUESTIONS
1. What if BJP emerges with
numbers to form the government in Jammu & Kashmir?
2. If it indeed happens, will it
be another testimony to the Modi Wave/Modi Factor?
3. What will/should matter more for BJP
- the final outcome or the way to final outcome? Even if it emerges as the
second largest party as the exit polls project, it is expected to have numbers
to manage the numbers to form the government in the state.
4. What if BJP wins numbers on
its own? Will it follow what it has been saying - on Article 370 and other
important issues related to the state?
5. Or, will it be forced to
continue with the stand that it had to adopt before approaching the elections -
putting on hold, looking to ensure the ground first - with fears of civil
unrest in the Valley?
6. What will happen to the BJP
agenda on Article 370 if it forms a government in coalition with other
stakeholders in the state?
7. Can this 'ideological' issue
for BJP take back seat given the fact that Narendra Modi and the Union
Government have failed, so far, in containing the provocative remarks and acts
of Hindu nationalism by RSS, its affiliates and some BJP members.
8. What if BJP is not able to
form the government but registers a fascinating show by emerging as the second
largest party in J&K, an allegedly communal party with Hindu Nationalism
elements in the only Muslim state of India, wouldn't it be a big achievement
for such a party even if it scores a handsome second place that doesn't allow
it to form the government, given the fact that it will be doing so at the cost
of one mainstream J&K party (National Conference, in government now) and
Congress, the national party and a big political force in J&K so far?
9. BJP winning or becoming the
main political opposition - will it alter the political discourse in India?
10. How will it alter the
political discourse in India - has it the potential to rewrite the 'secular Vs
Communal' discourse in Indian polity?
11. BJP winning or becoming the
main political opposition - if it happens so, will it result in increased
acceptability for BJP giving it the makeover of being a national party with
presence across India and across religions?