BJP’s missing diagnosis: Why couldn’t the Sangh Parivar hear the young?

. As the cadre becomes part of the state machinery, its ability to gauge the public mood diminishes. And a centralised high command that directs the political message without enough consultation — and criticism — means too many messengers worry they will get shot (File photo) Some basic political facts remain unchanged in the aftermath of the protest that began over a month ago at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, spread to other cities and resulted in the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as Union education minister on July 25. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was, before Saturday and remains today, the single-largest party in the parliament of the world’s largest democracy. Seventeen states have BJP chief ministers and four more are from partners in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). This ele