Mail sent to a leader of BJP urging the BJP, Tamil Nadu to contest all 40 seats

Respected Ji,

Namaste.

Now that you told me that you are checking Emails regularly, I am writing to you for you to decide and act immediately.

I heard that BJP Tamil Nadu unit seems to have decided to contest only 12 or 15 seats in the upcoming elections. This would be disastrous for the party as it will make the cadre and voter base simply vanish. I dont understand the logic of contesting only this tiny number of seats. 15 LS seats mean that we contest only about 90 assembly segments and our voter base would vanish. How is this fair ??

If this happens then when will we work to improve our cadre base and penetration ? All the other parties would not even think of alliance with us in the future if we do not even contest elections and that too as a national party is it not our first priority to contest the parliamentary elections ? It is well understood that our party would not perform well in Tamil Nadu may be except two or three seats that are our forte. Then why should we shy away from contesting other seats ?

It is well accepted that our vote share does not matter to any other party for them to consider us for an alliance. If we are not contesting in support of ADMK, whom we may think would support us after the elections, then where is the necessity even to fight the 15 seats? The ADMK never acknowledges us and therefore why should we acknowledge them ? If our victory in getting votes results in some party losing some seats that itself would be a victory for us.

Moreover if the cadre and voters of BJP do not have any direction or if they are clueless then what will happen to their morale ?
If for example, Shri. Suriji is a registered voter at Central chennai and there is no candidate there, then in that case for whom would he vote ? Will he vote an independent, or AIADMK or DMK alliance ? if it is ADMK then is it not voting the communists ? If it is DMK is it not Congress ? Is this not a very pathetic position not only for the party but also for the last voter who would vote for us ?

We obviously cannot spend to the tune of DMK or ADMK and that does not matter for our electoral prospects. Whatever is supposed to be the money that the party is willing to spend on the candidates could be spent on the important seats and all other candidates could be told that they will have to manage themselves. It is more than enough if the candidates do the rounds and the people are not fools and they know instantly as to who is contesting and would vote if we just make the rounds. Booth committees, elaborate campaigning etc are not necessary at all since anyway we cannot even match the DMK or the ADMK even 10%.. But that should not put us in the bad light. Our duty is to fight and let us do it. There is nothing shameful or embarrassing in losing, but it is the greatest shame if we do not fight at all. Not only our enemies will ridicule us, our own family and friends would also ridicule us and moreover our own conscience would torment us forever. That is what Lord Krishna says in Bhagvadgita. ( Chapter II verses 33 to 39)

Therefore please do something to make us contest all 40 seats.

Thanking you

Ever in the Service of the motherland.

S. Subramaniam Balaji