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Victory of #ABVP in #DUSUElection2019 shows that the BJP hate machine has planted its seeds firmly in campuses.
Incumbency helps - ppl *feel* that their ABVP campus leader may help them personally by seeking favors from their own BJP govt.
This vicious cycle must end (1/8)
Incumbency helps - ppl *feel* that their ABVP campus leader may help them personally by seeking favors from their own BJP govt.
This vicious cycle must end (1/8)
And it’ll only end when ppl feel that the alternative party is powerful enough to lobby on their behalf & get things done.
Often, ppl throw in their lot with the oppressor because they feel that the alternative party might not have the clout to get things done for them.
(2/8)
Often, ppl throw in their lot with the oppressor because they feel that the alternative party might not have the clout to get things done for them.
(2/8)
For that, mere ideological lip service won’t work.
What ppl need to see is that the alternative - @nsui - can hit the streets, lobby the media, pressure the govt., & even hold the system hostage for students.
Projection of power (real or imagined) is the key (3/8)
What ppl need to see is that the alternative - @nsui - can hit the streets, lobby the media, pressure the govt., & even hold the system hostage for students.
Projection of power (real or imagined) is the key (3/8)
The reality of the BJP/ABVP is that they gang up around their own no matter what.
To defeat them, u need to make EVERY sane student feel they’re a part of a larger cause & that you’ll shake up the system if needed to achieve what’s needed. (4/8)
To defeat them, u need to make EVERY sane student feel they’re a part of a larger cause & that you’ll shake up the system if needed to achieve what’s needed. (4/8)
The BJP/ABVP WILL also absorb every kid into their org even if it is as a “karyakarta” on a membership drive.
An average ABVP karyakarta knows that he has access to an MP of their party (thru a clearly defined org structure).
They feel like they’re “taken care of” (5/8)
An average ABVP karyakarta knows that he has access to an MP of their party (thru a clearly defined org structure).
They feel like they’re “taken care of” (5/8)
Contrast that against an average NSUI worker - how many workers can claim that they can pick up the phone (or write a tweet) on an issue & it’ll be heard/supported immediately without having to “lobby”?
THAT needs to change! (6/8)
THAT needs to change! (6/8)
Of course, it’s easier said than done. But what the INC needs immediately is to improve communication lines between it’s frontals & the party.
It needs to eliminate self-important and vested “gate-keepers”. (7/8)
It needs to eliminate self-important and vested “gate-keepers”. (7/8)
The issue that the INC needs to fix on priority is the lack of a feedback loop. That’s the base of any successful org.
NSUI has an able leadership that can defeat the ABVP.
But it can do so only when it makes every worker feel they’re an important cog in a bigger wheel.(8/8)
NSUI has an able leadership that can defeat the ABVP.
But it can do so only when it makes every worker feel they’re an important cog in a bigger wheel.(8/8)
