Mr Engineer's credentials as a crusader or secular guru (founder of Centre for Study of Society and Secularism,) is not quite reflected in the article; instead he has honestly tried to spew his displeasure as much as he can towards the BJP, wearing his secular mask.

But he did not have much choice, as the BJP won in three states out of four with a comfortable margin and without playing the Hindutva card. From a mere 2 Lok Sabha seats in 1984 to 196 seat in 1999, it would be great injustice to the Indian constitution and people if we say that the BJP has won all these seats riding the Hindutva chariot. I know so many people who cannot be termed as Muslim-bashers or communal but voted for the BJP. The BJP-led Vajpayee government has 16 major political parties including Mamata's Trinamul, Naidu's Telegu Desham, Sharad Yadav's Janata Dal, and George Fernandes's Samata. Mamata, Naidu, Yadav and Fernandes by no means can be tagged as communal. So, the time has come for the our great secularist thinkers, (I refer to the likes of Praful Bidwai, AG Noorani, MJ Akbar, Niloofar Sarwardi etc) to rediscover the root cause of the BJP's success. It is definitely not Hindutva or Hinduism. It is something else. It is a mobilisation against extreme Islamic Fundamentalism worldwide, which is an unforeseen danger from 1.3 billion people and 57 countries.