Though the BDP was a constructive Party with a solid backbone and foresight as shown by the National Principles, it was not disposed to blind faith in preconceived doctrines.
It was then, a constructive organisation in which participatory democracy and a pragmatic political approach remained key and cardinal. The BDP could then pride self in the fact that no member had been expelled, suspended, marginalised or treated unkindly for differing with commonly held views.