Is this an article or opinion?

If Neena Vyas is reporting on an event, why is she analyzing and presenting her opinions? Why don't "Journalism 101" principles apply when reporting BJP-related events?



The Hindu : National : BJP’s battle cry: prepare for 2009 Lok Sabha elections

But for this to happen the party leadership is acutely aware that it needs to put its house in order: discipline is not what it should be; the cadre-based party has all but disappeared turning the BJP into a mass-based organisation, and with that change have come many ills; the party needs to refurbish its image that took a beating when its MP Babubhai Patel was caught in the human trafficking case; and finally, most importantly, the BJP needs to expand the National Democratic Alliance by wooing and inducting new allies.