Congress riding SP's bicycle punctured by JMM's arrow in the dark as RJD+LJP shut the lantern and NCP's clock is ticking.
Thats the story of UPA this elections, none of there partners are happy with the seat sharing arrangements and fighting with each other and with the oldest pseudo-secular party Congress on there home turf. Its LJP+RJD in Bhiar against Congress, its JMM vs Congress in Jharkhand, its SP vs Congress in UP but they call it friendly fights for there aspirations.
If I am not getting it wrong then these aspirations is not to have a stable pre-poll alliance for a constructive alternative as a national alliance for Indian polity, but to have the necessary strength to bargain for portfolios after the election if and only if the UPA wins the majority. It is also for there individual gains that these pseudo-secular parties cannot say they are not in alliance because then it makes them completely irrelevant in politics. Congress can not leave RJD and manage to win in Bihar, JMM and Congress can not leave each other and win in Jharkand. NCP after such hard talk and playing hide and seek can not leave Congress in Maharashtra and risk itself to become irrelevant and same is true for Congress in the state. All these parties have just one common goal and that is to be in power and share and loot the public money as long as they are in power for
It is true that BJP is not comfortable with alliances either but its not diminishing as Congress is across the length and breadth of Indian diaspora. In-fact BJP has much to gain these elections as it is contesting more and more seats and the Left is loosing ground in its own jungles. In all these permutation and combination which every party is trying to figure out and come up with wining alliance after the elections one thing is clear that they all are playing wait and watch game where they can bargain for portfolios of there choices at the end of the biggest political game on earth, that is Indian politics.
Comment if I am wrong but in all these the only party which seems serious about the state of the nation and governance, economy, agricultural etc. is BJP which from time to time have come up with splendid policies e.g. IT VISION policy of BJP, ONE RANK ONE PENSION for defense personnel, completion of GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL, RIVER LINKING etc.
It criticizes the government on valid points that of !>failure in economic front, @>failure on containment of terrorism, #>pseudo-secular policies and outlook with narrow vision, $>incompetent leadership etc.
Rest as they say will be history once the elections are over. So vote intelligently.
I am not a too pro-BJP guy and i am not pro-Congress either. I hate Left also.
ReplyDeleteBut here are some points ..
1) failure on the economic front cannot be blamed on governments, for that matter all world governments failed at it. Its part of the God's equation, and nobody can help it.
2) failure on containment of terrorism, a little incompetent at it. I admire BJP for the Kargill war, but that one was a more serious breach on the borders.
3) I will agree with you on the outlook with narrow vision and psuedo-secular policies, congress has always done it and the system will react to it very badly in next 1-2 years.
4) Incompetent leadership : Is also not a great thing to say, BJP did not fared any better when it was at the center, in the leadership category.
Though my vote will go to BJP.