07-25-2005, 05:42 AM
BIG MOUTH!......
<b>As Cong weakens, time ripe for new alignment: Amar </b>
Pioneer News Service/ New Delhi
Samajwadi Party strongly feels that after one year of UPA rule at the Centre, the Congress is fast losing its support base across the nation making the emergence of a third alternative inevitable.
Strident in his criticism of the Congress, Mr Singh has said that the Congress' popularity has declined rapidly in the states it is ruling and its situation has gone from bad to worse in states where it is in the Opposition.
"Look at Andhra Pradesh. The Congress has become so unpopular there that anytime elections are held there, Chandrababu Naidu is bound to stage a spectacular comeback," he said.
"Similarly, in Bihar, the situation for the Congress is equally pathetic as the next Assembly elections is going to see a direct fight between the NDA and the RJD," he said, adding, "in West Bengal, the fight is going to be between the Trinamool Congress and the Left Front."
Mr Singh saw no future for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh where it has launched a virtual crusade against the Samajwadi Party. "Let them say what they want to say about the Mulayam Singh Government. It is not going to improve their situation in any way," he asserted.
Mr Singh was equally critical of the BJP, saying it was in shambles with the RSS trying to dictate the course of its politics. "The soul of the BJP, which is the RSS, is now questioning the integrity of the party president, and the BJP leaders are unsure whether to go with the Sangh or the party. It is a ridiculous situation," he said.
"The nation's politics is headed for a new experiment. The support base of the Congress and the BJP are eroding and the thrust of political discourse is going to move away from the divisive communal-secular line," said Mr Singh.
Claiming that the debate on "communalism" and secularism has become a joke, Mr Singh pointed out many of the parties like the DMK, PMK and MDMK, and the LJP, which were part of the NDA government, have today come under the umbrella of the UPA. "I see no reason, why these parties could not be part of an alternative alliance once again when the opportunity arises. The Congress attempt to make them toe its line in the name of secularism is not going to work any more," he said.
Mr Singh said that both the BJP and the Congress were engaging in votebank politics and were ignoring the core concern of the common man. "The common man is today disillusioned. He feels cheated. The time is ripe for a new realignment," he said, without explaining how and when it will happen.
Clarifying that he was not talking about the formation of any anti-Congress or anti-BJP poll front, Mr Singh said that in the days ahead, these two national parties were going to be so badly marginalised that they could be easily excluded from any exercise at of formation of a third and stable government at the Centre.
<b>As Cong weakens, time ripe for new alignment: Amar </b>
Pioneer News Service/ New Delhi
Samajwadi Party strongly feels that after one year of UPA rule at the Centre, the Congress is fast losing its support base across the nation making the emergence of a third alternative inevitable.
Strident in his criticism of the Congress, Mr Singh has said that the Congress' popularity has declined rapidly in the states it is ruling and its situation has gone from bad to worse in states where it is in the Opposition.
"Look at Andhra Pradesh. The Congress has become so unpopular there that anytime elections are held there, Chandrababu Naidu is bound to stage a spectacular comeback," he said.
"Similarly, in Bihar, the situation for the Congress is equally pathetic as the next Assembly elections is going to see a direct fight between the NDA and the RJD," he said, adding, "in West Bengal, the fight is going to be between the Trinamool Congress and the Left Front."
Mr Singh saw no future for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh where it has launched a virtual crusade against the Samajwadi Party. "Let them say what they want to say about the Mulayam Singh Government. It is not going to improve their situation in any way," he asserted.
Mr Singh was equally critical of the BJP, saying it was in shambles with the RSS trying to dictate the course of its politics. "The soul of the BJP, which is the RSS, is now questioning the integrity of the party president, and the BJP leaders are unsure whether to go with the Sangh or the party. It is a ridiculous situation," he said.
"The nation's politics is headed for a new experiment. The support base of the Congress and the BJP are eroding and the thrust of political discourse is going to move away from the divisive communal-secular line," said Mr Singh.
Claiming that the debate on "communalism" and secularism has become a joke, Mr Singh pointed out many of the parties like the DMK, PMK and MDMK, and the LJP, which were part of the NDA government, have today come under the umbrella of the UPA. "I see no reason, why these parties could not be part of an alternative alliance once again when the opportunity arises. The Congress attempt to make them toe its line in the name of secularism is not going to work any more," he said.
Mr Singh said that both the BJP and the Congress were engaging in votebank politics and were ignoring the core concern of the common man. "The common man is today disillusioned. He feels cheated. The time is ripe for a new realignment," he said, without explaining how and when it will happen.
Clarifying that he was not talking about the formation of any anti-Congress or anti-BJP poll front, Mr Singh said that in the days ahead, these two national parties were going to be so badly marginalised that they could be easily excluded from any exercise at of formation of a third and stable government at the Centre.