UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007

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Mudy

Thanks for digging this out. If TOI calls this a fatwa then something fishy is going on - things might not be as simple as they sound.

Meanwhile Shenoy with an interesing piece on rediff

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/09flip.htm

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The crucial difference between 1997 and 2007 is that the prime minister and the Congress president belong to the same party. There is, therefore, no danger of anyone driving forth from 10, Janpath to Rashtrapati Bhavan on Easter Sunday this year. But what the Punjab elections threaten to do is to widen the gap between the party and the government, with economic reforms being a victim in this squabble.

If Dr Manmohan Singh bucks the odds to lead the Congress back to a second term in Punjab, he will cast aside his image as a man who cannot win elections. That will make him very unpopular with the circle around Sonia Gandhi, who opted for him over all the Congressmen in the Lok Sabha precisely because he could never be a 'threat'. But if the anti-Congress trend continues from 2004, Congressmen will lay the blame at the prime minister's economic reforms.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->