11-05-2005, 02:09 AM
In present day India, there is an acute shortage of political leaders of national standing. The Congress since the time of Smt Indira Gandhi has ensured that no leader from any State can gain importance, so that he can challenge the leadership. In the process, Congress today does not have any national leader of great respect. This is the reason that Mrs. Sonia Gandhi has been asked by the Congressmen to lead the party. As a symbolic head of the Nehru family, she can keep the flock together. No other Congress leader of today commands the minimum following that is required in the party to lead it. This makes it necessary for the Congress to take support from the regional parties to somehow put up a Government at the Centre. In the process, it has become dependent of the 60 odd Left members of the Lok Sabha for ensuring the survival of the Government. There is no powerful opposition, as the BJP lead coalition is in total confusion because of inherent fight within the BJP itself.
In these circumstances, the Government is unable to take any drastic economic measures due to continuous pressure from the Left parties.
In these circumstances, the Government is unable to take any drastic economic measures due to continuous pressure from the Left parties.