06-16-2007, 06:52 PM
When push comes to shove, lefties will go Cong way rather than NDA. Mayawati seems to have seen this coming and extracted her pound of flesh (dropping of Taj corridor case, Rs 7000 cr for state etc) and made pact with Cong on this issue. NDA has some crypt-keepers like Thackarey who can't be really counted upon. It's funny to see them harping on first <i>Marathi-manus</i> (or lady) when this Marathi lady did diddly squat when insults were heaped upon them repeatedly - starting with removal of Veer Savarkar plaques. Some back room deals have been struck for sure. NDA doesn't have seem to have the numbers to go at it alone. If they are going to loose, they might sow seeds for long term here.