08-22-2007, 01:09 AM
Mudy,
Interesting this Pawar piece. All talks of polls are coming from Congress. Or their mouthpiece. Why? They have most to gain with immediate polls?
(i) polls today will sink any hopes of UPNA Left alliance which is still in it's infancy - way too much ego battles in place and UPNA+Left alliance can't be sold to voter. Who's the PM face on their banners?
(ii) Lefties forcing polls on a foreign policy issue would only weaken them in terms of LS numbers - foreign policy is not their forte and their credibility on same is zero with the whole nation (maybe few handful hardcore red ants who don't translate into numbers at center)
(iii) BJP's opposed the 123 deal and them going into elections today on a item which imposed mid-term will position them in lefty court as far as voter perception goes. So it puts BJP in a less than desirable position
See post 72 by Capt Kumar. And it's no surprise that Advani doesn't want Govt to fall.
(iv) Mayawati's star is on rise now, but at national level there's lot to be said about her support from other sundry alliances with Amma, Naidu, Chautala types. Year from now, things might be different, but today she's not yet accepted as PM material by sundry alliance.
Since we know that hell will freeze over before Sonia let's her assume the PM gaddhi, the best time to clip Mayawati's wings is now - 2009 will be too late.
(iv) Left can't fracture the Muslim vote bank enough to make a significant dent into Congress. There is no anti-America muslim outrage on streets on this nuclear issue, even Bush visit to India last spring had a bigger outrage. Besides, fundoos are busy with Taslima affair.
(v) Rahul's of age now to nudge the seat warmer out.
I can see why Pawar's asking cadres to prepare for polls.
<i>"The hard part about playing "chicken" is knowing when to flinch." </i>
Capt. Bart Mancuso (Scott Glenn) in "Hunt For Red October"
Interesting this Pawar piece. All talks of polls are coming from Congress. Or their mouthpiece. Why? They have most to gain with immediate polls?
(i) polls today will sink any hopes of UPNA Left alliance which is still in it's infancy - way too much ego battles in place and UPNA+Left alliance can't be sold to voter. Who's the PM face on their banners?
(ii) Lefties forcing polls on a foreign policy issue would only weaken them in terms of LS numbers - foreign policy is not their forte and their credibility on same is zero with the whole nation (maybe few handful hardcore red ants who don't translate into numbers at center)
(iii) BJP's opposed the 123 deal and them going into elections today on a item which imposed mid-term will position them in lefty court as far as voter perception goes. So it puts BJP in a less than desirable position
See post 72 by Capt Kumar. And it's no surprise that Advani doesn't want Govt to fall.
(iv) Mayawati's star is on rise now, but at national level there's lot to be said about her support from other sundry alliances with Amma, Naidu, Chautala types. Year from now, things might be different, but today she's not yet accepted as PM material by sundry alliance.
Since we know that hell will freeze over before Sonia let's her assume the PM gaddhi, the best time to clip Mayawati's wings is now - 2009 will be too late.
(iv) Left can't fracture the Muslim vote bank enough to make a significant dent into Congress. There is no anti-America muslim outrage on streets on this nuclear issue, even Bush visit to India last spring had a bigger outrage. Besides, fundoos are busy with Taslima affair.
(v) Rahul's of age now to nudge the seat warmer out.
I can see why Pawar's asking cadres to prepare for polls.
<i>"The hard part about playing "chicken" is knowing when to flinch." </i>
Capt. Bart Mancuso (Scott Glenn) in "Hunt For Red October"