2009 Poll Prospects And Alignments-2

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<b>Celebrate the Left's exit </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->And to strut about with Ms Sonia Gandhi's backing and with Mr Rahul Gandhi working the phones to gather the numbers for the trust vote. Meanwhile, the Congress big-wigs are catering, as only they can, to their beloved your-wish-is-my-High Command. The party has got Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mr Amar Singh on board, too<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->And while Mr Amar Singh may want to settle a score or two on behalf of his friends, what we are witnessing its good old fashioned corporate lobbying, and there's nothing sinister or cloak-and-dagger about it. What a relief and contrast it is to be spared the inquisitorial torture of Communist ideology in the only country with a Stalinist organisation left in the world. It does take some getting used to, this sudden lightness of being<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->This just might be a new season of learning unexpected lessons for many, besides the Prime Minister who has suddenly risen above codpieces and cassocks. As for evil, it's back to school for it -- regrettably, China has already put up the 'No vacancies' sign. One hears the Chinese are busy printing their nuclear reactor plans in Hindi!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->