Power centers in the corridors of power - 2

[Capt M Kumar]

It is not unusual for a ruling party and its Government to speak in two voices. The Congress and the UPA Government headed by Mr Manmohan Singh have done one better. They are beginning to speak in three voices. In the process, the party is tying itself up in knots and contradictions. A series of examples from recent days testifies to this.



First, take Mr Rahul Gandhi’s remark that if the people of Kerala re-elected the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front, they would have “a 93-year-old Chief Minister” by the time the following election came around. In October 2016, only a few months after the next Assembly election in Kerala, Mr VS Achuthanandan will indeed be 93. By June 2017, Mr M Karunanidhi, who Mr Gandhi’s party is backing for re-election as Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister, will also be 93.



As such, the Congress general secretary’s smirking comment about Mr Achuthanandan’s age was not just in bad taste, but also ironical. It ignored the gerontocracy the Congress has supported and promoted at the Centre and in the States. http://www.dailypioneer.com/332042/Congr...sault.html