Amidst high drama of no-confidence motion against Modi govt, what seems to have gone unobserved is the implication of division of votes on 2019 elections.
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Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.
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Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
1. Lok Sabha election is due in May 2019. Smt Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal (WB) and head of Trinamool Congress (TMC), who has been a bitter critic of NDA and PM Shri Modi, has a single point agenda for next year’s Lok Sabha election: to defeat BJP. 2. As part of her efforts to defeat what often she calls ‘fundamentalist’ BJP, she is keen that regional parties like SP, BSP, AAP, RJD, NCP, TDP, TRS (and possibly BJD) come together and form a Third or Federal Front. I suppose the rally proposed to be held in January 2019 in Kolkata would be a major initiative to bring together all regional parties. 3. Interesting questions with regard to the Third/Federal fronts are these (a) Would parties like JD(S), AIADMK, and Communists be invited for participation in the January rally? (b) Would Smt Mamata Banerjee be ready to include Congress in the Third/Federal front? 4. Smt Mamata Banerjee recently declared her resolve to ensure that TMC wins all 42 Lok Sabha seats in WB. What would happen to Congress party in WB then? Political developments in next six months will be worth watching.
1. Lok Sabha election is due in May 2019. Smt Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal (WB) and head of Trinamool Congress (TMC), who has been a bitter critic of NDA and PM Shri Modi, has a single point agenda for next year’s Lok Sabha election: to defeat BJP. 2. As part of her efforts to defeat what often she calls ‘fundamentalist’ BJP, she is keen that regional parties like SP, BSP, AAP, RJD, NCP, TDP, TRS (and possibly BJD) come together and form a Third or Federal Front. I suppose the rally proposed to be held in January 2019 in Kolkata would be a major initiative to bring together all regional parties. 3. Interesting questions with regard to the Third/Federal fronts are these (a) Would parties like JD(S), AIADMK, and Communists be invited for participation in the January rally? (b) Would Smt Mamata Banerjee be ready to include Congress in the Third/Federal front? 4. Smt Mamata Banerjee recently declared her resolve to ensure that TMC wins all 42 Lok Sabha seats in WB. What would happen to Congress party in WB then? Political developments in next six months will be worth watching.