Vinod Rai turned 70 Wednesday and many are wondering if the head of Indian cricket, in charge of implementing Lodha reforms, will toe the line and quit.
Regional leaders, from Sharad Pawar to Mayawati and Mamata, share stage with the Gandhis at swearing-in ceremony, welcome Naidu and Kejriwal ‘under the tent’.
For someone once touted as a PM candidate, this might be the last roll of the dice for 77-year-old Pawar in terms of being politically important in New Delhi.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
The SS has no option but to ally with the BJP, especially for the assembly elections. Even if they fight jointly, there is no guarantee of a second term; fighting separately would be a journey on the Titanic. The national outlook for 2019 is cloudy. The SS could damage the BJP in a dozen seats, but that will not be decisive to the overall result. Given how few options the SS has, it is unseemly, a violation of coalition dharma, for it to use Saama to attack the governments at the centre and in the state. Its staying on, like Chandrababu Naidu, make the tiger’s roar sound like a pussy’s mew.
… unlike Chandrababu Naidu, …
The SS has no option but to ally with the BJP, especially for the assembly elections. Even if they fight jointly, there is no guarantee of a second term; fighting separately would be a journey on the Titanic. The national outlook for 2019 is cloudy. The SS could damage the BJP in a dozen seats, but that will not be decisive to the overall result. Given how few options the SS has, it is unseemly, a violation of coalition dharma, for it to use Saama to attack the governments at the centre and in the state. Its staying on, like Chandrababu Naidu, make the tiger’s roar sound like a pussy’s mew.