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Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
1. This is a good analysis of current scenario as regards alliances. It is obvious that regional parties, especially Trinamool Congress SP, BSP, TDP, JD(S), TRS, BJD, & NCP-all wish to defeat BJP. All of them are keen on formation of a Federal or Third Front. 2. In all probability Congress will be excluded from the said Front. As a citizen-voter I am not convinced that after 2019 Lok Sabha election, alliance government mainly of regional parties, with or without Congress participation, would be in a position to provide good governance and manage our country’s affairs economy in a better way. 3. Reality is that regional parties have no national affairs. All these parties have no common programme to deal with many issues. In fact, head of these parties like Smt Banerjee, Smt Mayawati and others has always a limited objective-to remain in power in their respective State and at the same time each wishes to wield influence on the Central govt. Third front govt will be a messy affair.
For the CM of an important state to wish to be PM is a legitimate ambition. The Congress has very wisely declared that the decision on the child’s admission to Doon School will only be taken after it is born. The principal focus today should be on the opposition acting in concert, avoiding a splitting of anti incumbency votes. 2. The possible downside of these parleys is that they revive memories of khichdi, which few Indians have a stomach for. That the next government will be a coalition and that either of the two national parties will be a part of it is a given. Normally, in light of sixteen years of satisfactory arrangements made first by the BJP and then by the Congress to give India stable governments, the PM should be from the national party. However, think of a situation where the Congress is contained to 110 or so, the regional parties bring in about 175. Had Shri Sharad Pawar been a Congressman, no problem would have arisen. However, since Shri Rahul Gandhi has not served in government earlier, senior regional leaders would be entitled to press their claim. For the Congress to have its way, it should be above the halfway mark to 282. 3. The short point is that the regional leaders should not, in their lust for office, create an entirely avoidable spectacle of jostling prematurely for the PM’s post. For that matter, the understated Naveenbabu towers over both Didi and KCR.
1. This is a good analysis of current scenario as regards alliances. It is obvious that regional parties, especially Trinamool Congress SP, BSP, TDP, JD(S), TRS, BJD, & NCP-all wish to defeat BJP. All of them are keen on formation of a Federal or Third Front. 2. In all probability Congress will be excluded from the said Front. As a citizen-voter I am not convinced that after 2019 Lok Sabha election, alliance government mainly of regional parties, with or without Congress participation, would be in a position to provide good governance and manage our country’s affairs economy in a better way. 3. Reality is that regional parties have no national affairs. All these parties have no common programme to deal with many issues. In fact, head of these parties like Smt Banerjee, Smt Mayawati and others has always a limited objective-to remain in power in their respective State and at the same time each wishes to wield influence on the Central govt. Third front govt will be a messy affair.
For the CM of an important state to wish to be PM is a legitimate ambition. The Congress has very wisely declared that the decision on the child’s admission to Doon School will only be taken after it is born. The principal focus today should be on the opposition acting in concert, avoiding a splitting of anti incumbency votes. 2. The possible downside of these parleys is that they revive memories of khichdi, which few Indians have a stomach for. That the next government will be a coalition and that either of the two national parties will be a part of it is a given. Normally, in light of sixteen years of satisfactory arrangements made first by the BJP and then by the Congress to give India stable governments, the PM should be from the national party. However, think of a situation where the Congress is contained to 110 or so, the regional parties bring in about 175. Had Shri Sharad Pawar been a Congressman, no problem would have arisen. However, since Shri Rahul Gandhi has not served in government earlier, senior regional leaders would be entitled to press their claim. For the Congress to have its way, it should be above the halfway mark to 282. 3. The short point is that the regional leaders should not, in their lust for office, create an entirely avoidable spectacle of jostling prematurely for the PM’s post. For that matter, the understated Naveenbabu towers over both Didi and KCR.