Lalu's lantern put off?
Watching Bihar in the next few days is going to be lot of fun for the political observers. With such a fractured verdict, everybody wants to be in the good books of Ram Vilas Paswan, who has emerged as a Kingmaker all of a sudden. For the moment, though Paswan has refused to support neither RJD nor NDA, given his track record of switching sides (he is a Dr Ramadoss of Bihar), he would soon find his partner.
What about the Congress? Having supported Paswan instead of Lalu and also managing just 7 seats in the assembly, Congress has the unenviable task of bringing together Lalu & Paswan. If not, Paswan may support NDA and Congress might not only have to suffer the ignonimity of handing a state to the opposition but also face the wrath of Lalu as his 28 MPs are crucial for the Central Government. With a hard core Congress man - Buta Singh in the Raj Bhavan, what 10 Janpath thinks is what the Governor of Bihar would think.
BJP? It is a perfect case of so near, yet so far. Had they won 10-15 more seats, the other horses would have been easier to trade. Apart from coming close to the power, they have two things to cheer about. One, Lalu is no more invincible. Even if he manages to form the next government as a result of Congress brokering, his grip & clout would loosen considerably. Two, cracks have started appearing in the Congress led UPA. With DMK making some noises in the South, it is a matter of cheer for the saffron party.
Politics has often thrown up strange bedfellows. A totally different arrangement might happen in the next few days. Who knows? After all, who had expected H.D.Devegowda to become the Prime Minister in 1996? If you happen to be an Independent MLA in Bihar, there is no better time to go for the kill. Goddess Mahalakshmi is waiting at your doors with money bags.
What about the Congress? Having supported Paswan instead of Lalu and also managing just 7 seats in the assembly, Congress has the unenviable task of bringing together Lalu & Paswan. If not, Paswan may support NDA and Congress might not only have to suffer the ignonimity of handing a state to the opposition but also face the wrath of Lalu as his 28 MPs are crucial for the Central Government. With a hard core Congress man - Buta Singh in the Raj Bhavan, what 10 Janpath thinks is what the Governor of Bihar would think.
BJP? It is a perfect case of so near, yet so far. Had they won 10-15 more seats, the other horses would have been easier to trade. Apart from coming close to the power, they have two things to cheer about. One, Lalu is no more invincible. Even if he manages to form the next government as a result of Congress brokering, his grip & clout would loosen considerably. Two, cracks have started appearing in the Congress led UPA. With DMK making some noises in the South, it is a matter of cheer for the saffron party.
Politics has often thrown up strange bedfellows. A totally different arrangement might happen in the next few days. Who knows? After all, who had expected H.D.Devegowda to become the Prime Minister in 1996? If you happen to be an Independent MLA in Bihar, there is no better time to go for the kill. Goddess Mahalakshmi is waiting at your doors with money bags.
posted by Indian Voter at 3:32:00 AM
5 Comments:
Hi Indian Voter,
You do have an interesting blog. Will be visiting more.
thank you PVS..
Interesting blog. Are you an undecided voter or do you have some political leanings
Sudarshan, thanks. I don't belong to any party or organisation. I try to be as neutral as possible. It is for readers like you to judge my neutrality. Would appreciate if you keep visiting here and leave comments abt that.
There is one solution that might appear crazy at first look to the seeming probelem of emergence of ppl like Paswan and Ramadoss - They have no role to play if Cong and BjP come together... and DMK and AIADMK come together.
That day.. well...
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