BIKASH
CHOUDHURY
The poll result of five States must have shocked the
grand old Congress Party; the debacle was a foregone conclusion. But, the
quantum and scale of defeat surprised pollster and political parties alike. The
political Chicanery of the Congress Party fell flat in front of people’s anger
and frustration with monumental corruption and price rise of food items; as it is
wiped out of Rajasthan and Delhi. The electoral drubbing that Sheila Dixit got
at the hands of an upstart Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Admi Party in New Delhi has
drowned the cumulative voice of all vociferous Congress Spokes persons. Loquacious
Renuka Chowdhury has daringly given a miss to the television Studio. She used
to poke fun at AAP as they were green horn in Politics. The audacity of
Congress men could bury them with worst ever electoral performance in the
Parliamentary election next year. If we draw analogies from the Rajasthan and
Delhi Poll results; Congress Party could come down to 50-60 seats in Parliament
in 2014 in a triangular contest led by Modi Mania in one side and Kejriwal led
AAP & Third Front in another side. The obituary for Congress Party in 2014
has already been written by the Congress men themselves. One Manishankar Aiyar
is ranting about in advance to seat in the opposition next; while some other
Congress men from Andhra Pradesh have filed a no trust motion against their own
Govt. Congress Leadership could remain oblivious to such developments at its
own peril. What happens to the Congress party is not that important; as the nature
of Govt. that would take over the reins at the centre in 2014. After 10 years
of Policy Paralysis; the least that India deserves is a strong and robust Govt.
with full majority to lead and lift the Nation from morass of poverty &
stifling Inflation and subjugation & despair out of poor economic growth
and employment; that would require a visionary leadership and impeccable execution.
All these would largely depend upon how the Cocktail gets prepared closer to
election next year; how BJP attracts new allies, how Kejriwal display his AAP’S
magic in other parts of the country and how the Third Front organize itself with
a common vision? But, it will be disastrous for the country to repeat the Delhi
Poll outcome in 2014 with a hung Parliament. The choice is ours to make.
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