Nice one by Shekhar Gupta on “presumed” crisis in in Indian Politics
http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/211291.html
With just a year to go for UPA government, you need not be an Einstein to figure out why Congress would rather play the hardball with Left this time. They know that if someone gonna start this race at the pole position, it would be them. But then elections in India are a tricky lot.
Following Indian politics and elections has been a favourite with me since the time of Prannoy Roy and Vinod Dua till Rajdeep Sardesai and Barkha Dutt. I still remember my mom wondering why am I so glued to election analysis long after everyone knows who is going to make the government. I just love those debates and analysis. And I love checking predictions against results. If my memory is not failing me, first ever exit poll on Indian elections was hosted by Nalini Singh and I jotted down their predictions to check it against the actual results just to see how they measure up.
I remember during last general election, with everyone almost resigned to BJP sweeping the elections, when I predicted that Congress has as good a chance of making the government as BJP, everybody was like “what are you talking”, I backed it up with detailed state wide analysis of possible election results and that analysis was not out of blue, when you are watching almost every exit poll, opinion poll and following election news quite closely then if you just absorb the data and make your conclusion then sometimes you get it right. And I actually did. (though my numbers suggested that NDA would be the largest party but Congress + Left would make the government, election result were far more straight forward. )
So, when I read this article by Shekhar Gupta, I suddenly got alerted to possibility of another Indian elections round the corner. And gosh since I would be in Singapore, I gonna miss all those debates, analyses, claims, counterclaims ;-) Build up to Indian general elections has a funny way about it. Though when you get into the character details of all those candidates, it’s no more funny. But would save that outburst for another day.
Anyways, however little I have read about standoff between Left and congress on N-deal, I would go with Shekhar in suggesting that an early poll is inevitable though I disagree that Congress will have it all easy. With Indian elections, you should just wait a wee bit longer before you pick the right horse because I guess that’s what most of the Indian voters do as well.
So right now, let’s just wait and watch and for greater good let’s pray - May the least bad win!!!
http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/211291.html
With just a year to go for UPA government, you need not be an Einstein to figure out why Congress would rather play the hardball with Left this time. They know that if someone gonna start this race at the pole position, it would be them. But then elections in India are a tricky lot.
Following Indian politics and elections has been a favourite with me since the time of Prannoy Roy and Vinod Dua till Rajdeep Sardesai and Barkha Dutt. I still remember my mom wondering why am I so glued to election analysis long after everyone knows who is going to make the government. I just love those debates and analysis. And I love checking predictions against results. If my memory is not failing me, first ever exit poll on Indian elections was hosted by Nalini Singh and I jotted down their predictions to check it against the actual results just to see how they measure up.
I remember during last general election, with everyone almost resigned to BJP sweeping the elections, when I predicted that Congress has as good a chance of making the government as BJP, everybody was like “what are you talking”, I backed it up with detailed state wide analysis of possible election results and that analysis was not out of blue, when you are watching almost every exit poll, opinion poll and following election news quite closely then if you just absorb the data and make your conclusion then sometimes you get it right. And I actually did. (though my numbers suggested that NDA would be the largest party but Congress + Left would make the government, election result were far more straight forward. )
So, when I read this article by Shekhar Gupta, I suddenly got alerted to possibility of another Indian elections round the corner. And gosh since I would be in Singapore, I gonna miss all those debates, analyses, claims, counterclaims ;-) Build up to Indian general elections has a funny way about it. Though when you get into the character details of all those candidates, it’s no more funny. But would save that outburst for another day.
Anyways, however little I have read about standoff between Left and congress on N-deal, I would go with Shekhar in suggesting that an early poll is inevitable though I disagree that Congress will have it all easy. With Indian elections, you should just wait a wee bit longer before you pick the right horse because I guess that’s what most of the Indian voters do as well.
So right now, let’s just wait and watch and for greater good let’s pray - May the least bad win!!!
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