Friendless BJP, II

Things have gone from bad to much worse for the BJP over the last 24 hours. Far from patching up, the BJD has gone ahead and announced that it's joining the 3rd front, along with such luminaries as the CPM and Sharad Pawar. This is terrible news not just for the BJP, but also for the country. Odds are that India's next government will be formed by the 3rd front, supported from the outside by the Congress. If you're wondering how that will turn out, you need look no further than 97-98, when scum like IK Gujral and HD Deve Gowda became Prime Ministers. This time, it might be Pawar. or Mayawati. Hell, who knows, maybe Paswan. Or Karat. One thing's for sure, whichever of them wins, India loses.